Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-03-08
FARM. GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Medical Hints.

Medical Hints.
CURE FOR BILIOUS HEADACHE. Dis
solve and drink two teaspoonfuls of fine
ly powered charcoal in one-half tum-
blerful Of water; il will relieve in fifteen
minutes; take Seidlitz powder an hour
afterwaId.
SORE EYES. The common
blue violets, which grow wild in many
places; take the top and root and wash
clean, and dly; make tea, and drink
several times day; wash the eyes with
it each time.
For BURNS. s.-Charcoal has been dis
covered to be cure for burns. By lay
ing piece of cold charcoal upon the burn
the pain subsidies immediately By leav-
ing the charcoal on one boz che wound
is healed, as has been demonstrated .on
several occasions.
A HEAD WAsH.-Sage tea is one Of the
very best preparations for washing and
dressing the hair. The hair should be
carefully brushed and braided in two
firm braids, and the roots rubbed with
a sponge dipped in lukewarm sage tea.
The braids can then be washed and dried
with towel. This preserves the color
of the hair, and keeps the scalp clean.
CURING CUTS. cuts from
knives, cutting tools, scythes, etc., are
more likely to occur on the face and
limbs than on the body. All that is re-
quisite in general to bring the parts
together as accurately as possible, and
to bind them up-this is usually dene by
adhesive plaster, when the cut ceases to
bleed. Nothing is SO good for this pur-
pose as paper previously washed over on
one side with thick gum water, and then
dried; when used it is only to be wetted
with the tongue. When the cut bleeds
but little it is well to soak the part in
warm water for few minutes, OF keep a
wet cloth on it. This removes infamma-
ton and pain, and also a tendency to
fainting, which cut gives some persons.
If the bleeding be too copious, dab the
part with rag wetted with creosote.
Cracked Ioof in Horses.
The following question and answer is
from the New York Sun: I am the son
of blacksmith, and sometimes in shoe
ing horses [ find one with a cracked
hoof, and more or less lame in conse-
quence Can you tell me what causes
these cracked hOofs, and the best method
of management in order to cure the de-
feet?
The causes of cracks in the hoof walls
are various ; sometimes they come from
internal fevers, founder, or neglect i'll
having the shoes properly adjusted.
The hair which naturally covels the
coronet, if cut away, permits the dirt
and water to get i'll between the flesh
and hoof, especially if there happens to
be a slight abrasion of the parts, and,
through neglect, the crack enlarges I'M
til it becomes q serious defect aud mala-
dy. When crack is discovered on the
cOronet, it should be coated with pine
tar, and a small piece of rope wound
about the top of the hoof. If the crack
has progressed downward for an inch or
more before it is observed, it should be
carefully cleaned out; if the foot is in
famed apply poultice, and if the edges
of the crack can be brought together a
slender nail may be driven through the
edges and riveted. Large cracks are
sometimes filed with gutta-percha or
some similar substance that will hold
the edges immovable until the hoof
grows down, and new and sound one
formed. For what is called quarter
crack, bar shoe is indispensable, sooth-
ing applications should be constantly
applied, and the crack kept free from
dirt or anything which will prevent the
rapid growth of a new hoof from above.
When the new one shows itself, keep it
well covered with bandage, over which
pour little melted shoemakers' wax, or
a mixture of beeswax, rosin and tallow.
Lice on Cattle.
There are several kinds of lice which
infest farm stock. Some contine them
selves wholly to the horse and ass, others
to the OK and COW, while another is par
ticularly troublesome to calves. All the
kinds may be safely treated by rubbing
strong wood ashes into the hair, or with
sulphur ointment. No parasites can
withstand the fumes of sulphur, and it
is very easy to rub down a quantity of
flowers of sulphur in whale oil, or even
common lard. But killing the lice on
the animals is but a temporary relief,
unless all the buildings, sheds and yards
where the cattle sleep are also thorough
ly cleansed. Scatter wood ashes freely
about the stables in dry weather, and
use sulphur in the same way, as a few
dimes worth will cover quite large sur
face. Stock cannot thrive when tor
mented with lice, or other parasites; but
cleanliness is a great eradicator of such
enemies.
A correspondent advises the same
method for killing lice on cattle that is
employed by florists for exterminating
bugs that infect plants, to wit: Cover
the animal with blanket pinned close
around the nose, and smoke thoroughly
with tobacco. 1t will destroy the lice,
without the bad effects following the
wetting with decoctions or use of grease;
a second smoking is seldom necessary.