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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-18

AS food for horses, u mixture of
oats and corn ground, to DC fed with
cut hay, Is recommended. The corn,
If ground with the cob Is rclishcd by
horses, and Ia not 50 heating rs clear
corn.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-18
HUMOROUS.

story at the recent New England din.
ner: In the Berkshire hills there was
funeral. The woman who mingles
curiosity with pity was there with the
mourners. TO tho afflicted widow, in
a melancholy voice, she said. When
did you getyour now eight-day clock ?"
81 amt got no new clght-day Clock"
responded the bcreavcd woman. "Why,
what Is that In tho corner2 Ain't that
an eight-day clock?" persisted the GU
rious visitor. "No; that ain't Il clock,
that's the deceased. We stood it OH end
In the corner to mako room for the
mOurners."
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-18

NEvRR keep a chalk account with
milkman.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-18

Colortng Brass-In colorlng and lac
quering brass work, says The Engineer,
browns Of all shades are obtained by
immersion In n solution OF nitrate or
tho pcrchloride of Iron, the strength of
the solution determining The depth Of
the color. Violets are produced by dip
ping III solution Of chloride of anti
mony. Chocolate is obtained by burn
ing on the surface of the brass moist
very small quantity of black lead /.
O'ive-grcen results from making the
surface black by means Ola solution Of
iron and arsenic In muriatic acid, pol
ished with black lead brush, and coat
ing 1t, when warm, with u LACQUER
composed OF one part of lac-varnish,
four Of tnmeric, and one of gamboge.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-18

STAdNANT and impure water that
cows drink while at pasture is ono OF
the most prominent causes of bad odors
IN milk
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-18
"A STEM winder-'I'he ivy green.

ALTOGETHER too thin-The ice.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-18
OVARIAN TUMORS,

The removal Of these tumors by RApwAYs
r. R'soI.vEiIT Is now 80 certainly established that
what was once co ,sidered allno miraculous 8
now q co nmon recogniz d I CT by oil parties.
Witne the cases OF Hannah p. knapp. Mrs. q.
Krapf, Mrs j. II. Jolly and Mrs. P..D. Hendrix,
pub. .iSho in our Aim mac for 1879; also that OF
Mrs: &. =. Bibons. IN the present edition OF our
False and True" ....-E. ..f..
Ono Dollar per Bottle.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-18
FARM AND GARDEN,

PLANT FooD.-Th's must be in sol
uble or liquid condition. All the ne
cessary mineral .fertilizing ingredients
may he present In q soil and yet may be
of no avail unless In soluble cOndi.
tion, or unless they have also solvent.
A surface made up OF coarse pebbles
only, without any pulverzed material
would BIO hopelossly sterile, even
though those pebbles might have the
chemical composition of the best ferti-
lizers. The mass of coarse pebbles
would lack tho porosity and sensibility
of q good soil. Fertile soils must pos
sess both. Fields of tine, light, and po-
rOus soil, OF the most fav0ra bic compo-
sition would be wholly unproductive in
drought tor want OF a proper solvent
to convey the mineral ingredients into
the tissue Of plants. Even when water
enough was present, If the fertilizing
elements of the soil were In such con-
dition thatit could not SUIT them, the
soil would be perfectly sterile. Hence
the great utility OF the solgcnts and de-
composing agents. Rain water, ac-
cording to Professor Robert Peter, Is
one OF natures great solvents to act
upon materials that may be converted
into plant food, containing as it does
carbonic acid, which not only takes up
WnaC IL alTeauy Ill u SOluDlc COnulClOn, !,
but by means OF the dissolved ucid
decomposes the silicates of the soil and
sets free. potash, phosphates, etc., and
IL Is enabled also to hold lime, magncsia
and the phosphatos in solution.
THE ORCHARD IN SMALL GRAIN.-It
not untrequently happens that wheat
or oats are sown In tho orchard. This,
of course is not the best way Of doing,
yet from some cause or other, good,
sufficient or otherwise, 1t is ncvcrthc-
less done. The stubble, after the grain
ls cut, should the weather be dry and
warm, is capable Of rejecting the heat
to such an extent as to endangcr the
lives Of trees, especially if they be
young. 70 avoid such a condition the
stubble should be pIowed under as soon
as possible after tho grain is harvested.
BY so doing the risk cf injury from re-
Election OF heat is not only removed,
but the soil is In better condition TO re-
tain moisture, thereby causing the trees
TO grow. Young orchards should be
planted III small grain. Older ones are
sometimes Sown in oats and pastured
down by the hogs without Injurious CT
fects. Glover, however, ans Hers bet
tor purpose, and Is more profitable even
rs a food for swine.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-18

