The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-11-12
THE HOUSEHOLD.
sUNDRY ITEMS OF INTEREST.


For bruises or sores, boil smart weed il
chamber I've, add a little soft soap and wasl
twice day.
A solution of carbolic acid in 300 part
Of water has been found effective for scab
A strong decoction of tobacco in gooC
wash also.
a good remedy against the scale insect i.
to use suds made of carbolic soap, and
brush the affected parts with it thoroughly
leaving it to dry thereon.
For throat distemper, crate fine small
green wild turnip, or, if dry, give a heaping
/ spoonful, mixed with bran or oats Never
fails Good for cough also.
A Michigan lady says that to kill insects
she uses one teaspOonful of kerosene to a
gallon of water, and sprinkles it on the
plants with A hand-broom. 1t destroys
green. flies and other pests.
The manure of cows and pigs resists de-
composition for longer time than that of
the sheep and horse-both the latter being
dryer than the former, and decomposing
more readily in the soil.
A good wax for grating purposes and for
covering wounds in trees Five parts, by
weight, of rosin, two parts of beeswax, two
parts of beef or mutton tallow, or enough
to NAL re the wax soft and easily applied.
A successful dairyman feeds his COWS
night and morning the year round, and in
each feed puts a teaspoonful of salt He
considers this method of sailing cows prefer
able to the usual one of giving animals salt
once or twice week, and thinks his method
adds largely to the amount of milk given
The English dairy farmers get immense
returns from their grass lands by free use of
bone manure. One Cheshire farmer says
that by this he can feed forty cows from land
that formerly gave him product sufficient
to feed only twenty. The English farmers
believe in 'boning' the grass lands es-
pecially.
Charcoal, pulverized and mixed with
water, is now highly recommended as an
agent for relieving cattle suffering from any
arrangement of the stomach, such as bloat,
or hoven, etc. This should be remembered.
| There is no doubt Of its efficacy, if abund-
ance of concurrent testimony can be relied
upon.
Large evergreens are very much out of
/ place on the sunny side of a house, while
! they form an appropriate screen and wind
break along the cold and exposed sides of
the building. Shade trees are often planted
too near to our dwellings, and too thickly,
so as to make the house dark, damp and
cherries.
An agricultural exchange says, to kill
ticks on sheep, throw in the barnyard few
SMALL thrifty second-growth fir trees. The
sheep will eat the leaves and small twigs
greedily, and often strip off all the bark.
The ticks will all leave the sheep in few
days, the strong Odor from the oil of the
4 fir driving them away.
The Science of Health says: ''If farmers
would avoid suddenly cooling the body af-
ter great exertions, if they would be care
full not to go with wet clothing. and wet
feet, and if they would not over eat when
in that exhausted condition, and bath daily,
using much friction, they would have
little or no rheumatism.
Rolling the meadows with a heavy roller
will level the surface by reducing the hum
mocks, sinking stones aud sticks or roots,
and compact the soil about the roots, and so
strengthen the grass. A light dressing, 100
pounds nitrate of soda per acre, for instance,
will encourage the growth and add largely
to the yield.
Collect some SCOT from chimney or stove
where wood is used for fuel, put into an old
pitcher and pour hot water upon it. When
cool use it to water your plants every few
days. The effect upon plants is wonderful
in producing rapid growth of thrifty shoots,
with large, thick leaves, and a great num-
Der of Fichlytinted roses.
Do GRAPES PAY The question is ask
ed, has grape growing proved profitable in
this country
As a general conclusion in the South,
until within the last few years it has not
those that have planted, cultivated and
pruned sundeFstaRdingly since the late war,
and with suitable varieties, have been gen
orally successful At the North and West
where they have planted in suitable soil and
varieties, and adopted wide planting and
long pruning, and training on trellis of
three wires, grape growing has proved sue
eessful and profitable. In support of this,
the STATISTICS of the wine production from
Government official reports, are given for
the first year of decades as follows:
1910, ia, 734 gallons-IS5Q, o., 249 gal
lons-iS60. ], $50, O00-1S7I, 1900, 900 gal
Ions, These figures apply only TO vineyard
culture, the probabilities arp that the gross
total of gallons of wine made in 1871, was
not less than 10000, 900. Contrast each
decade year with the preceding, and it will
present to view the rapid extension of the
grape and wine business of the nation
The South only, appears Indifferent to this
branch Of domestic Agricultural. G..
Cook
From 1871 the increase iR quality was
rapid up to 1876, since which time there
seems to have been slight decline
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