The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-05-06
USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.


How TO ESTIMATE CEoPs PER AcKE-
Frame together four light sticks meas
uFIug exactly a foot SQUARE inside, and
with this N hand walk into the field and
select 2 spot Of fair average yield and
lower the frame SQUARE over IS many
heads as It viii enclose, snd shell out
the heads THIS enclosed carefully and
weigh the grain. It Is fair To presume
that the proportion VII be the u, 55Osh
part Of an acres pzo5uce- To prove It.
60 through the field and make ten or
twenty similar calculations snd estimate
by the mean Of the whole number OF re-
suits t VII certainly enable farmer
70 make a ciossr calculation OF What
field vii produce than he can by gUess-
ing.
POTATO Disease 7 he report Of the
potato disease commit Of the British
Royal Agricultural Society has been
recently published. Il vii be recol
lected that three years ago Earl Cath
cart offered prize OF &1OO for essays
on the prevention Of the disease. Al
though 10 fresh practical information
was elected, AM It may, perhaps, be
said that no direct good came from this
weII-meant offer, the society took the
subject up and offered prizes for pOta-
toes reputed 70 be proof against disease
Two prizes were Offeret for the con-
ureucemens Of this year, for potatoes O.
varieties already known, aud two are 70
be awarded i've years hence fOr the
varieties that may be produced BY cCl-
tiTAtion before that period SIX differ
EFT varieties were sent N, one ton
/ Csweuty bags Of one ewt.J Of each. The
society arranged 20 have these practi-
eaIIy tested. Twelve stations IN Eng
I land, four N Scotland, and four IN Ire
{ land were selected, and one cEt. OF
each variety sent for planting OF these
sO-calied disease-pEOOf potatoes Dur
/ ing the summer the botanic referee OF
} the society visited all the localities,
and IN all cases disease was found
! Much valuable informstiOn Is Likely TO
I arise from the statistics that have been
[ collected, for, although 1t seems that no
I Indication Is given Of how the disease
! can be prevented, Jet, under certain
/ conditions, principally influenced by
/ moisture, its effect IS bat small.
/ INTERESTING Facts N PHYsIOLOGY.-
/ Why do We feel drowsy after eating
/ heartily? Because while the stomach
I Is IN action, r. great proportion OF the
/ blood Is drawn toward It, and as the
[ the body they fall into 2 state Of Ian
| guor.
Why does the milky or nutritious
/ matter separate from the innUtritious,
upon admixture with bile? Because
/ the bile contains an oily matter which
/ reDeIs the watery milk Of nutrition.
! The pancTeatis Juice also enters through
| the same duct with the bile. But its
4 precise use Is not understood 1t IS a
/ fiuid much ike the saliv2ry secretion Of
/ the mouth.
/ What becomes Of the nutrition when
/ It has entered the vessels Of the circu-
/ IatiOn? It Is sent through large vein
/ into the heart, entering that organ on
| the right side, from which the heart
I propels It into the lungs, mixed venous
/ blood, and the venOus or blue blood Is
/ sent into the lungs, taking with 1t the
milk, the formation Of which We have
| traced.
How is food digested IN the stomach =?
| It enters the stomach IN the form Of
paste, produced by the action of the
mouth; and directly the food enters the
I gastric juice, which ID formed by lands
| Imbedded IN the coats Of the stomach,
/ trickles down It's sides. This is a more
powerful solvent than the salivary juice;
it Is ike the same kind OF hald, only
much stronger, and it soon turns the
/ food from q rough and crude paste
into a grayish cream (chyme). The
/ cream IS passed toward the door which
/ leads outward from the stomach (pylOr-
ous); but if, IN the midst Of the cream,
there are any undissOlved particles Of
/ food, 1t closes upon them, and they re-
turn again to the stomach to be further
changed.
DOMESTIC Uses or A88lOSIA-No
housekeeper should be without bottle
of spirits Of ammonia, for, besides its
medicinal value, it Is Invaluable Tor
household purposes. Tt IS nearly as
useful as soap, and its eheapness brings
It within the reach of all Pat a tea
spoonful OF ammonia TO q quart Of
warm sOapsuds, dip II flannel CLOTH
and wipe of the dust and fly specks,
grim and smoke. and see for yourselves
how much labor II will save. No scrub
| bling will be ueedful. Il VIII cleanse
and brighten silver wonderfully to a
[ pint Of hot suds mix a teaspOOnful Of
/ the spirits, dip IN your silver spoons,
I forks, etc, rub with a brush, and then
/ polish on chamOis skin. For washing
{ mirrors and windows It Is very de-
/ sirable; put a few drops Of ammonia
On a newspaper, and yen viii readily
/ take out every spot and finger mark on
/ the glass. It viii take out grease spots
[ from every fabric put on the ammo
! MA nearly clear, put blotting paper
/ over the place and press a hot fat iron
/ on it for a few moments. a few drops
/ IN water viii clean 1aces and whiten
/ them as well; also muslin. Then 1t is
a most refreshing agent at the toilet
I table a few drops IN basin Of water
/ viii make a better bath than pure water,
/ and if the skin Is oily, it viii remove
/ all glOssiness and disagreeable doors.
| Added TO a foot bath II entirely sbsOrbs
all noIious smell, so often arising from
| the feet in warm weather, and nothing
| IS better for cleansing the hair from
/ dandruf and dust. For cleansing hair
/ aud nail brushes 1t IS equally good.
/ Put 8 teaspconful Of ammonia into one
/ pint Of warm or cold water, shake the
brushes through the water, and put
/ them IN the sunshine, or in a warm
! place to dry. The dJTtiest brushes VIII
/ come out of this bath white and clean.