Total Solar Eclipse on tho PaciGc.-
recent meeting OF the San Fran cisco
Academy Of Sciences. Mr. Brooks
called attention TO eclipse of the
sun OH January II, next year. The
eclipse will be invisible east of line
drawn through st. Joseph, Mo-, and
Baton Rouge, La, and visible to the
western quarter of North America, the
Pacific Ocean and extreme northern
edge of Australia-being central and
total along'a line distant twenty miles
south of and parallel to line drawn
through Monterey, CAL, Mariposa and
Salt Lake City. Elsewhere it will be
partial. Tho eclipse will begin as fol-
lows: Denver, Col, 4h. I'm. D. m,
Santc Fe, New Mexico, 4h. In. d. IN.
Salt Lake City, Utah 3h. 24m. D. M.
Victoria, V. G. l., 2h. 25m. D. III.
Portland, Oregon, Oh. 20m. p. M, San
Francisco. 2h. 35m.p. M; Monterey,
Cal, 2h. 3Sm. p. M. ; sacramento City.
"a. 39m. p. M. Stockton, Oh. 40m. D. III.
Mariposa, 2h. 47m. p. M; Diego, ,3h
ON. p. M; Virginia City, NeY., Oh.
49m. p. M; the sun setting more or less
eclipscd. At Victoria, Australia, the
sun will rise on the morning OF Jau-
uary IL slightly cclpsed, tho eclipse
continuing for fifteen minutes.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-18

Therapeutic Use Of Ltnseed. DIR. Sher-
Well paper OH the use Of linseed and
ITS OF as therapeutic agents in diseases
OF the skin, recently published, has
received considerable attention from
the medical press. 1t appears that he
was IN the habit OF employing It in a
threefold administration. aud tn ,se may
be here briefly cited. First, If tho
patient were a male aud had sound
teeth, the seed itself was the best form
In which to take 1.-THE man would
carry about ten ounces of this in his
pockets, and would probably consume
a tea-cup full in tho course of n day
tho ordinary domestic linsced is small
and-dark In color, and contains only
ABOUT ~ per cent Of oil, while that from,
bombay or Calcutta-the kind to bo
used.is larger. lighter IN color, and
contains about 80 per cont of oil. s ,contl
IN the case of women or children, tho
ground seed mixed with milk in tho
form ofa porridge, is more desirable,
ana no. unpalatablc. Third, III certain.
cases 1t could be given in the form ST
bread, tho bread to be made by mixing
iinseed meal with flour in any pro, ,,or-
ton desired,-lhis method, however.
being hardly SO efficient as tue others.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-18
HEALTH is WEALTH.
health Of Body is Wealth Of Mind.
RaQVaYs SarsaparilHal ResdVCut

Pure blood makes sound Gesh, strong bono an
4 clear skin. Iryou would have your flesh arm,
yonr bones sound, without carries. and your com
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-18
A GRATEFUL. RECOGNITION

"To cure a CHRONIC or LONG sTANDINa pIsRAs
Is truly a victory In the healing art; that reason
Ing power that clearly dlscerns DBFEoT ana sup
degrees-the body which has been slowly at
tackled and weakened by an insdlous disease.
our gratitude. DR.. Railway has furnished man
kind with that wonderful remedy, Railways
Snrsa pRrillian Resolvemt. which accom-
plishes this result, and suffering humanity,
who drag out on existence Of pain and disease,
through long days and long nights, owe him
theiI gratitude. .H-AeltcaI AeSs .,dor>
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-07-09
How 10 Keep Lard.

