The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-09-04
thDEN AND HOUSEHOLD,



whenever opportunity offers. This is n
good way to do it.
a poultry fancier has found that lice
~ not venture near q sitting hen in
whose nest two or three tobacco leaves
have been placed.
a writer in the Poultry World areues
mat there is no foundation for fine
tneory that one breed of domestic fowl
is more tender and JUICY than another:
any fowi badly fed or cared for is neces.
enrily poor, stingy" and unpalatable.
put, other things equal, no difference
can pe discovered in the taste of the
hesh of the various breeds.
An old turkey-raiser gives the follow
ing experiment: -Four turkeys were con-
nned In pen, and fed on meal, boiled
potatoes and oats. Four others, of the
same brood, were also at the same time
connned IN another pen, and fed daily
on the same articles, but with one pint
OF very finely pulverized charcoal
mixed with their food-mixed meal and
boiled potatoes. They had also plenti-
ful supply OF broken charcoal in their
pen. The eight we're killed on the same
day, and there was difference of one
and half pounds eacn in favor of the
fowls which had been supplied with
charcoal, they being much the fattest
ana the meat greatly superior in point
OF tenderness and flavor.
Bed-BHEs and Ants.
A lady writes to an exchange as fol-
lows: Thinking perhaps might add
mite that would be of benefit to some of
the many readers of this department.
and wishing for recipe which would be
Of great help to me, 1 have, for the first
time, taken up my pen to tell what I
Know. To those that are troubled with
bed-bugs: Remove all your furniture
rom the room, after cleaning it of all
bugs and nits; then placs pan of Goals
IN the room and pour good supply of
Drlmstone on it; then close the room
nght, and let it smoke; do not open
until the smoke has all gone out through
1ne crevlces; then take wet cloth and
wipe OH the woodwork, and, before
placing your furniture back, anoiut all
me cracks with unguentum. 1 have.
fEied this way twice, and have been gery
successful. Also, good way to get rid
"a those little red ants that are 80 troub-
'esome to some. Watch them, and when
you find out where they travel to, Just
turn Kerosene oil into their nests, and
20 not be afraid to use it. I think you
sill soon be rid of them. / got rid of
mem IN that way, in a house where l
pould not keep anything out of their
reach, upstairs and down; they never
Foubled me afterward.
Farmers Aids and Enemies.
Hedgehog lives on mice, small ro-
gents, slugs and grubs-animals hurtful
% agriculture. Don't kill the hedge
hog.
Toad-farm assistant; destroys from
twenty TO thirty insects an hour. Don't
kill the toad.
Mole is continually destroying grubs,
iarVee, palmer worms and insects injuri-
Gus to agriculture. No trace of yege
tation Is ever found in it's stomach.
Does more good than harm. Don't kill
the mole.
May bug and its larvae or grub, mortal
enemy of agriculture; lays from seventy
so eighty eggs. Kill the May bug.
BnRDs. Each department loses sew
"a millions annually through insects.
IEds are the only enemies able to con-
end against them VIGOROUSLY. They
re the great caterpillar-k and agri-
EQitural assistants. Children, don't
NHturb their nests.-GOLden Rule.
How to Make Cows Give MILK.
writer in the Southern Farmer saws
pa bis COW gives all the milk that is
anaed IN family of eight, and that
POM it, after taking all that is required
~ other purposes, 260 pounds of butter
we're made this year. This is in part his
ea<Anent of the COW:
H you desire to get a large yield
rich milk, give your COW every day
H1er slightly warm and slightly salt
1n which bran has been stirred at
rate OF one quart to two gallons of
You will find, if you have not
Sq TINS daily practice, that your COW
q give twenty-five per cent. more milk
iiediately under the effect of it, and
Will become so attached to the diet
q refuse to drink clear water unless
sy thirsty. But this mess she will
itk almost any time, and ask for more
ne amount of this drink necessary is an
mary water pailful at a time, morn
boon and night"
To Free Hogs from Lice.
L. b., Ulster county, N. Y,
. What will kill lice on Rogs2"
ply:-Give the hogs half an ounce
lphur daily in their food until thev
Strongly of it through the skin.
viii be in ten days or thereabout
ne meantime, prepare a mixture of
tour parts, glycerine, two PARTS,
kerosene oil, two parts. Rub this
ten the brisket, the armpits, and be-
In the thighs of the animals, and
here else the vermin may be found.
gig The smell of the sulphur comes
seh the skin, all the lice that have
een killed by the grease viii leave
se. To prevent their return, keep
wthen floor in the pen, or bed the
with fresh earth six inches deep.
ewing it occasionally, and once a
throw over this quart of water in
n'eh one ounce of carbolic acid has
dissolved.