The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-04-06
EARN ITEMS.

HE 'IHU-t organization Is Stlli grow.
ing. General headquarters at Louisville.
GREAT many farmers keep too many
horses. Better to sell them at sacrifice
than to keep them at an expense.
EQU!HG LONGEVITY. An old black
horse, tie property OF Mr. IL p. Much
more, of Keene, n. ii died recently at
! the We authenticated age of forty two
years.
CURE FOR WARTs.-A few applica-
tions Of castor oil 20 warts on hands will
cause them to disappear without di.tigur-
iug or causing pain. 1t will also remove
them from cows teats, but requires longer
treatment than for the hands.
The celebrated horse IIambletonian,
the sire of Dexter and other famous trot-
tiers, died at Chester, n. Y, few days
ago in the 2Sth year of his age. He
| was buried with great honors. and a
large number of people turned out to
his funeral.
a sUR,CRIBER Of the .hort-Horm Re-
porter ASKS: is calf from one of our
imported COWS, got in England, but
dropped in America, imported?'
This naturally suggests the old debat-
| ing society question which n.hc mother
of a chicken, the hen that lays the egg, or
the one that matches it,?
A LAMB MoNsTRosITY.-The Muse
um OF Natural lli,tory, Of Newton Alb
bot, England WAS recently preutci with
= lamb, which died Just after birth with
SIX legs; four behind and two in front;
two hind quarters, one head, with two
distrinc, under Jaw, and two tongues Il
has been stuffed and placed in the
museum for exhibition.
APrLE batter is made in PENNSYLVANIA
and adjacent parts by boiling down fresh
cider 10 about one-third its bulk. and
then adding pared apples. One barrel
ot cider boiled down, two barrels OF ap-
pies pared and quartered and boiled
about sin 10 eight hours makes kettle
Of spPl' butter that will keep all winter.
or until used up. do not know that
YOU would call this receipt, but this is
the WAY We make il. G.B.
Lex ON CArrLE.-A breeder and i'm.
porter Of fine stock gave me the following
recipe, which has proved etiectual, and
ia no case have | seen or heard of bad
results from It's Use: Arsenic, II OF ::
bi-carbonate Of potash, Il o.; water. 5
quarts; boil ten minutes or more. When
cold make thorough application with a
swab or handle brush. Sunny DAYS are
most desirable. The arsenic is held In
solution with the potash.
BETTER FARMING THE OBJEcr.-I no
tice that sn English paper has made some
Ciaring isise statements about the farm
ers ot Ohio. We need not worry much
about such stories; what We should do is
to improve our farms still more than We
ever have done. "a aided by the light Of
past years, march on to greater improve
mest IN the future The writer was born
and raised in this county. and has seen
over fifty years in It. He hiss seen the
sickle give place 10 tie cradle and
that sgsln give WAY 10 reaper;
the wooden pillow Ia cast-iron. and
that 10 the steel; the fail and the tramp.
ing for 10 the threshing machine; the
scythe 10 the mower; and yet there is
room for Improvement Let Us move
forward. each taking some object ia view
and march OF steadily TO is accomplish
ment. Especially in the improvement
of our soils. much msy be done even on
the best Let cur motto be less acres and
better cultivated, and more clover and
manure; then We will no: hear SO msch
from English papers, or any others, about
hard times. J. H. w.
RAISING MINED CRors.-There is
an advantage in raising the
coarse grains in this way. Thus peas and