The Worthington advance., 1882-02-09
q HOUSE Il Sc AND :. A Nj F FARM.
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A Few Farm Notes,

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p ME Mark Lane Erpress' (London)I r. r..
marks upon the fact that there is not i sin-
.@et garner in the United States House Of
Representatives. }. 49, ~ 49, = Es..
En-. Commissioner Le Duo lays it down
as rule that persistent cultivation Of q
staple crop will bring the sheriff into any
county that relies on it. II General farming
and rotation Of crops Is what he recom-
mends. ''jif"i II t't''i'iII - 3:3as'
y. Ono OF the best and safest remedies Tor
worms in pigs or horses is turpentine. The
dose is two ounces for 81 q, horse and from
one dram to half an ounce for a pig. so..
,eording to its size. The medicine Is best
siyen IN linseed- oil, using about eighttimes
the quantity Of the turpontine. For worms
in the lower intestines the oil and turpen
tine, may be given as an Injection : 1T
should be repeated for three days, at inter
'yals Of ono week, for three or four weeks.
" Professor Law. of. Cornell Universitv.
hdys the, London Marx Lane E1pfess find.
ing the cream on his milk ropy. :ex- :.
,>nmined it with amicroscope, and found
1t infested with living organisms. aOna in i
Xestigatim; he found that tho herd from
which his supply came drank the water of
stagnont pool located in q muddy 'swale!
The same was detected by amicroscope: ex-
animation Of tho blood OF the cows. y,
i: In hulling corn the outer Lusk only is
removed, and this contains the least nutri.
.t!ous part Of the grain. The process OF
hdlling is as rollows; 4 lye .;is made of
caustic potash or lime--elther will do.
strong enough to float the corn; the corn j,
steeped IN this for twelve hours, when the
husk is found to be swollen and loosened:
the lyo is' then poured off and clear water
IS poured in; the corn is then stirred with a
stick violently, and the husks, are loosened
from tho grain and fOeted Off. A I've, Of
common wood ashes itsometimes used. but
only a very small quantity of this will be re-
quired. otherwise, il made too strong. the
grain itself will be softened. ...,,s.,s.s ! !
Whom the eyes become very painful. in
The disease known as "pink eye" 1t would
be we'll to apply cold water in which ! fsw
drops of wine or opium. are mixed. This
may he injected into the eye and cloth
kept wettod with tho liquid NAV BE- hung
! over the eye. The horse should be kept In
the dark, as the light is very painful to the
very t<'::der and inhamed nerves and mem.
branes. Four drams Of bromide of potas.
eium may be given to the horse with bene-
1T when the eyes arc very painful, and the
dose may be repeated in few hours. il
found advisable, to relieve the nervous ir-
1itation. =.
New York I'ribune: There is lamenta
ton in England over the fact that, de-
pressed by foreign competition, the native
-neesemakers have allowed the quality Of
their. products 10 deteriorate. Fancy con.
!iuental: cheese of delicate quality and
flavor are now found in every English ho-
tel and on thousands of private tables
where only a short time ago they were un-
known. Meanwhile Americans are paving
round prices for imported cheeses which
were made in this country, sent abroad and
returned with the English stamp. Verify
humanity likes to be cheated.