Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-06-28
THE FARM.
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Bathe il with tepid water and apply
the following lotion morning and night
directly to the-eyebsll with cameRs
hair brush: Niirates Of silver, ten
grains; water. one ounce; mix.-Chi'
cago HorsemGn.
HOG CHoLERA.-J. A. Dodge, in the
Journal of Agriculture, says he cures
hog cholera by giving half q teaspoon
full Of carbolic acid in gill OF milk.
Administer from long-necked bottle.
SoUAsHEs.-An exchange says that
a New York farmer declares that an
acre of Hubbard squashes will fatten
ten more hogs than the corn that can
be raised on the same ground. lie
has gathered from six to eight tons
from an acre,
LAMBs.-If you want fat lambs to
turn off early, provide small troughs
in yard adjoining the sheep fold
with entrances little too small for the
old sheep to go in, and put in few
oats. or o little corn-meal or cotton.
seed meal every day. The lambs will
begin toeat when about three weeks
old, and will gain RAPIDLY ri
PEAsIN HILIs.-American Cultiva-
tor: "Did you ever try planting peas
in hills? Make large hill. rich with
we'll rotted compost or fertilizer; then
take a nail keg or something about
that size, and press it into the ground
so as to make good deep circle upon
the hill; sow your peas in that circle
and plant large pea brush in the CEN
ter. You can grow as many peas 10
the acre in this way as in the drills.
They are convenient for the pickers,
and they have neat and tasty look IN
the garden, which is no small item,
especially when you are tryinga new
method" f. /, .aa Z. ~
DISEASED PoTAToEs.--1t may be OF
advantage to farmers to know that IN
Great Britain diseased potato crop is
made use of in the following way:
Boil the diseased tubers fast till done.
Drain and let them become perfectly
dry by spreading them out. on sieves
a gravel screen-is thebest. The tu-
Der, when cooked, is free from poison.
The water in which it is boiled is a
very strong poison and will scour, if
not tkiIl, any animal that partakes of it.
when dry ram tight into any kind of
dry cask with salt) and keep in cool
place till wanted. One copperful can
be dried and packed while the next is
cooking, so that allarge quantity can
be cooked in one day. ~
STRAWBERRY PRESERVE. 4a
Take the finest berries, cap aud
weigh them. allowing one pound OF
white sugar to every pound of berries,
crush and squeeze them, and strain
through jelly bag; to each pint OF
juice allow one pound of white sugar;
put all the sugar ina preserving kettle
and pour the juice over it, boil and
skim; then drop the berries in and boil
until soft; lift them carefully out on a
dish and let them cool; continue to
boil the syrup for ten minutes; put the
berries in again and boil until clear;
take them out and boil the syrup five
or ten minutes longer; then put the
sruit in jars and pour the syrup over
them.-- Good Cheer. .s> e>r=- r.,
COLOR FOR FENCES.
Color the fence the same shade as
the dwelling, or light brown or fawn
color. The dark maroon trimmings
have q somewhat tawdry appearance,
and we would prefer them of the same
color as the house or but slightly
darker. We would not make the
front yard into a sort of pen, with a
picket fence around it; but, If fence
is necessary, would extend the yard
on at least three sides of the house, or,
much better, on the four sides; other
wise its ornamental appearance is one
sided.-Country