The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-01-15
AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.

To Scour Zinc.AThe Rural Ne,u
Yorker is authority for the following:
/" Housekeepers will find that zines may |
be secured with great economy Of time |
and strength by using either glycerine
or creosote mixed with little diluted
sulphuric acid"
Salt for Mich Cows.-Care should
be taken that milch COWS have salt
twice q week and that they have access
to water soon after taking the salt; be-
cause salt in its crude state is poison
GUS and will create q high fever in the
stomach unless diluted by water whic b
relieves the animal from burning
thirst.
-Immersing the Feet in Hot Water.
Remember never to have the foot
bath 20 hot as to occasion q, disagreea-
BILE sensation; this would drive the
blood to the head, instead of drawing
it from it. II possible, when bathing
the feet, have q warm bath for the
hands also; the object being to bring
the heat to the extremities.
"A balky driver makes q balky
horse. In breaking in colts, the trainer
should never lose his temper. A firm
hand and gentle manner will bring any
colt, however spirited it may be, into
subservience to the driver. The ami
NAL must be made to rely entirely upon
its master. It cannot be made to do 80
| by brute force. The same means should
be used as with child. -.-
Cutting Hedge. "A young hedge
of Usage orange or honey locust should
not be cut until il is two or three years
old, not, indeed, until the shoots are
one or two inches thick, when they
should be cut even with the earth in the
winter time, and the following year
they will throw up luxurious mass of
sprouts. which may be trimmed into
shape the next June, and before fall we
have q complete, impenetrable fence.
o -Cranberries.- and pick over
porcelain lined saucepan or an earth
sugar and half q cup of water. Put
them on the back of the range and let
them stew very slowly for two hours
without stirring. When turned out to
cool every cranberry will be found
plump and whole, and imbedded in q
firm, ruby colored jelly.
farmers club, said: "When you want
to dose q pig halter him as you would
for execution, and tie the rope end tc
q stake. He will pull back until the
rope is tightly strained. When he has
ceased his uproar and began to reflect,
approach him, and between the back
part of his jaws insert an old shoe from
which the toe-leather has been cut.
This he will at once begin to suck and
chew. Through it pour medicine and he
will swallow any quantity you please y
Cure for Felon.-When q finger
pricks as though there were a thorn ir
Il, and throbs intolerably when held
downward, and yet there is no external
sign of mischief, the probabilities are
that felon is in prospect, says an ex
change. Go at once to the butcher.
and procure some of the spinal marrow
J of beef creature. Take a piece, say
about two inches in length, and, hav
ing cut it open lengthwise. wrap i
around the affected finger, covering, o
course, with cloth. In few hour,
;; change the piece of marrow for fresl
one, and continue to keep the finger 81
encased until all pain has ceased, ant
there is no discomfort when the mar
row is removed. The finger will lool
strangely white and porous, but tn,
cure is complete. This remedy ough
to become professional. It is vastl,
,, better than the surgeons knife, AM
,, more effectual.