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Agricultural And Domestic

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Parent Issue
Day
22
Month
February
Year
1878
Copyright
Public Domain
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Around the Farm. SecbetaryGkay, of the Kansas Board, remarks very sensibly that " to turn oattle frona au open range, where tliey have had access to pure water, into fields where more or lesa corn has been carelessly left, and where there is in niany caees nn absence of wat-er, and then charge the mischicf which logically follows to ' smut,' is obviously incorrect." A neighbor oponed his potato pit the other day. He was led to this by noticing that the snow was all melted off on top of the pit, although there was plenty about it. Upon removing the earth and manure from the potatoes, he found that they had been buried too deep, and were reduced to a rotten mass in consequence of heating. Out of forty-fivo bushels buried last fall, he can save only four or five bushels fit for eating. Potatoes,, like apples, need just enough covering to save them from frost, if buried; and, if stored, a cool, dry, well-ventilated cellar is the proper place. - Rural New Yorker. By accident we have discovered how to manage the check of a high-lieaded and hard-mouthed horse. Sucii a horse should be checked up, especially if it pulls on the reins, as the check will relieve the driver. When a horse is checked up tight it canDOt kick up as readily, nor will it incline to run any. To check and uncheck such an animal, take hold of one side of tlie rein with one hand and pull the head aronnd toward you and then with the other hand put the check on the hook. It can be done with perfect eaae, when, if the person should attempt to pull the check directly back to the hook-line, it would be very hard work. - Moore's lïural. In feeding sheep good hay is a standard article, and should be fed at tlie rate of three pounds per head, daily, every altérnate weck ; during the intervening weeks it may be reduced one -half in quantity, nnd the deficiency supplied with one and one-half pounds of green food per head. Experimenta prove that, with this diet, sheep can be kept in a healthful and productive condition during Ihe winter and spring. In the change of diet, the feeding of such green food as potatoes, apples, turnips rutabagas, etc., assists digestión, and prevents the "stretches," adiseasecommon to sheep; it aïso promotes the growtli of wool and imparta to it elasticity and softness. - Oermantown Telegraph. A hokse was troubled with scratclies, owing to neglect in grooming. The joints were badly inflamed and swollen, causing lameness. As soon as noticed, the diseased parts were thoroughly cleansed with castile soap and warm water, and an ointment of the pulveriztd root of Indianturnip (Aruin tryphyllum') mixed with boiling lard applied and allowed to cool. It was well rubbed in with the hand, and after a very few applications a cure was effected. The limbs of horses should be well rubbed with straw every night when working, whether any mud adheres to them or not. There is nothing that will rest a tired horse quicker than this practice. They should always be rubbed until the blood obtains a free circulation, or until they feel warm to the hand.- Héctor Bertram, in Moore's Rural. Every farmer who lias timber should get a few logs to the mili for drag-tiinber, wagon-tongues and the like. Have them sawed and piled under cover so that next season, when work is crowding and a piece of seasoned timber is needed, you will know just where the desired article can be found without being obliged to spend the whole day in a search for it. Each one should have a chest of common tools, such as are necessary for repair work on the farm. It is mnch easier, if we have the materials, to repair a broken harrow or other utensil, than to travel four or five miles to a shop for the purpose of hiring done what we could do just as well ourselves. Any articies that are liable to break had better be attended to at once, and not laid aside with " I guess I can make that last this season well enough." It will be sure to break when you are in a Imrry. There is a world of wisdom in the old maxhn, " Procrastinationis the thief of time," and to no one is time so precious as to the farmer at the busy season - Exehange. Many years ago my cattle were troubled exceediugly. They were covered with lice. We treated them with carbolie puls. We bought the carbolic crystals, which maybehadatalmost any drug store, aud which should not cost more than 8 or 10 cents per ounce. One pound of common bar soap should be put in a dish with some water and melted down ; then add one ounce of crystals, stirring well. This, when cold, makea a strong soap - cheaper and better than we are able to buy. A strong suds made with it is sure deatli to all insects which infest our domestic animáis, and is safe and pleasant to use. It is also a good remedy for all skin diseases, and a good application to cleanse any wound or sore. A wash of the suds will benefit any animal which is hide-bound or out of condition ; it is a cheap, useful, and effectual remedy for many things, and should be kept on every farm. In killing lice, two or three applications are necessary as the. nits keepkatchiiig.- W. Broum, Hampton Faüs, N. H. About the House. Milk is not the most perfect food. Fat is not cheap at tlie price oí meat. New flour takes up more water than old. Gtjessing is never gooi in measuring. Tea and coffee are injuriousto ehildren. Wiks mustbe changed frequcntly to insure a good liglit. Tabt Ceust. - One cup of lard, one table-spoonful sugar, four table-spocnfuls water, the whites of too eggs beaten to a froth, a pineh of salt, and flour to roll. Acidity of the Stomach.- This can be corrected by using alkalies. Borax is good, if used properly; take a smnll pinch several times a day; too muc-k might cause nausea. Cbeam Pudding. - Six eggs, six ounces of eugyr, one cup of flour; stir well, and addone cup of sweet mi Ik; salt to taste, then add one quart sweet cream, and bake forty minutes; flavor witli lemon. Fancy Shell-Wobk. - Buy a small iancy basket, the size desired; cut it in halves; the half with the handle on mui-t be covered with green tarlatan, or moRquito-net will do; glue it to the back board; then, with glue or sealing-wax, stick on the shells and moss. Spaekling Lemon ade. - If yon have lemons or limes thstt are spoiling or drying up, take the insides which are yet sound, squeoze out the juice, and to each pint put one and one-half pounds white " sugar and a little of the peel; boil a few minutes, stradn and cork f or use. This will iiot require any acid, and one-half teaspoonful of soda to thive-f ourths of a glass of water, with two or üiree tablespoonfuls of sirup, makes a foaming glans.- Sacramento (Cal.) TJnion-Kccord. Looking-Glass in Mouse Traps.- Eats and mice will go into a trap much more readüy if a piet-e of looking-glass is put in any part of the trap wherothey can see themselves. They are social little creatures, and where they see any of their tribe there they will go. I ara quite sure of the effect the glass has, as I properly " baited" my trap lor a whole weeit without being able to eoax one of the depredators in; but the first night after putting in the looking-glass I caught two- one very large and one I small rat; and every night since tlus device has made one or more prisoners.

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