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the following recipes, the first for a mild case, 
the second for a severe one : First, common 
snlpbnr, six onnces; sperm or train oil, one 
pint; spirits of turpentine, three onnces. Mix 
and rub well Into the skin with a flannel, or, 
in preference, with a painter’s brush. Second, 
compound sulphur ointment, eight ounces; 
train or sperm oil, one pint; spirits of turpen¬ 
tine, three ounces. Mix ami use in the same 
way as the other. Whichever of these dres¬ 
sings is used should be well rubbed in every 
third day for a couple of weeks in trifling cases, 
and for three or four weeks in severe ones. 
Another effective recipe is the following : Ani¬ 
mal glycerine, one quart; creosote, one gill; 
turpentine, one pint; oil of juniper, one gill. 
Mix well together and shake, and saturate the 
whole skin with it as nearly as possible, rub¬ 
bing it thoroughly in with a soft cloth. After 
leaving it for two days, wash the animal 
with warm water and soft soap; rub him 
until dry ; after which rub him again all over 
with the same dressing; and repeat the 
operations until a cure is effected. Usually 
three or four applications will be sufficient. 
All the stable fittings and all objects with 
which the infested animal came in contact, 
and against which he or others may come in 
contact afterwards, should be thoroughly 
washed with a solution of corrosive sublimate, 
made in the following proportion: corrosive sub¬ 
limate, one ounce ; methylated spirits of wine, 
six ounces; water, one gallon. Dissolve the sub¬ 
limate in the spirit by rubbing in a mortar, 
then mix wiLh the water and use with a brush, 
stirring it up constantly to prevent settling. 
Of course the druggist will •* fix ” the above 
recipes. Infested clothing should be destroyed 
as it is nearly impossible to cleanse it thor¬ 
oughly. if the use of it is risked, it should be 
thoroughly washed, and when dry saturated 
with spirits of turpentine. 
Arresting Fermentation in Cider. 
W. T. B., Madalin, N. asks for some 
method of clarifying cider by which the im¬ 
purities held in solution in it may be re¬ 
moved. He has been told that “ fish glue” is 
sometimes used for the purpose and he asks 
where can it be obtained and how should it 
be used. 
Ans— Our correspondent should have stated 
the present condition of the cider. When 
cider has advanced far into acetous fermenta¬ 
tion it is not worth while to attempt its purifi¬ 
cation. There are various applications recom¬ 
mended to counteiact fermentation. The 
“fish glue” mentioned iB isinglass, which can 
be found at any druggist’s. Isinglass and 
brimstone (one ounce of the former and two of 
the latter for 30 gallons), after being reduced 
flue in a mortar, arc etirred into the ferment¬ 
ing cider. Sulphite of lime, or, preferred by 
some, sulphite of potaBb, is alBO applied to 
arrest fermentation. Sulphur has a strong in¬ 
fluence in arresting formentation in all bodies, 
but if too much is ufaed in cider it affects the 
taBte somewhat disagreeably. Sulphur is also 
applied in the form of snlphurous acid gas, in 
the following manner .-—Put two gallons of the 
fermenting cider into a purified empty cask, 
then introduce through the bang hole, a 
lighted sulphur match by moans of a piece of 
wire not so long as to reach the fluid. The 
match is made of thick linen dipped into 
melted brimstone. The lineu is wetted at the 
end attached to the wire, and when the brim¬ 
stone is consumed in the barrel, the wire is 
withdrawn, the bung closed and the barrel 
rolled to and fro for some time to cause the 
absorption of the sulphurous gas by the cider. 
The barrel is then filled with the cider, and is 
to remain quiet till the subsidence of the fer¬ 
ment effected by the sulphurous gas. But 
it sometimes requires several repetitious, ac¬ 
cording to the degree of acidity. This was the 
plan used thirty years ago. But if the writer 
were to try the renovation of too-much-fer¬ 
mented cider he would filter the cider first 
through rectifiers, wood charcoal, excluding 
the air as much as possible, and then apply 
one ounce of Balicylic acid to 30 gallons. 
The filtering would reduce the ferment and 
purify the cider, and salicylic acid would pre¬ 
vent further fermentation. This acid is dry and 
very light. Should be completely mixed in 
the cider before putting in barrels In putting 
up cider in the Fall, after filtering out all pom¬ 
ace, if about six pounds of flnechareoal are put 
in each barrel and all stirred up, it will look 
like ink at first, but after it subsides it will be 
very clear and fermentation will be slow. It 
requires a good deal of practice to make the 
best eider. 
Dropsy In n Horne. 
J. C., Stewart Minn , a-.ks the cause of, and 
a remedy for, dropsy in a horse. 
