The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-11-15

der both arc often severely InJuteu' LIN
proper mode of milking is to take the tea
In the entire hand, and, after pressing II
upward, that II may be filled from the ca
pacious milk reservoir above, TO compress:
Il first at the base between the thumb and
fOrehnger, then successively'by each ofthe
three succeeding fingers, until completely
emptied. The teat Is at the same time
gently drawn upon, but this severe traction
is altogether unnecessary, and highly in
furious. The COW should always be milk
ed regularly, and the milk entirely drawn
of. II the milking is properly and seas
onably done, there is little danger OF the
disease Of the teats or udder. More cows
COWS arc ruined from faults OF this kind
than from all other causes, and our readers
will do we'll to avoid them.-Coeman's Ru'
raj World.
NANCE on pigs is caused by a minute
insect, which is probably Matched from
eggs adhering to the skin. There is no
way of curing it, or OF preventing its
spread, except by killing the insects and
their egss-notonly on the pigs themselves
but also on the sides OF the pens, posts or
anything that the pigs rub against. To
destroy them on the woodwork, nothing
is probably SO good as petroleum, and
though We have not tried it, We have little
doubt but that 1t would also cure the pigs,
especially IL applied before tho disease had
made much Roadway. The disease usual
" manifests itself on the skin under the
armpits and thighs and inside the forelegs.
At first small red blotches. or pimples APP
pear, and these gradually spread rs the In
sects multiply and burrow under the skin.
It Is well togive sulphur and other cooling
medicine In the food, but the real aim
must be to kill tho insect by the prompt
and continued use OF carbolic acid, petro-
leum or a strong decoction OF tobacco. So
buttons Of arsenic and corrosive sublimate
arc used in severe cases, but arc dangerous
articles to place in the hands Of inexperi-
enced persons. "~Unguentum," or mercu-
rial ointment, is elicacious, but is not easi-
ly aPplied.-Iiarris on Tie Pig.
WELL-KErr FARMs.-A well ordered
farm, well chosen stock, comfortable
buildings, q neatly kept garden, roadway
or entrance way, gates well hung, fences
well kept, shade trees, ornamental shrub.
berry, paint without and whitewash within
all these arc worth more to o farmer in
money value than q few hundred dollars
carefully scraped toghether and jealousy
boarded and loaned TO a needy neighbor
at interest. No Investment pays so well
Us money judiciously spent in farm I'M
proyements. Draining wet land will pay
so to 100 per cent on its cost every year;
good stock will pay equally well; good
roads will turn their cost every year; a
gate will save its cost in a short time; u
good fence will save its whole cost in one
night; a well-kept garden, o neat lawn,
orchard and shade trees, which need not
cost 500, have added ten times that
amount to the value OF the farm, and the
comfort and self respect gained through
the outlay for these and for their posses
sion are worth more than tho cust-Ne@
York Times.
F. D. Curtis, Of Kirby Homestead, New
York, in writing to the New York Tribune
on straw culture Of potatoes, says: ave
made an experiment this year, trying to
kill two birds with one stone.' The baby's
nut grove was a mass Of tougl, sod and
grass. 1t was a big job to spade 1t oil over
and 10 keep it clean. The young trees
needed to have the grass subdued, and We
wanted to get rid OF so muchmanual labor.
An old NOW OF straw had been a refuge for
rats long enough; so, putting this and that
together, We got m idea to plant potatoes
on tho grass and covor them whit lo straw,
The potatoes were cut into small pieces
and dropped right into the grass abouta
foot apart. The straw was carried ont and
spread all over the patch rs c six inches
dopp as We could get. In due time the
potatoes uamG up and rapidly spread out
until the vines covered tho surface. Here
and there q tuit OF grass would show itstelf
curly in the season, but that spot was east.
~ hoed by placing on it a small forkful OF
new straw. A few ~tliistles forced them
selves up through the straw, and they
were pulled up by the roofs. This .wR9 al!
the care the crop had except to sprinkle 1t
twice with Paris.grcen. We had the rich
est crop OF potatoes in tho neighhorhood.
1t was fun to rake Off the straw aud I'M
cover the little punches Of potatoes all in a
hoap and US clean us If washed. The sod
is all dead and THO ground is as clean as il
1t had been summer. fallowed. We used
mostly ont straw, but on a portion buck
wheat straw was put. The potatoes came
up equally we'll through both and yielded
as well under M as the other. We shall
raise another crop with straw culture on
the same ground next year, but 1t will not
require more than half tho thickness Of
straw rs the grass Is all dead. Rye straw
is the best and can be evenly distributed.
II will pack down more readily than oat,
and need not be plaped so thickly, We
have several stubborn places around the
grounds we shall test with potatoes and
Straw. Tho ounce orchard y very weedy
and grassy, and this treatment viii cure
both eneCtually. We shall truly try II. II
is the best purgative we know OIL"
CHAMPAGNE ClpgR.-Any good, mild
favored apple oar bo converted into an
excellent beverage. To make n choice
article the apple should DO ripcand sound,
freed from stems and leaves; and when
ground the pomacc should lie in the vat
from eighteen 10 twenty-four hours. This
gives n good body, richness, color and fla.
o to the cider that cannot be obtained
when worked Immediately under the
press. As it goes into the cask, do not use
straw in wooden funnel to strain or sop
aratc the sediment or pomaGe from the
Juice, but strain the sweet cider through
flannel, which will separate almost all the
sediment, which must be worked out ut
the bung or otherwise removed, for it's
mainly this sediment that sours the cider
and makes 1t "hard." That which man
neglects to do, nature. strives to assist.
After 1t has been filtered, fill clean,
well.hoeped casks, and put hemin q dark,
cool cellar, Take out the hung and keep
the cask full; let It work half the usual
time, tlIen bung tight and let stand q few
days, Then draw OF tho cider from the
sediment which lies IN tho. bottom OF tho
cask. II you desire q drink Of extra ine, 70.
turn Tho older after tho cask has been
well washed out, lot 1t remain o few days,
then repeat tho process, and the sediment
has tho second timc all been removed, fll.
up the barrel and cork up tight, This cider
IN this condition will keep one year, Or
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