SElB-TSiiE AW HARVEST. 
Remedies for Vermin on Cattle 
Some one makes an inquiry in the Rural 
fox* a remedy for lice on cattle. Many 
years ago mine were troubled exceedingly. 
They were covered with lice. I used a 
great many remedies—washed them in to- 
baco water which was disagreeable to ap¬ 
ply, and did not do its work effectually. 
Oil and grease were also used, but not with 
satisfactory results. Mercurial ointment 
was effectual, but was dangerous, as I lost 
one or two animals by its use. About this 
time by the purchase of some animals, a 
fresh importation was made of blue lice, 
and something had to be done forthwith, 
f saw in some paper that ground plaster 
would kill them. We dusted it on the 
backs of the cattle and it killed about the 
whole of the pests. The plaster must be 
ground very fine, and be dry, or it will not 
destroy them. It is well to dry it in a pan, 
on the stove, before applying it. 
When animals have been badly infested, 
lice will live a long time in the barn, and 
find their way on to any caltle which may 
be kept there. We whitewashed the inside 
of the cattle stalls and after a time got the 
bam clean. We had animals afterwards 
which we had purchased, which were 
troubled with vermin. We treated them 
with carbolic suds. We bought the car¬ 
bolic crystals, which may bo had at almost 
any drug store, and which should not cost 
more than eight or ten 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, makes a 
strong soap—cheaper and better than we 
are able to buy. A strong suds made with 
it is sure death to all insects which infest 
our domestic animals, 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 appli¬ 
cations are necessary as the nits keep hatch- 
i ing. Many fail by not observing this; it rt 
a mistake to suppose that fat cattle do nat. 
have them, but no animals can long remain 
in good condition where they are abundant. 
People who are negligent in the care of 
their animals, will not discover and ex¬ 
terminate the pest until their animals are 
over-run with them. Those who card their 
cattle daily are seldom much troubled with 
them. It is a mistake to suppose that filth 
will generate them, as many suppose. There 
must be fife to beget life. With a little 
care, and the free use of carbolic suds, no 
one need be troubled with them long. 
Where the barn is once clean, by a little 
watching we may easily keep clear of 
them.— W. Brown, in Rural New-Yorker. 
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Onions for Market. 
BY EDGAR J. HOLLISTER. 
When I first began the cultivation of 
onions I tried to raise them by dressing the 
land with unleached ashes at the rate of 
one hundred bushels to the acre; my ex¬ 
periment proved a failure, and I adopted 
the following mode of cultivation, and have 
been rewarded with success. Choosing a 
piece of sandy loam free from stones, I 
prepare the land in the fall on account of 
being able to work it earlier in the spring. 
In October I put fifty two-horse loads of 
good horse manure on an acre, and plough 
about six inches deep, taking pains to cover 
the manure well and leaving the ground 
lying up loose so that the frost may act 
upon it. In the spring, as soon as the soil 
can be worked, we spread on fifty bushels 
of unleaclied ashes and then harrow thor¬ 
oughly; then we have what we call a level- 
er) which is made out of four pieces of three- 
inch plank, 12 inches wide and eight feet 
long; the first piece is lapped over the edge 
of the second and nailed; the other two 
are fastened together by leather straps and 
attached to the second in the same manner, 
a hole is then bored in the center of the 
first to attach a chain to and the leveler is 
read} for use,) which will crush all the 
small lumps. If after going over both 
ways the ground is too rough we put the 
harrow on again, and repeat until the field 
