The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-05-06
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Farm Notes and Hints.

Horses that are greedy eaters, or
swallow their grain whole, should have
it bruised or ground. a. s#"
Use sulphur freely in the stables to
keep off lice from the cattle. It is dis
grace to any farmer to allow his cattle to
be tormented by such vermin, when
they are SO easily destroyed. ,.r.
Perhaps unleached wood ashes furnish
the most valuable of the mineral manures.
They are worth nearly double as much,
pound for pound, as the commercial
fertilizers ordinarily sold. Reader, take
care of your ashes.
Rolling land after seeding is almost
invariably profitable, and even necessary.
If the ground is stiff loan, and wet
when seeded, rolling Immediately may do
much harm, especially if soon followed
by dry weather. But the rolling in such
cases should be deferred until the ground
has dried, when, If in the least lumpy,
the roller should be used. If the ground
is dry at the time of seeding the roller
should follow at once. ....
Mulch trees soon after planting with
straw, dead grass or litter of any kind,
through the spring and early summer
prove fatal to unmulched trees, especially
if planted in tenacious soils.
A kind of influenza has broken out
among the horses in many of the West
ern towns, its first appearance in malig
nant form being reported from Detroit
Mich, where number of animals have
fallen victims to it. The malady pre-
vailing at present bears no relationship
to the epizootic, although some of the
earlier symptoms are similar.
Strong efforts are being made among
farmers to encourage the crows as
scavengers rather than to destroy them
1t is claimed that they may be made use
full in destroying the potato bug.
simple Dyspepsia Remedy.
Dyspepsia arises from q great variety
of causes, and different persons are re
ieved by different remedies, according
to the nature of the disease and condi
tion of the stomach. We know of lad,
who has derived great benefit from
drinking tumbler of sweet milk-th,
richer and fresher the better-wheneve
burning sensation is experienced in th,
stomach. An elderly gentleman of oul
acquaintance, who was afflicted for man,
years with great distress after eating
has effected a cure by mixing table
spoonful of wheat bran in half tumble
of water, and drinking it half an hou
after each meal. 1t is necessary to sti
quickly and drink Immediately, or th
bran will adhere to the glass and becom
pastry. Coffee and tobacco are probabl
the worst substances persons troubled
with dyspepsia are in the habit of using
and should be avoided. Regular eatin
of noIuishing plain food, and the use G
some simple remedies like the above
will effect, in most cases, quicker cure
than medicine.
Medical Hints.
COP LIVER OLA French physical
reports as the result of nearly one hur
dred observations, that it is in ricket
patients, as previously shown by variou
writer's, that cod liver oil has it mos
positive and curative action, but that
cures neither scrofula nor consumption
in these, as in all other diseases, in whic
it has been tried, the oil acting as re
storative and reconstituent, is therefor
useful in the treatment of all such cond
tions of the system as exhibit generi
cachexia, without being addressed t
any particular malady. 1t seems also t
be a fact, verified by numerous il
stances, that the increase of weight q
ways ceases in individuals attacked wit
consumption whenever, by the use c
cod liver oil, they have attained the
normal weight. The oil should be at
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