When the scraps are just beginning to get
brittle and brown, put in q tablespoonful OF
fine salt to a quart Of the hot lard, and there
will be no trouble the lard will keep per-
fectly sweet for any length of time, and the
salt does no possible harm to any kind Of
cookery. person can easily judge of the
quantity of lard if they know how much the
kettle holds. It makes the lard winter aud
harder, aside from preserving il sweet. 1t
must cook little while after adding the salt.
That designed for summer use should be eth.
or kept in Il tight earthen jar or tin bucket
with cover. To restore lard that is trihe
tainted, put the lard into an iron kettle, and
cut up salt pork in thin slices-about one half
pound of pork TO gallon Of melted lard !;
add two spoonfuls Of salt, and let it cook till
the pork is crisp take out the slices of pork
and turn the lard into your jar, and you will
never know that it has not always been sweet.
But it is better to salt il in the first place, as
it saves much trouble aud time.
When the lard gets scorehed by frying
doughnuts, as it sometimes will Especially If
the girls are doing it,, it can be made nice
again by slicing raw potato into thin slices,
and dropping into the kettle and frying until
quite brown They absorb all the bitter
taste, and collect the dark specks on their
surface, and make the lard fit for use again.
Another way to cleanse lard in the frying pan
is, just before you set your kettle away, to
pour in some boiling hot water and let it
stand and cool. When you wish to use it
again, take knife and run around the edge
of the lard lift it from the kettle, and lay it
bottom side up on fiat plate scrapo off all
the brown coating for the soap grease turn
out the water and cleanse the kettle; il any
water stands in drops on the lard, let it drain
of, and your lard is pure AMI sweet. BY at
tending to these little matters of economy, a
great saving is effected in the course of year,
and farmers profits are mostly made up Of
little items. 1t is a common remark, il II far
mer fails in business, that 'his wife is extrnv-
agant"-as il all the blame rested on her for
his misfortunes. think it is mistake to lay
everything on the shoulders of the wives. for
there are some men who have proved them
selves penny wise and pound foolish" -
Country Gentleman.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-07-09

At late meeting of the Lancaster, Penn,
Agricultural and Horticultural Society, DIR. C.
A. Greene read the following essay upon the
subject of poultry raising
For forty years, with occasional Interrupt
tions, 1t has been my fortune as boy and
man, to caro- for poultry. and some expert
ence l have gathered during these years 1
propose now to make public for all who are
interested in the matter, and for convenience
sake will arrange the facts under different
heads.
Hens, if properly kept, are source of
profit and comfort to the owner.
The eggs can be increased in size and rich
ness by proper feeding of the fowls
They require a variety of food, aud get OK
cessively tired of one kind.
The egg contains almost all the cOnstitu-
| ents of the human body, and hence the
hen must have variety of food to construct
| it.
The hens cease laying when improperly fed,
or when in q diseased condition.
They require warm, clean, properly ven
tiated house for winter months
| II by neglect yermin infest the bird roosts
and house they should at once be removed,
as they are deleterous to the health of these
friends of man.
The droppmgs of the hens should be oc-
casionAlly removed. They should not be al
lowed to accumulate. The floors should be
covered with loan or sand.
As hens require deal of water, drinking
only small quantity at time, it should be
supplied abundantly, and kept clean and
| fresh.
As they require and must have carbonate
| and phosphate of lime for their shells, it mus
be given them in unstinted quantities, and
in the most convenient manner for them tc
pick and swallow into their crops. These re-
quirements will be found in old plastering
broken oyster-shells, aud best of all in fresl
bones, with some of the gristle and meat at
tached. II should be cut up on log with
Ratchet every day the strife made by the
fowls to get at it when offered them will plain
ly prove to you that they like and need it
The instincts of the hen in summer, with
proper range, will teach it what and where h
collect the variety of food required. Ii
winter, when housed, man must supply il Il
them.
As hens have no teeth, and drop their foo,
] into their crops unmAsticated, in order TO di
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-07-09
THE VERMONT PHOENIX, AND RECORD FARMER FRIDAY,

