Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-06-02
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Cow PEAs.-There is no crop that we can
plant which will exhaust the soil less and
which will grow as luxuriantly on poor, worn.
out soil than the COW pea. The best mode of
planting is undoubtedly the drill, which en-
ables the rows to be cultivated, thereby keep
ing the ground clear of weeds and grass and
at the same time increasing the yield of vine
and leaves.
One mode of planting, and the one which
has given the best results, is to cut deep fur
rows with the plow three feet apart, sprinkle
the seed in and then harrow This gives deep
setting for the seed, and as the plants grow,
the soil can be gradually drawn up, thereby
increasing the hold Of the plants in the
soil and enabling them to stand drought
much better than if they had been planted
shallow. The soil should be stirred often, and
no better implement can be used than the ex'
.panding cultivator or horse hoe. This imple.
ment stirs the soil to the depth of three or
four inches, keeps the weeds and grass down,
and leaves the ground level and in much better
condition than the old.fashioned way of the
shovel plow and hand hoe. As fodder
plant the vines of the COW pea, when cut just
as the pod is formed and fed green, or cured
as hay and then fed, has few equals. There
is a vast amout of nourishment in the plant,
and horses or cattle fed with it thrive better
than on any other kind of food.-Live Stock
Record.
LONG L1FE.-We are accustomed to con-
slider threescore years and ten the length Of
human life, but the late Professor Faraday
adopted the theory that the natural age of
man is one hundred years. The duration of
life he believed to be measured by the time
of growth. In the camel the union takes
place at eight, in she horse at five, in the
lion at four, in the dog at two, in the rabbit
at one The natural termination is FIVE re-
moves from these several points. Man being
twenty years in growing lives five times TWEEN.
ty years-tbat is one hundred the camel
is eight years in growing, and lives forty
years; and so with other animals. The man
who does not die Of sickness, lives everywhere
from eighty to one hundred years. The Pro.
fessor divides life into equal halves-growth
and decline-and these into infancy, youth,
virility, and age. Infancy extends to the
twentieth year youth to the 6ftieth, be-
cause it is in this period the tissues become
firm virility from fifty to seventy-6ve, dur
ing which the or ansm remains complete !;
and at seventy:6,s old age commences, to
last longer or aorter time as the diminu.
ton of reserved forces is fastened or retarded.
RoAcHEs-We would cay to use pulver-
lied borax. 1t will drive away reaches We
speak from positive knowledge We have
tried it over and over again, and always with
ahe same effect. The hardest battle we ever
had was about ten years ago, when we moved
into house which we found, to our horror,
was infested with reaches. Then came the
tug of war the only weapon We used was
borax, and we conquered. We bought it by
the pound, and sprinkled it on the closet
shelves, in dresser drawers, in every corner
where the disgusting creatures could hide
around the edges Of all the carpets, in the
bath room and all the rooms, not conining
ourselves alone to the kitchen then we swept
up the dead by hundreds, and in a short time
we made an end of them. After that we
sprinkled it plentifully about, and left it to
keep them away.
VENT1LATE Your CLOSETS. un-
dergarments or the wash clothes ought not
to be put into closet, ventilated or not ven
tilated. They should be placed in large
bag made for the purpose, or roomy basket,
and then put in well-aired room at some
distance from the family. Having thus ex-
cluded one of the fertile sources of bad odors
in closets, the next point is to see that the
closets are properly ventilated. 1t matters
not how clean the clothing in the closet may
be, if there is no ventilation, that clothing
will not be what it should be- Any garments
after being worn for while will absorb more
or less of the exhalations which arise from
the body, and thus contain an amount of for.
eight may be hurtful-matter which free
circulation of pure air can soon remove
R9- Corn silk is said to be an efficient and
powerful remedy ior dropsy, bladder troubles
and diseases of the kidneys. The Louisville
Medical Neaos gives an account Of the medi-
cal properties of corn silk, and the cures that
have been effected by its use. The way to
use it is to take two double.handfuls of fresh
corn silk and boil in two gallons of water un.
til but gallon remains. Addsugar to make
a syrup. Drink q tumbler of this thrice
daily, and it will relieve dropsy by increasing
the flow of the urine most enormously.
Other diseases of the bladder and kidneys
are benefited by the remedy, which is prompt,
efficient and grateful to the stomach. The
treatment can be continued for months with.
out danger or inconvenience.
s@ DR.. T. G. C. Fahnestock handed US
this week specimen of his preserved pro.
vender for stock. 1t is composed of pea
vines and millet cut green. DR.. Fahnestock
dug hole under shelter on his premises
and lined the same in rough way with
boards or planks. The millet and pea vines
were pressed into this excavation in their
green state, and the whole thing covered over
with earth, being made tight The proven
der is well preserved and sweet and is greedi-
ly devoured by stock. Fodder and all green
crops may be treated in the same way at
small expense. DIR. Fahnestock will, it is
said, give directions for putting up green
crops. This course is pursued in France and
Germany and elsewhere with success and
pro6t.-KeosOse (S. CO. Courier.
TooTHACHE.-Q.) To cure toothache 80
that it will never ache again, take crumb of
opium as large as small pea, dissolve in
half tablespoonful of spirits of turpentine.
Put it in the hollow of the tooth. 1t will not
stop the pain at once, but, if we'll applied, will
soon cause it never to give troubleagain. (2)
Turkish myrrh diluted in water-at first
teaspoonful to tumbler and then gradually
strengthened and used as wash four or FIVE