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half ouuce of bark of pomegranate root, one 

 lialf dram of pumpkin-seed, one dram ethe- 

 real extract of male fern, one half dram pow- 

 dered ergot, two drams powdered sum arable, 

 and two drops croton oil. The pomegranate 

 bark and pumpkin seed are thoroughly bruised 

 and, with the ergot, boiled iu eight ounces of 

 water fifteen minutes, then strained through 

 ft coarse cloth. The croton oil is first rubbed 

 up with the acacia and extract of fern, and 

 then formed into an emulsion with the de- 

 coction. In each case the worm was expelled 

 alive and entire within two hours. In each 

 case, too, the worm was passed with the head 

 firmly fastened to the side of its body at about 

 the widest part, from which it was with diffi- 

 culty removed. 



« ■ » 

 Thbke Eminent Physicians. — As the cele- 

 brated French physician, Desmoulins, lay on 

 his deathbed, he was visited and constantly 

 surrounded by the most distinguished medi- 

 cal men of Paris, as well as other prominent 

 citizens of the metropolis. Great were the 

 lamentations of all at the loss about to be 

 sustained by the profession, in the death of 

 one they regarded as its greatest ornament ; 

 but Desmoulins spoke cheerfully to his prac- 

 titioners, assuring them that he had left be- 

 hind three physicians much greater than him- 

 self. Each of the doctors, hoping that his 

 own name would be called, inquired anxiously 

 who was sufficiently illustrious to surpass the 

 immortal Desmoulins. With great distinct- 

 ness the dying man answered, "They are 

 AVater, Exercise and Diet. Call in the ser- 

 vice of the first freely, of the second regu- 

 larly and the third moderately. Follow this 

 advice and you may well dispense with my 

 aid. Living, I could do nothing without 

 them, and dying, I shall not be missed if you 

 make friends of these, my faithful coadju- 

 tors.' 



Food as Mkdicine. — Dr. Hall relates the 

 case of a man who was cured of his bilious- 

 ness by going without his supper and drink- 

 ing freely of lemonade. Every morning. 

 Bays the doctor, this patient arose with a won- 

 derful sense of rest and refreshment, and 

 feeling as though the blood had been literally 

 washed, cleansed and cooled by the lemonade 

 and fast. His theory is, that food can be 

 used as a remedy for many diseases success- 

 fully. As an example, he cures spitting of 

 blood by the use of salt; epilepsy by water- 

 melon; kidney affection by celery; poison, 

 oUve or sweet oil; erysipelas, pounded cran- 

 berries applied to the part affected ; hydro- 

 phobia, ouions, etc. So the way to keep in 

 good health is really to know what to eat — 

 not to know what medicine to take. 



She ^imh 



Dkcat of the Teeth. — What time of day 

 do the teeth decay most rapidly? 



Ana. — From midnight till the breakfast 

 hour. The meals of the day help to preserve 

 the teeth by friction and the flow of saliva, 

 which, to a great extent cleanses them of de- 

 caying matter; and thus it is that the teeth 

 pass through the day and early part of the 

 night without much progress of caries; but 

 after retiring, the remaining particles of acid- 

 ifying food, the inspissating nmcus, the de- 

 veloping fungi, all combine to make the hours 

 towaril morning pre-eminently the period of 

 decay. Then it is that the chalk placed be- 

 tween the teeth late at night and allowed to 

 remain there comes to the rescue, and by its 

 antacid reaction, prevents, in great degi-ee 

 that disintegration dependent upon acidity 

 and parasitic growth. 



A TnAVELLEB on a miserable lean steed 

 was hailed by a Yankee, who was hoeing his 

 pumkins by the roadside — " Hallo I friend," 

 said the farmer, "where are you bound?" 

 " I'm going out to settle in the Western 

 country," replied the other. "Well, get off 

 and straddle this ere pumkinvine, it will 

 grow and cary you faster than that ere boast." 





Kind Treatment Pays. 



^ ILLARD in his now " Butter 



Book, " speaks in the strongest term 

 favor of kind treatment of cows 

 '4©" kept for the dairy : 

 It is really astonishing, he says, what a 

 large difference in the yield of milk it makes 

 by attending properly to a number of small 

 things in the management of stock — things 

 which would seem to many quite too insig- 

 nificant to be worth observing. The dairy- 

 man should have a genuine, hearty love for 

 the animals under his control, attending to 

 every detail for their comfort, providing 

 wholesome nutritious food, pure water and 

 pure air — everything of this kind in abund- 

 ance — keeping the animals properly sheltered 

 from storms ; feeding always with great reg- 

 ularity ; paying the most marked attention to 

 the maimer and time of milking, and, withal, 

 preserving a uniform kindness and gentleness 

 of treatment throughout every operation, a 

 gentleness extended even to the tones of the 

 voice. 



Generally speaking, that cow will do her 

 best that is loved the best and petted the 

 most liy those who have her in charge. If 

 you wish a cow to do her best, you must cul- 

 tivate her accjuaintance iutiraatelj', and be un- 

 sparing iu little nets of kindness. You may 

 whip and torture a cow into submission, but 

 she will strike the balance against you in the 

 milk pail. One of the greatest faults among 

 dairy farmers to-day is a lack of kindness and 

 consideration to domestic animals. Cows 

 should be petted daily, and be made to feel 

 that man is a friend and protector. All pain, 

 fright and uneasiness checks the secretion of 

 milk, and the man who is passionate and 

 abusive to his herd never did and never can 

 realize a full yield of milk from it. I think 

 that any one who has the charge of animals 

 should study their character and disposition. 