gest it, they must have access to stones and
gravel which being swallowed, take place Of
teeth in their stomach, hence they must have
a liberal supply Of gravel
The application Of sulphur sprinkled upon
the fowls, while roosting or otherwise with
pepper box, will destroy vermin. Coal-oil
applied to their roosts in small quantities
will also kill parasites Two or three drops
of whale oil, dropped occasionally on the
back of a hen or any other bird, will kill
lice.
Tho nests must occasionally be renewed
and kept clean. Straw is better than hay
Tobacco stems covered with straw is an ex-
cellent prevention Of insect breeding, espec.
tally when they are sitting.
When clucking and not needed for moth
ors, the quickest way to stop their chicken
raising desire is to put them in boxes or
cages without anything to lay upon except
the boards.
few fowls in separate pens are much
more profitable and more easily kept healthy
than in large numbers.
They require and must have in winter green
food, such as grass, turnips, bcets or cabbage
leaves.
Corn and wheat middlings; corn unground,
oats, bread and other Stops from the house
should all be fed, changing as often as twice
q week.
Hens should be killed when three years
old, as they lay less eggs every year after
the third and they naturally become dis
eased, and are not so good eating when
older
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-07-09
salt forTrce. and vegetnnIcs.

will give you sketch of my experience
with the use of salt in the garden and orchard.
Young fruit trees can be made to grow and
do well in places where old trees have died,
by sowing pint of salt on the earth where
they are to stand. After trees are set, l con-
tinue to SOW pint Of salt around each tree
every year. set twenty five trees in sandy
soil for each one of seven years, and only sue
ceeded in getting one to live, and that only
produced twigs few inches long in nine
years. Last spring l sowed pint of salt
around it, and limbs grew from three to three
and half feet long. In the spring of 1877 l
set out twenty-five trees, putting pint of
salt in the dirt used for filling, and then sowed
a pint more on the surface after each tree was
set. All grew as il they had never been taken
from the nursery. Last spring set thirty
more, treating them in the same way, and they
have grown very finely. The salt keeps away
insects that injure the roots, and renders the
soil more capable of sustaining plant growth.
In 1877 my wife had garden forty feet
square. II was necessary to water il nearly
every day, and still the plants and flowers
were very inferior in all respects. In 1873
put half n barrel of brine and half n bushel of
salt on the ground, and then turned it under
The consequence was that the plants were of
extraordinary large size and the flowers Of
great beauty. 1t was not necessary TO water
the garden, which was greatly admired by all
who saw it. The flowers were so large that
they appeared to be of different varieties from
those grown on land that was not salted
had some potatoes growing from seed that
wiltod down as soon as the weather became
very hot. l applied salt to the surface of the
soil till it was quite white. The vines took a
vigorous start, grew to the length of three
feet, blossomed, and produced tubers from the
size of hens eggs TO that of goose eggs. My
soil is chiefly sand, but believe that salt is
highly beneficial to clay or to common prairie
land. d., in tie Chicago Times.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-07-09
NOTES.

T. w. Hgginson says he once saw an adj
lniring group collected in an English garden
around line specimen of the American null
LEM
Two little Illinois girls raised chickens and
sold eggs; and after making considerable
sum of money they purchased a monument
for their grandmother's grave.
A correspondent of the Country Gentleman
keeps his fowls out of the garden-and raises
winter food for them at the same time-by
planting sunflower hedge, seeds one or two
inches apart.
Barnum has Just brought to the city the
biggest horse ON the continent, monster bay,
six feet nine inches high, weighing 245O
pounds. 1t was bred in Ohio from native
draught stock, and is said TO have cost Barnum
$1,000.
1t is said that the peach crop this year is to
be the largest since 1875, which WINS the great
est peach year ever known. Arrangements
arc making for very wide distribution of the
| crop, and many new canning establishments
are starting to use the surplusage.
Specimens of the rita, new textile plant
of the cactus family which grows over a
| great expanse of country in Central Mexico,
have been sent to England by Vera Cruz
house, and made into handkerchiefs of great
beauty. The plant yields glossy thread of
| great ineness and length of fibre, and cloth
made from it is very strong.
The Hartford Courant tells how German
neighbor cured foul well of decided fla
vor of mortality" which it had borne for
| years, by first cleaning it out, and then put
ting in peck of salt, letting the well fill up
again, and again pumping it dry. Worth try
| ing
The New England Homestead tells of an
| apple tree in Prescott Mass. which was acci-
dentaly split by gale, and the parts after
wards reunited by an iron bolt, since which
event one-half the tree has kept on in its old
| habit of bearing fruit only in the even year,
while the other half has changed, and now
bears only in the odd year
Tho grape aud wine industry in the United
States is assuming large proportions The
following estimates are approximately correct
Missouri has 1900 acres of the vine in cultiva-
ton, producing last year 10000 gallons of
wine Sandusky o., and vicinity Gncluding
the Lake Erie islands,, 4, 900 acres, producing
lts9G9, 600 pounds Of fruit California, GO, 600
acres in grapes, representing in money, in
GLIDING land, $30,O0O,OO0.
The cultivation of cotton, which was tried
in California some time ago, but abandoned
in 1877, is now being revived on a large scale,
under promise of a permanent home market.
A thousand acres have already been planted
in cotton. 1t is claimed that the climate, by
reason of its even temperature, is eminently
fitted for cotton culture, and that the staple
raised will be of greater fneness and length
of fibre.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-07-09
Extra food for Calves.

