Huntsville gazette., 1882-01-28
HOME AND FARM.

Common plaster of Paris figures
may be made to look like alabaster by
simply dipping them into strong solu-
ton Of alum water.
TO Cure Toothache.-Burn a letter
on the bottom of a plate and collect on
a piece of cotton the oil of paper that the
burnt paper leaves and apply it to the
cavity of the tooth.
"A small piece of salt pork boiled
with fricasseed chicken will give rich
ness to the gravy, and the flavor will be
better than if nothing but butter is
used.
A black walnut grove that was
planted by Wisconsin farmer about
twenty years ago on some waste land
recently sold for S27 900. The trees are
now from sixteen to twenty inches in
diameter.
In France when vinegar is to be
made clean barrels are rinsed with old
vinegar before the new substance is put
in. The rinsing is said to make vinegar
in about half the time required without
this practice.
The best soil for pears is moist
clay loan, or sandy loan with clay
sub-soil. Excellent pears are grown on
very light soils, but these should be en-
riched with manure and lime. Pears
will last longer in clay or limestone
gravel soil than in sand. Eea
The common practice of having
night lights in the bedrooms of children
is deprecated by DIR. Robert III. Bake
well. He says it has most injurious
effect upon the nervous system of young
children. 6 Instead of the perfect rest
the optic nerves ought to have, and
which nature provides for by the dark
ness of the night, these nerves are per-
petually stimulated, and, of course, the
brain and the rest of the nervous system
suffers. Children thus brought up are
excessively timid for years after on go
ing into the dark"
Hungarian grass is variety OF
millet, and both require the same cul-
ture. The seed should not be sOwn un-
til the hot weather, as this tropical
plant and thrives under the greatest
summer heats. One peck of seed per
acre is generally used. 1t should be cut
when the blossom is in full bloom; if
cut later it becomes hard, and the awns
on the heads are hard and sharp, and
are injurious to the stomachs of horses.
When cut early this disadvantage is
avoided. The hay is worth more than
timothy.
Farmers need to have some knowl-
edge of the internal structure of their
livestock in order to feed them under
standingly. Thus the horse has a small
stomach, which needs to be supplied
often and in small quantities. The
cows stomach, on the contrary, is large
and complicated, and capable of storing
large quantities of food. Hence fire.
quent feeding is unnecessary, and is
very likely to cause Indigestion. Pigs,
again, do better if fed as often as three
or four times day.
Pine sawdust makes the best and
cleanest of litter, but it is apt to make
the manure of horses bedded with it
too dry and liable to burn and spoil. 1t
is also too dry for use on light soils, al
though it is useful on clay to loosen it.
Hardwood sawdust rots sooner than
pine, and is of more value for bedding.
For cows sawdust is excellent litter, ab-
sorbing the water and causing the ma
nure to be more pulverulent and dryer.
AS it holds moisture well it is not OBJ
jectionable on sandy soils, as is some
times supposed. Where sawdust can be
produced cheaply it serves an excellent
purpose, and should not be neglected as
one of the sources from which supply
of litter can be procured and the manure
heap increased.
Stomach staggers is caused by indi-
gostion and inaction of the stomach the
circulation in that organ is lessened and
that Of the brain is increased, with the
result of causing giddiness and sort of
coma or partial insensibility. In the
horse this trouble is akin to the sick
headache, temporary blindness or affec-
ton of the sight, giddiness, languor, and
sometimes fainting, which are caused by
indigestion and disorder of the functions
of the liver. The treatment is, first, to
change the food SO as to relieve the
stomach; to free the bowels by laxa-
tive medicine, and then to use tonics to
aid the stomach. Give oats stepped in
hot water, bran mashes, and a little
good hay. Feed quite lightly for a week.
UlV6 ~ pint Ol uuSoeO-Ou every GnlrU
day for three times, and then add to the
food one quart of scalded linseed-meal,
and the same of powdered gentian root
daily for two or three weeks. Give
water fifteen minutes before the animal
is fed, and none for some time after
ward.
-Dampness undoubtedly favors the
growth of the potato disease, and there
fore, where there is any chance at all of
the disease existing in the roots, they
ought to be stored as dry as possible.
Those which are to be kept in this gen.
eral way should be especially seen to in
the case of seed potatoes. Since the po-
tato beetle came among us, it is clear
that we have had the very best results
from early planting, and by the use of
the earliest varieties. Now these early
kinds are more easily affected by warmth
than the late ones. They sprout easily,
and GOODNESS is, therefore, more essen
tial for them. Some people think that
it makes but little difference whether
seed potatoes sprout or not before plant
ing. We have known people to tear off