Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-04-05
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Household Hints.

poured upon it, it will yield nearly
double the amount of its exhilarating
qualities.
| MANAGEMENT OF BRooMs. If broOms
are wet in boiling suds once week they
will become very tough, will not cut the
carpet, last much longer, and always
sweep like a new broom.
RANCID BUTTER. that has be-
NC-sn NDa9i5 -y.nn-he ,,nsto,.ad Inv Sli,,r
then working it over with cold spring
water. Butyric acid, which, when pres
ent, causes rancidity, is soluble in fresh
milk, and can be removed in the manner
stated.
CANNED CDER.-Cider may be pre-
served for years, by,putting it up in air.
tight cans, after the manner of preserv-
ing fruit. The cider should be first set
tied and racked off from the dregs, but
fermentation should not be allowed to
commence before canning.
To SASH HOLDERS. s. Window sashes
may be retained at any desired height,
by boring three or four holes in the side
of the sash, and inserting into them
common bottle corks, leaving them to
project about the sixteenth part of an
inch. These will press against the win
dow frame and hold the sash at any
height required.
CAMPHoR ICE.-Melt slowly together
white wax and spermaceti, each one
ounce camphor, two ounces, in sweet
almond oil, one pound. Next, triturate
until the mass becomes homogeneous.
Then allow one pound of rose water to
flow in slowly during the operation.
Then perfume with altar of rosemary,
one drachm.
TOads in the Garden.
Many persons have loathing of these
really interesting, if not handsome,
little animals of the genus Bufo (Buto
uulgaris). The toad is perfectly harm
less, and is often useful i'll gardens by
} feeding on noxious insects. One
, writer gives it as his opinion that they
are worth more per head to the horti
7 culturist than chickens, even allowing
that chickens did not scratch. DIR
Harris tells very interesting story o.
, these insect devourers, which we think
, ought to put the reader in good humol
1 with them. He supposed the oder O
: the squash bug would protect it from
e the toad, and to test the matter he offer
Q ed one to grave looking Bufo, under {
D.. cabbage. He seized it eagerly, bu
I. spit it out instantly, reared upon hi
t hind legs and put his front feet on top
: of his head for an instant as if in pain
G and then disappeared across the garden
: in series of the greatest leaps toat
4 ever made. Perhaps the bug bit thu
n bitter. Not satisfied with this DR.
4 Harris hunted up another toad which
a lived under the piazza, and always sun
i ned himself in one place in the grass
e He offered him squash bug, which HI
: took and swallowed, winking in a yer,
, satisfied manner. Twenty other fin,
t bugs followed the first in a few min
D utes, with no difficulty OR hesitation il
y taking or swallowing, though, from the
I. wriggling and contortions, ID appeared
, their corners did not fit well within.
u Horse Stables.
O Dark stables are an abomination an(
J should not be tolerated. There is NJ
> necessity to sacrifice comfort, either il
; winter or summer, to secure enough
light. A horses eyes are enlarged-tht
, pupil of the eye is-by being kept in (
= dark stable. He has the harness put OF
!, him, and suddenly brought ont into the
]; bright, glaring sunlight, which contracts
, the pupil so suddenly as to cause extreme
G pain. To see Just how it is to face {
bright light after having been in the
dark, take walk some dark night for O
short time, till the eye becomes accus.
e toned to the darkness, then drop sud
3 denly i'll some well-lighted room, ant
you will scarcely be able to see fora few
| moments in the sudden light. A darf
e stable is invariably a damp one, anC
q such stables we are not yet willing tC
S put either valuable or working horse
r in. Give good ventilation, let the sun
l shine and the air have q chance to effec
e an entrance, and your stables will be
+ purer and more healthy.
Q Fat Horses.
r There is tendency at this season tC
: feed too much grain and get the horses
3 too fat. This is done at the expense O.
: muscle, because an animal kept con
stantly at work will not get "hog fat,
5 the food going to furnish tissue ant
4 muscle used up and destroyed. Not Sc
: with an animal kept in a stall and given
no exercise, except, perhaps, that OBJ
4 tanned while being led to water. Th,
g amount of grain fed should be reduced
!, and a plentiful supply of hay kept il
the racks at all times. When possible
7 the horses should be given the free rur
r of the yard every day. If only give1
e their liberty occasionly, they are liabl,
! to run and jump to excess. Many valu
1 able animals have been lost by ruptur,
. or fall obtained through giving exer
i else to exuberaut animal spirits
Western Stock Journal.
Feeding Fowls.
In state of nature fowls run over
t great extent of ground before they get {
n crop full. They pick up their foot
: grain by grain, and with it small pieces
: of dirt, blades of grass and other thing,
!, that all help digestion. Placed before
: the fowls in boxes filled with grain, til,
/, birds do in five minutes that which
g should be the work of two hours; they
Q eat-a greedy fill, and, suffering unnat
: urOl repletion they have recourse tt
t drink /; the corn then swells in the crop
Q and the sufferers, instead of walking
s about cheerfully, hide in corners ant
i squat about, to the detriment of theil
t health. This applies to the equally
: bad practice of throwing down the foot
y in heaps.
: Spraius.
Q Between the bones of the ankle anC
+ the wrist there are muscles. VIII II b,
j.. accident these are drawn out of thei
i. places, what we call a sprain is produced
/, When one is aware that he has suffered
a this species of arrangement, the frs
4 thing to be done is to keep the part in
n iured perfectly still, and by no mean
n | l1sn Il in thn lnnat Tho rn11snlne loft 1.