The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-04-01

Then said tho lass. while Fred vas all agog, .
xou ought to buy yourself terrier dogl"
THE HOUSE AND FARM.
TO PRESERVE woolens from moths
Give them to the poor. !, .~.~,,
A xARE's nest would be . valuable
adjunct to stock farm. !i"-4
ONE THOUSAND laths will cover sew:
enty yards of surface, and eleven pounds
OF nails will put them on. .'..,
LAUGH and grow fat-grow fat and
be laughed at. It is q poor rule that
will not work in all directions. =
WITH all the pretensions of the COW
to sobriety she generally insists on
having q horn or two before breakfast.
EXPERIMENTS prove that there is no
feed for COWS 10 we'll calculated to pro-
+ dRoe. .galt,edged butter 'as1ed clover in
bloom. =. r.: : i, - ~7.,Z -:
ONE-F1FTH more siding and flooring
is needed than the number of square
feet of surface to be covered, becauee
of the lap in the siding and matching
of the floor. ''.
TURN1Ps are healthful for horses.
They should be cut in slices, or what is
better, pulped finely and mixed With
little meal and salt. Rutabagas are bet
ter than white turnips.
A CELLAR that is cool, dry and dark,
and yet we'll ventilated, is the best place
for preserving potatoes in large quanti-
ties. When smaller quantities are to
be preserved there il nothing like dry
sand. The same may be said of fruits
and roots of all sorts.
Mr.. J. G. EDWARDS, of England, re.
marks: ~Any man who has seen a
turnip deems himself qualified to ad-
wise the farmer, and though each man
sings to different tune the burden of
the song is the same-that the farmer
is in fault and needs setting right
A CONTEMPORARY thinks if farmers
woald avoid suddenly cooling the body
after great exertions, be careful not to
60 with wet clothing and wet feet, not
to over'eat when in an exhausted con-
dition, and would bathe daily, using
much friction, they would have little or
no rheumatism.
Group PREVENTIVE. First get a
piece of chamois skin, make it Ike
little bib, cut the neck, and sew on
tapes to tie it on; then melt together
some tallow and pine tar; rub some of
this in the chamois, and let the child
wear it all the time. Renew with the
tar occasionally.
E. NJ. WAsHBURNE, in speaking of the
care of dairy cattle, says: "In the best
dairies of North Holland there is but
very small amount of grain fed to the
cows or young stock, and of all I have
imported have never had one that
would eat grain without teaching, by
mixing with hay or roots, or some root
they were accustomed to eat"
The first year a sleeps front teeth
are eight in number, and all of equal
size. The second year the two middle
shed out, and are replaced by two much
larger than the others. The third wear
two very small teeth appear on either
side of the eighth. At the end of the
fourth year there are six large teeth.
The fifth year all the front teeth are
large. The sixth year all begin to
show signs of wear.
VERMN.-The poultry house, if close
~ examined, may be found to swarm
with lice. A gray, mealy powder may
be seen on the roosts, in crevices, and
in tho corners and joints of the build
ing. Take common squirt can filed
with kerosene oil and inject the oil into
every crevioe in the house. Repeat
this process if it is found necessary,
and very soon the fowls will be free
from these insect pests.
CH1LDREN's D1Er.-The London
Medical Gazette says that children
should never be allowed to eat anything
between meals excepting dry bread.
II they cannot eat that they are not
hungry. Indulgent mothers ruin the
digestions of their children by allowing
them to eat dainties. An old writer
says: A good digestion is to the
body what good conscience is to the
mind-the great cause of happiness"
KEEP THE Coop CALvEs.-As the
COWS come in the best of the heifers
may be selected for raising. There can
be no better way to improve the stock
of COWS chan to use a good bull and
keep the best calves, well feeding and
caring for them until matured. After
they become COWS selection can again
be made for breeding, and only the
best retained. In few years the value
of dairy COWS may be doubled b. this
careful practice of selection.
GRASS in the North is not made as
available as it might. An opinion pre-
walls that grass lands can not be kept in
permanently good condition. Yet there
are in many localities plots and tracts Of
grass that are very old and show no
signs of failure. What has been done
once in this way can be done again. A
permanent pasture or meadow is inval-
liable. Why can not we try to make
and keep them? This is q subject
worthy the most careful study.
A CHEAP D1s1NFECTANT AND DEO-
ooR1zER. Dissolve drachm of nitrate
of lead in q paiIfa4l, and q drachm of
common salt in . js1atall of soft water;
mix the two solutions. Soft water is
essential, on account of it's preventing
the formation of an insoluble carbonate
of lime and lead. Dip rags into the So
luton. and hang them up in the offen-
sive room, or pour some of the mixture
upon excrements, or down the privies or
sinks. This solution is of ordinary
strength; but may be made much
stronger if desired. If carbonate of
lead and lime form, pour off the clear
liquid and use none Of the sediment.
FoR WEAK EYEs.-A simple remedy
for week or core eyes is recommended,
as follows: Get q scent cake of elder
flowers at the druggists, and steep in
one gill of soft water. It must be
stepped in bright tin or earthenware;
strain nicely, and then add three drops
of laudanum; bottle it tight, and keep
IN cool place; then use It ~ q wash.
letting some Of it get in the eyes. Fol-
low this, and relief is certain. II tho
eyes are painful or much sore. make