The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-07-19

eight grains of glycerine to the daily
ration of lot of guinea pigs increased
the effect of their food so that they
gained from one-tenth to one-fifth of
| their weight in a given time, while a
second lot fed on the same ration, but
without glycerine, gained nothing
when the dose of glycerine was changed
to the second lot they gained in weight,
aud the first lot gained nothing. Large
doses of glycerine, however, cause de-
rangement of the digestive organs.
A FARMER says: "Four years ago my
farm was fearfully infested with rats.
They were 50 numerous that | had
great fears of my whole crop being de-
stroyed by them after it was housed !;
but having two acres of wild peppermint
that grew in a field of wheat cut and
bound with the wheat, drove the rats
from my premises. | have not been
troubled with them since, while my
neighbors have any quantity of them.
| feel convinced that any person who is
troubled with these pests could easily
get rid of them by gathering good sup
ply of mint and placing it around the
walls or base of their barns"
ONE of our Brooklyn friends relates
that he has accidentally discovered a
very efficient remedy for gapes in chick
ems. 1t is dry, caustic lime. One of
his chickens got the gapes; he caught
the fowl and with a pen-knife dropped
some caustic lime that happened to
stand by into its throat, and let it go.
Next day the fowl had recovered. He
MON +ionaJ bio ouooocs M a friend Of his
who applied the same remedy to three
chickens with the gapes with the same
result.-Rural Neo Yorker.
THERE is no driving of the flock in
Spain. When the shepherd wishes to
remove his sheep he calls tame
wether, accustomed TO feed from his
hands, and the fayorte, however dis
tant, obeys his calls, while the rest fol
low. One or more of the dogs, with
large collars armed with spikes in order
to protect them from the wolves, pre-
cede the flock; others skirt 1t on either
side, and some bring up the rear. If a
sheep be ill or lame, or Tags behind, I'M
observed by the shepherds, the dog stays
with and defends it until some one re-
turns in search of it.
EXPERIENCE with the Colorado beetle
should prompt the early planting of po-
tatoes; also abundant manuring and
good preparation of the soil The latter
often doubles the crop. An extra
one hundred bushels of potatoes per
acre are well worth working for. 1t
does not pay to plant large seed. Small,
well-ripened seed will be the most profit
able when its cost is considered. After
much observation, there appears to be
difference in the crop from small and
large seed. OF course there is limit,
and potatoes as small as hickory nuts
are not referred to.
WE occasionally see a query asking
for remedy for the cure of sheep that
have been poisoned by eating laurel.
will give the readers of your paper a
very simple remedy that cured several
of my sheep two years ago, after they
had become so bad from the effects of
the poison that they could not get up.
| made a strong tea from corn-cobs and
gave it to them. Their recovery COM
menced at once, and was very rapid.
believe it to be sure cure for the above
poison, and hope that any who are so
unfortunate as to have sheep thus
troubled will give this remedy a trial.
Rural Ne1o Yorker.