Dairymen, don't forget your stock calves
Don't put them of with picking of grass
and a little whey from the factory, growing
them up so thin as to be hardly able to cast a
good shadow. These young things, well cared
for, will pay for all your labor and food, and
besides, it will give you pleasure to look at
their rangy, well-rounded bodies and limbs
it is food that makes the blood show. few
cents per week, in extra food to each calf, is
better than laid up in II savings bank for it
will pay a better interest and can be drawn at
sight without any rebate of interest. The
little extra food you give goes all to growth,
and, consequently, all to profit.
We hope the dairymen of the whole coun-
try will become better acquainted with the
value of linseod oil-meal for calves. The
young animals need TO grow muscle, bone and
tlesh-to build up the vital system, first of all.
Oi-meal is exactly adapted to do this-having
ten per cent of oil to lubricate the system and
keep the bowels healthy, rs per cent of mus
Gle forming food and II per cent of soluble
-hydrates or heat and fat-giving food.
But, as oil-meal is more expensive than wheat
middlings, you can substitute the latter for a
part of the former. Give the calf every day
one-half pound of oil-meal and l-2 pounds
of middlings, costing about two cents. Sup
pose this is given six months, the cost will be
$500, and the calf would sell for 81 to IS
more for this extra food. Remember that
your calves cat to grow, and if they do not
grow they eat at your expense. Nat. LtOt
Stock Journal.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-07-09
THE HOUSEHOLD.



BLACKBERRY WINE First Rocdpt.-Mash
the berries and pour one quart of boiling wa
ter to each gallon let the mixture stand ~
hours, stirring occasionally then strain and
measure into keg, adding two pounds of SUI
gar to each gallon. Lot it stand till done fer
menting then cork it tight, or draw 1t of
and bottle.
Second Receipt. Measure the berries and
biuise them. To every gallon add one quart
of water, and let the mixture stand for ~
hours, stirring occasionally then strain of
the liquid into a cask, adding two pounds of
sugar to every gallon Of the mixture. Let il
stand till the following October, when the
wine will be ready for use without further
straining or boiling. 1t may be improved,
and perhaps kept better, by adding a small
quantity Of pure French brandy.
ELDERBERRY VINE First Receipt. To one
gallon Of the ripe berries add one of water
let it stand "a hours, stirring it often boil it
half an hour in copper or brass kettle, and
strain through sieve. Put it again in the
kettle, and to each gallon of liquid add %
pounds Of sugar boil It % minutes. Tie in
cloth half an ounce Of ginger, the same OF
allspice put il into the kettle and boil five
minutes; then take out the spice. When cool
add one teacupful Of good yeast keep it in a
warm room to ferment few days then put
it into a cask with the bung out for three or
four months, when it will be ready to bottle.
Wine made by this recipe is equal in flavor to
port wine, and is far more wholesome for
medical purposes than any commercial wine.
Second Receptacle every quart of berries
add one quart of water boil half an hour
run off the liquor and break the berries
through a hair sieve; then to every quart of
juice add three quarters Of pound of sugar
boil again one quarter of an hour, with Jam-
aica peppers, ginger and a few cloves. When
sufficiently COOL pour into barrel with a cup
of yeast and piece of toast to assist the fer
mentation TO be kept in a warm place..
When it ceases to hiss add one quart of bran
dy to eight gallons of the liquor; then close
the barrel perfectly air-tight and keep in a
cool place for six months, when it will be fit
To bottle