The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-06-07
FARM. GARDEN AND HOUSEIlOLD


Farm Notes.
l find the following good remedies for
lice in cattle in the country Gentleman Z:
4" L once rid my stock, which was badly
infested with lice, hy sitting ground
plaster along the neck and back. Two
or three applications did the work effect
ually. The plaster should be very fine
and dry. Another method which have
used with great satisfaction is with car
bolic acid. One ounce of carbolic crys-
tails, one pound of common bar soap,
melted together by the addition of lit
tie water. Let an animal be washed in
a strong suds made with this, and it is
sure death to all parasites, and will cure
all skin diseases. Both these remedi, S
are simple, harmless and effectual
Lice will live for q long time in the
woodwork about the barn; it is a good
plan to whitewash about the lean-to,
and prevent their spreading in that
way"
The orange variety of ounces is best.
Set them six feet apart, put pint of salt
around each bush when they begin to
bear, and little previously; and the re-
suit will be fine crops when the climate
is not too cold for this fruit. To pre-
vent the depredations of borers, a writer
says: Bandage the stem with two or
three wrappings of old muslin or any
kind of cloth, as far down in the ground
as possible, as the roots start from near
the surface. Let this bandage run six
or eight inches above the ground, then
pile the soil compactly a couple of inches
around the bandage, and renew this every
spring. Fine, large, golden ounces, ri
valing the largest oranges, will bless
your efforts annually" Quinces may be
grown very proftably in poultry runs,
affording the fowls shade, what they
must have in the summer An acre OF
more set to ounces adjoining the fowl
house, where 200 fowls might be kept,
would, in connection with the fowls, af-
ford large profit.
An experiment made last year by me
may not come amiss at this time with
those who grow strawberries. 1 pro,
cured half hogshead, filled it with rain
water, and put into it one-quarter pound
ammonia and one-quarter pound OF
common inter. When the strawberry
plants were blossoming out, gave them
sprinkling Of the solution at evening
twice week, until the fruit was nearly
full size. The result was double the
amount OF fruit on those where the
liquid was applied to that obtained
from those right alongside of those
where none of the liquid was applied.
Let all give it trial.-T. b. Miner,
LiRdcn, ~ H.
Household Hints.
How TO USE LARD. Lard for pastry
may be used as hand as it can be cut
with knife, and will make far better
paste than if left stand to warm. II
needs only to be cut through the foul
not rubbed.
COLD IN THE HEAD.-This can be
cured ut once, if taken care of at the
beginning. Dissolve tablespoonful ol
borax i'll pint of hot water; let it stand
until it becomes tepid; snuff some W
the uostrils two or three times during
the day, or use the dry powdered bora,
like snuff, taking pinch rs often as re-
quired. At night have handkerchief
saturated with spirits of camphor, place
it near the nostrils, SO as to inhale the
fumes while sleeping.
To DRIVE OFF MIcE.-Tf you arc
troubled with mice, gum camphor placed
about their haunts will keep them away
To WASH CoRsETs.-Take ont the
steels; use hot water; one teaspoonfu
borax to every pail of water; place the
corsets on the washboard and scrub well
with a clean brush, using very little
soap; do not boil the corsets, but if very
yellow bleach in the sun; rinse well
rub in little starch iron when quite
damp.
HoARsENEss OR TICKLING IN TIL
THRoAT.-Take small quantity of dry
powdered borax, place it on the tongue
let it slowly dissolve and run down thu
throat. 1t is also good to keep the
throat moist at night and prevent cough
ing.
HYDRoPHoBIA. - The following cure
for hydrophobia is receipt of NJ. CAESAR
French physician "Take two table
spoonfuls of fresh chloride of lime, mi,
| it with one-half pint of water, and will
this wash keep the wound constant,
bathed and frequently renewed. Thu
chloride gas possesses the power of de
composing the tremendous poison, ant
renders mild and harmless that venom
against whose resistless attack the artil
lery of medical science has been so Ion:
directed in vain. 1t is necessary to adj
that this wash must be applied as sool
as possible after the inhiction of tn
bite"
| To CLEAN CoLoRED SILK. il
warm soapsuds, rinse in clear, warm wa
ter, dry quickly, and iron on the wron,
side while yet rather damp; if there M
grease spots on the silk, press with
tolerably warm iron under brown paper
Cochins.
OF the above well-known breed of fame
/ chickens there are four varieties-par
fridge, buff, black and white, as well a
the so-called pea-combed partridg
Cochins, which is breed made up b
crossing the regular partridge Cochin
with probably the dark Brahmas. Thes
mongrels are very much inferior both i
size and appearance to the regula
Cochins. The large amount of fluff
feathers on the Cochinsk gives them
deep, full appearance, Which to many
quite attractive.
The principal superiority of both th
Cochins and Brahmas over all othe
breeds of fowls is in the fact that the
lay earlier in the season, when egg
bring a much higher price. Early pullet
of these breeds, if well cared for, wi
commence laying in November {
December, and, with but little intermii
sion, lay all winter. Some will say
"Oh, il you give the common her