Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-01-17
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FARM AND FIRESIDH.
SIMPLE REMEDIES FOR WARTS.
Take cobweb; roll it into pill the sjzo of
the wart. Place the cobweb pill ON the
wart Take match and light the cob
web pill 1t will burn clear like charcoal.
When the pill is consumed the wart can
be picked out with the finger, 2. Take
Id indigo and soak it in water; pare
away the surface Of the wart so as to
cause the blood to flow; wipe off the blood
and drop the indigo water upon it. Very
large ones may require a second applica-
ton. The indigo produces no pain. 3.
One of my neighbors had his horses nose
covered with small warts, and tried many
different means to remove them. but
could not do so, until some one said to
him: "Why don't you try treaele?" This
was tried, and the warts, after, being
dressed a few times, were completely re-
moved in few weeks. 4. Take ashes
made from burnt willow bark, mix with
sweet cider, and apply several times, and
they will soon disappear. 5. Use strong
solution of alum several times day, and
let it dry on. If that does not cure, use
sal soda in the same way. 6. Lunar
caustlc, carefully applied so as not to
touch the skin, will surely destroy warts.
Z. Oil of cinnamon, dropped on the wart
| three or four times day, will cause their
| disappearance, however hard, large, or
dense they may be. The application gives
rise to neither pain or suppuration and is
pleasant perfume,
FEEDING IN COLD WEATHER-Wheth-
er it is due to carelessness or to want Of
knowledge of the requirements of the
fowls we cannot say, but many who keep
and breed fowls adhere to the old-time
practice of feeding corn, corn and nothing
else, winter and summer, and then expect
their fowls to do we'll, to lay plenty of eggs
and to keep in good he 18th. They may,
and no doubt will get fat on such food,
when given in liberal quantities, but then
that is not all that is required. In sum-
mer fowls require food which will not
cause production of much fat, while in
winter they require food of more heating
nature to successfully resist the cold, al
though it should be given not too literally
or else they will! become too fa.; and the
food should be changed at regular inter
walls to obtain the best results. During
the winter months it will be found to be a
good plan to warm the grain and other
food before feeding it, and not leaving the
fowls run out in the morning before the
weather has become warm. This latter is
very necessary with Leghorns and other
large combed birds. A supply of meat
scraps, or mush made of corn meal with
a fair proportion of finely chopped meat
should be given during the winter, to sup
ply the absence of bugs, worms and hop
pers, which the summer affords.
To BOTTLE CIDER.-Put your cider in
cool cellar; add one pound of double re-
fined sugar. to each gallon of cider. Keep
the bung out until the cider is done work
ing-say one month; then close the bung
until the cider has obtained the flavor to
suit; the sooner you bottle it after it is
done working the sweeter it will be. I
generally bottle January l.; it must not be
bottled before it is done working, or it
will break the bottles. Use champagne
bottles only lit will burst any other kind),
and straight velvet corKs soak the corks
in warm water, compress them, drive
them in with wood mallet; set the barrel
up 16 inches, so as not to disturb it when
you draw it in the bottles, as you will ruin
it if disturbed after working; draw direct
in the bottles; add to each bottle one tea
spoonful sugar; cork it up Immediately
after filling; double wire each bottle; lay
on che side in cool cellar. It will keep
for years.
VERBEN .-Verbenas, to live and
bloom in the house, must be raised from
young shoots, not from layers from old
plants. They require cool room, heated
to only about $40 III the day, and falling to
400 at night, or even less than this. Give
them plenty Of air when there is no frost
in it; and place them so that they will get
all the sun possible. They like best
sandy soil, fertilized once week with
ammonia. This will cause them to grow
rapidly and put on dark, rich green foil
age. Shower them every week to keep
them free from the verbena mite and the
green aphis. Pinch them; back them well
to keep them from growing struggling.
They may be raised from seeds IN the
house, and the seeds should be soaked over
night. Give them great deal OF sand
and plenty of moisture.
CARROTS FOR HORsEs.-At Cornell
University they have been feeding their
work teams literally with carrots the pres
ent winter, and the experiment has proved
this to be one of essential value for feeding
to horses. One bushel of carrots and one
bushel OF oats, fed in alternate meals, are
OF equal value with two bushels of oats
alone, while they can he grown at much
less expense. Henceforth carrots will
prohtably replace one half the oats we have
led. Horses, like human beings, require.a
variety of food. and thrive best upon a.
ration that involves change of diet.
GROWING WHEAT IN HILLs.-Experi-
ments have lately been made in England
in dibbling wheat and cultivating it like
corn, with the hoe. Tie seed was planted
in hills one foot apart and four inches
apart in the rows. The result was eighty
four bushels per acre. Another experi
ment VITA rows six inches apart, and four
inches apart in the rows, resulted in
yield OF slxty-nine bushels per acre. An
experiment in this way of cultiyating