Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-08-25
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.


UscfMi 1lrdicai Hints.
Fen TENDER FEET.-Bathe the feet
every night in warm water, and imme'
diately after apply to them strong vine'
gar. When they aro inclined to crack,
or become dry and hard (Which is fire.
quently great annoyance to aged per-
sons), after using tho vinegar, anoint
them freely with spcrmaceti ointment.
To PuRIpY THE CoMPLExIoN.-Eat mn
orange or two every morning before
breakfast, drink plenty Of lemonade, not
sweetened; never drink tea, coffee, nor
any kind OF stimulants; do not use soap
on tho face or neck; take sponge bath
every morning-either cold or tepid-in
water made soft with powdered borax,
teaspoonful in basin Of water.
RnMEpYFoR WHoopINo CoUdH.-Take
half an ounce each of spirits of harts-
horn and oil of amber; mix them we'll
together; every night and morning
anoint well the palms of the hands, pit
of the stomach, soles of the feet, arm.
pits, and backbone. Aslong as the ONT
ment is being used do not allow the
parts nnointed to be washed; the back
of the hand may be washed, but not the
palm; care must be taken aiterward not
II take cold. This cannot injure the
smallest infant. Keep the bottle well
corked.
REMEDY FOR FELoN. Make the root
of the plant known as the dragon root,
Jack-in- the.pulpit, or Indian turnip,
either green or dry; CRATE about one
half n teaspoonfnl into four tablespoon
fnls of sweet milk; simmer gently few
minutes, then thickcn with bread crumbs,
and apply as hot as possible. This can
be heated again two or three times, add
ing a little milk each time. If the felon
is just starting this will drive it back; if
somewhat advanced, will draw it ont
quickly and gently. 1t is well to put II
little tallow on the poultice, especially
after opening, to prevent sticking. This
same poulticc is good for carbuncle or
any other rising.
PoIsoNs. any poison, the most
speedy. certain, and most frequently eff
cacious remedy in the world. if imme-
diately taken, is a heaping teaspoonful
of ground mustard, stn red rapidly in n
glass of cold water, and drank down Mt
a d,aught, causing instantaneous vomit-
ing. As soon as the vomiting ceases
swallow two tablespoonfuls of sweet oil.
If no ground mustard is Mt hand, drink
teacupful or more of sweet oil, or any
other pure mild oil, melted hogs lard,
melted butter, train oil, cod-liver oil,
any of which protect the coats of the
stomach from the disorganizing effects
of the poison; and, to certain extent,
by filling up the pores of the stomach
(the mouths of the absorbents) prevent
the poison being taken up into the cir
culation of the blood. Persons bitten
by rattlesnakes have drank oil freely
and recovered. These are things to be
done while n physician is being sent for.
snwdust rs Horse Feed.
The story of the man who put green
spectacles on his horses and then fed
them with shavings which they ate for
grass is not SO utterly mythical after all.
The French feed their horses partly on
sawdust-minus the green spectacles.
1t Is common practice to add sawdust
to the oats given to the towing horses,
IN the river Sarre, between Treves and
Saarbruck, and M. Reich, in the South
OF France, states he is in the habit of
giving sawdast to his mich COWS. They
showed no falling off in their Weld of
milk, and their condition underwent no
change. The sawdrlst is intended to
replace the ration of straw. The cues
ton is naturally raised, are the horses
supported exclusively by the oats, and
does the sawdust act as so much ballast.
for distending the stomach, so as to
allow the numerous duets, or mouths on
the coats, to absorb the ligested Juices,
for quantity is rs essential as quality in
ratlons Life could not be sustained
by the essences of nutriment. 1t is well
known that the French cavalry horses
are under-fed their stomach and diges-
tive organs naturally contract, to suit
short commons, 70 that when the horses
are declared to be no longer fit for the
service, and are purchased by farmers,
the animals, from receiving full rations
III point of volume, become subject to
indigestion, COLES, etc. Chemistry ought
to tell us how far sawlust could replace
chopped straw for cattle feeding.
Geese.
On the advantages of keeping geese, a
writer in the Maine Farmer few wears
ago said: 81 once knew couple of in
llistrious sisters, who lived near never
failing brook, and they generally kept
through the winter thirty geese, male
and female. They had erected some suit
able but not expensive sheds, in which
they had apartments for them to lay, sit
and hatch. Their food in the winter
was meal of various kinds to some ex-
tent. but principally apples and roots.
In the summer they had pasture en-
closed with stone wall, which embraced
the water They kept their wings so
clipped that they could not fly over such
4 fence. Their owners knew what we
all know, that live geese feathers are q
cash article at fair price. They picked |
off their feathers three times in sea-
son. Those thirty geese wintered would
raise seventy-fve goslings, or young
geese, and of course they had that num-
Der to dispose of every fall, or in the
beginning of winter, when they are sent
to market, and again picked, making
our times they obtained feathers from
hose they winterel, and twice from the
'oung ones that'they had killed"
Garden Soil.
1t will always pay to make it deep,
even il done with n shade. but remam.