 It is an interesting study, and, under the law 

 of kindness, you will not uufrequently bring 

 out wonderful traits and exhibitions of affec- 

 tion, which will show a forethought and de- 

 sign which may well be ranked with the 

 higher intelligence of i-easonable beings." 



The Holstein Cow. 



The Holstein bred cows are now attracting 

 much attention in various parts of this conti- 

 nent from their wonderful milking qualities. 

 They are natives of the north of Germany, 

 large, heavy cattle, of compact form, making, 

 when fattened, excellent beef, and being also 

 good workers. They have been grown in 

 Holland for generations, with special regard 

 to their milking qualities. In that country, 

 they are invariably black and white ; but in 

 their native Duchy they are found of various 

 colors. The quality of the milk of the Hol- 

 stein is such as fits it well for the cheese- 

 maker, the globules being small and uniform 

 in size. The skim-milk is of a very blue 

 tinge. The butter made from the cream pos- 

 sesses great lasting qualities. 



Several instances are on record, and are 

 well authenticated, where cows of this breed 

 have given large quantities of milk. One 

 cow is certified to have yielded an average of 

 18 quarts a day for 9 months. A heifer 

 owned in Chemung Co., N. Y., ga*e after her 

 first calf 15 quarts a day for nine months. 

 An instance is also recorded whore a Holstein 

 gave 74 lbs., for ten consecutive days, of 

 milk that yielded 22.70 of cream. The record 

 of a heifer belonging to a Stock Breeders As- 

 sociation in N. Y., State shows that, alter her 

 first calf she gave for 12 days 10. (iS lbs; for 

 the next month. May 411.17 lbs.; in June, 

 52.18 lbs.; July, 51.Y.7 lbs.; August, 50,12 

 lbs,; September, 41 lbs.; October, 33.17 lbs.; 

 November, 27.70 lbs.; being an average per 



day for the 7^^ months, of close upon 45 lbs. 

 Her feed was, for the first mouth, simply h 

 with 3 pecks of turnips daily, and afterwards 

 pasture and 2 quarts of corn meal. After 

 Oct. 1, 4 quarts of a mixture of oats, corn 

 ond shorts, and ^ bushel of roots were fed. 

 — Canada Fanner, 



In butter making, the object sought is the 

 separation of the butter globules from the 

 caseine and other ingredieuts of the milk ; 

 their retention in a pure and perfect state, and 

 their jireservation in that state, for use, with 

 the union of no foreign substances, except a 

 small amount of pure salt. In the process of 

 cream rising this seperation commences, and 

 it is highly important that we adopt a method 

 by which, iu this stage of the process, it may 

 be made as complete as possible. The con- 

 ditions of success, are a right and uniform 

 temperature, rest, jirotection from taints and 

 evaporation, from the destructive influences 

 of the atmosphere, and too intense light. 



To Freshen Bancid Buttee. — Here is a 



fact worth a years suViscription to a paper : 

 "To a pint of water add thirty drojis (about 

 half a teaspoonful) of liquid chloride of lime. 

 Wash in this two and a half pounds of rancid 

 butter. When every particle of the butter 

 has come in contact with the water, let it 

 stand an hour or two ; then wash the butter 

 well again in pure water. The buttter is then 

 left without any odor, and has the sweetness 

 of fresh butter. These preparations of lime 

 have nothing injurious in them." 



Alderneys and Jerseys. 



Alderney is well-known for the breed of 

 cows that bears its name. These are so culled 

 because the fiist ones exported were from 

 that island, although now very few that are 

 sold as Alderney cows are directly from that 

 island. Those of that breed actually exported 

 from these islands are generally from J ersey, 

 where the cattle are much the same as those 

 of Alderney — small, with tapering heads and 

 of a delicate fawn-color. The Guernsey is 

 esteemed by some even more highly than the 

 Alderney. It is rather larger and more of a 

 red, brindled in color. The cows are milked 

 three times daily, and the milk is churned 

 without skimming. One pound of butter a 

 day is by no means an uncommon yield for a 

 good cow. The cow cabbage is made to rea«b 

 a size so large that the leaves are used to 

 wrap the butter iu for market, while the stalks 

 are varnished and armed with ferrules, and 

 extensively used at St. Heller's for canes. 

 The cows are carefully coddled. The grass 

 they feed on is highly enriched by the vraic, 

 a species of sea-weed gathered from the reefs 

 at low tide. 



There are two vraic hurvests appointed by 

 the Government — one iu the Spring, the oth- 

 er in August, although it is gathered at other 

 times iu small quantities. All hands turn 

 out in the season with boats and caits, fre- 

 quently at night, and it is a very lively pic- 

 turesque occupation, though often attended 

 with loss of life from the overloading of boats 

 or sudden rising of the tide. The cows are 

 always tethered when feeding. They cat less 

 in this way, really giving more milk than when 

 glutted with food, and while they are crop- 

 ping the grass on one side of the field, it has 

 time to spring up on the other side. When 

 they have done eating, they are at once moved 

 from the sun into the shade. The breed is 

 preserved from intermixture with other breeds 

 by strong and arbitrary laws very carefully 

 enforced. No cattle are allowed to enter the 

 islands except for slaughter within a certain 

 number of days, with the exception of oxen 

 for ilraught. — Jlaj'per':) ^agaiine for Jutie. 



WiNTKB and spring butter is often very 

 much injured in flavor by allowing cows to 

 eat the litter frcuu horse-stables. Cows are 

 not uufrequently very fond of this Utter, 

 though it is impregnated with liquid manure f 



