The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-01-13
FAEH NOTES.

Soda spoils lawns and p"rcale'
Wash in tepid wafer. without soal
rinse very quickly, turn and hang
the shade TO dry.
a bar OF iron or poker laid over
fir. concentrates the heat Of The pass.
ing smoke aud creates draUghl
through ils f-r.
A piece Of beef Is much more tender
and Juicy when the animal hss been ied
on roots than beef made where no
roots are fell.
when going iaio pit never fail +"
l.seer lantern first, for hslf minute.
and IL burns brightly the air of The
pr is ~ 10 breathe
Mr <. II. Coles, of Norfolk, Conn.
drained 400 gallons OF syrup, with Is
cents per gallon, from amber cane
grown on AZ rods Of ground.
a milk contractor in Boston says lac
is making more money by manufac'ur-
ing his surplus milk into butter and
cheese than he did by his sales Of milk
Prof. Roberts says that fifty bushels
of wood ashes per acre increased The
yield of grass in certain location
more than any other manure. while
ground bone improved the clover.
Experiments have proved thai wood
Ell posts put in the ground in the same
position in which they grew, top up
ward, will become rotten several years
sooner than they would if placed sop
downward in the soil.
Il is rarely that laying hens get snf-
fieIrnt food at this season Of the year
Few persous are aware how much q
fowl will eat in the course Of a day.
Ne must bear in mind that when the
ground is bare they are eating nearly
all the time.
The whole cost of planting and cul-
tivatIng an acre of cotton. ginning the
product and delivering it on railroad
issiated hy South Carolina planter al
gil. or about 81 cents per pound.
An alloy for filling holes in iron is
easily made: Lead, 9 parts; bisinuth,
/; anthony, 2. This mixture expands
in cooling, so that the hole is perfectly
filed by the alloy when done
The comb of a fowl is a sure indica
ton of the state of its health. If f
loses its bright, rich color il is diseased
in some way, and as the disease ap-
p7oaches ITS worst stages the comb
turns black
Snow melts away upon drained landr
sooner than on those uHdrained hence
the drained soils are ready tor plough
ing much sooner. In Scotland it IL
claimed that the harvest is from ten :u
fifteen days earlier on drained than on
underlined lands
Insects, cat-rpillars aud Larvae are
not destroyed 10y heavy frosis or in
tense cold. Common caterpillars are
minjured by cold eleven degrees below
zero; aud after being frozen hard new
ertheless revive by return of heat
hence the gardner must not depend on
this source for assistance in Kidding
himself OF these poets.
The New York Herald recommends
~ an excellent remedy for sprains,
sores and bruiscs, sprained hook joints
and stiff joints generally in domestic
sniinals, iiniment composed of creo-
sote, one ounce; turpentine, one
ounce; olive oil. two ounces mix and
rub upon the affected parts. 1t is also
Of great advantage in thrush and foot
rot.
Pip on poultry is q symptom Of de
oase, aud not itself disease; it is COM
monty an affection of the air passages.
which cnmrels the fowl to breathe
through It's mouth, becoming dry in
consequence. A hard substance forms
at the end of the tongue, some lines ex
tending to the roof Of the mouth; this
cau-es the noisy breathing which pro-
duccs the sound of pip.
Errors in butter making are I'M
cleanliness; too much acid in cream.
coseine or huttermilE IN decomposed
state; too much friction in churBing
and working the butter; bad salt and
too much of IL; foul milking stables,
and impure water odOrs from various
sources known and unknown. These
sire errors vital in their consequences.
snd not generally thought as of any
imp rtance.