Ans. —Several parts of the horse may be af¬ 
fected by dropsy—the heart, the brain, the 
chest, the scrotum, and the abdomen; but 
probably dropsy of the abdomen is referred to 
by our inquirer. This is generally due either 
to chronic inflammation of the peritoneum.—a 
lough, white, membrane that lines the abdo¬ 
men and covers the bowele—or to injuries to 
it, both of which cause it to secrete a watery 
fluid, which fills the abdominal cavity and un¬ 
less attended to causes death. It also some¬ 
times arises from obstructed circulation caus¬ 
ed by disease of the liver, lungs or heart, 
as well as from a poor, watery state of the 
blood, brought about by exhaustion or poor or 
scanty food. Whatever the cause, the chief 
symptoms are thirst and loss of appetite ; hard, 
small pulse ; paleness of tbe nasal membrane ; 
a dry mouth ; drooping head : general weak¬ 
ness and languor ; loose, staring coat; tender¬ 
ness and enlargement of abdomen; constipa¬ 
tion, etc. Treatment when the disease has ad¬ 
vanced far is powerless; but in tbe early 
stages ihe food should he small in bulk but 
highly nutritions in quality; no work should 
be imposed; the animal should be placed in a 
dry, well ventilated stall and, nights and morn¬ 
ings, given a tonic ball composed of an ounce 
of powdered digitalis and half an ounce of 
sulphate of iron. Mix with mucilage and a 
spoonful of linseed meal to form a ball. As it 
is important that the kidneys should be kept 
active, the following diuretic should be pre¬ 
pared : soap two pounds; nitrate of potash, 
two pound- : resin, three pounds; Venice tur¬ 
pentine, two pounds; oil of turpentine, half a 
pint. Melt the soap and resin slowly together, 
and stir in the other ingredients while the mix¬ 
ture is cooling. Make it into two-ounce balls 
with linseed meal, and give one at a lime as 
often as necessary to keep up a free action of 
the kidneys. When water accumulates its 
presence can be ascertained by placing the ear 
against the abdomen at one side while some¬ 
body strikes the opposite side. When it has 
gathered in a large quantity, it should be 
drawn off by means of a fine trocar plunged 
into the lowest part of the distended abdomen. 
Heating a Small Greenhouse with Sawdust. 
G. P. H., EdwardsroUle, III., has a greenhouse 
10x13 feet, heated by a brick flue. A friend, on 
inspecting it, said he had seen houseBOfthst 
size—and larger ones, too,—in Europe, heated 
by Bawdust, which was placed in a bin along¬ 
side the bench, aud which, in heating, gave 
out heat enough for all purposes, the heat 
being increased when desirable by stirring up 
the sawdust, aud we are asked what we think 
of this mode of operating a small greenhouse. 
Ans. —The use of manure, leaves, sawdust, 
etc., is an old and very primitive method of 
heating small sunken greenhouses, pits, etc., 
bnt has been superseded by tbe far better meth¬ 
ods of the brick flue and tbe hot-water pipes. 
The manure, leaves, etc., are still commonly 
used for pits, hot-beds, etc., both in Europe 
and in this country; bnt for a greenhouse or a 
hot-house there is no well-tried method nearly 
so good as liot-water pipes, and in the end 
they are tbe cheapest, besides being thoroughly 
reliable, quite free from danger, and cleanly 
and tidy, which the other methods are not. 
When plants, such as the pineapple, that 
require a moderate bottom heat, are grown 
in a hot-house, the pots are usually plunged in 
a bed of tan or sawdust, and this bed nearly 
always runs through the middle of the house, 
and is probably what your friend saw; bnt 
even heie hot-water pipes are superseding saw¬ 
dust aud tan. In such houses, however, there 
are always pipes or flues in addition to the bed. 
In a climate like ours the sawdust plan is not 
to be thought of. If you wish to change your 
flue, take a step forward and use hot-water 
pipes. Sawdust would require a good deal of 
“stirring up” to heat your greenhouse, with 
the thermometer looking sharp toward zero. 
In a mild climate, where only a moderate heal 
was required, and labor very cheap, sawdust 
and manure would answer very well; but it is 
a dirty and laborious plan, full of vexation and 
toil. 
Worms In Horses. 
H. B. K., West Paulet, Vt., asks the symp¬ 
toms of worms in horses and a remedy there¬ 
for. 
Ans. —The general symptoms of intestinal 
worms in horses are, a rough, staring coat; 
loss of condition generally; au Irregular but 
voracious appetite; feted breath ; passing of 
mucus with the dung; colicky pains; itching 
and puffing of the anus, etc. The hotso will 
often lift its upper lip and rub it against any 
near-by object; while colts will often pick tbe 
hair from their bodies aud limbs. Theintestinal 
worms of horses are either tape-worms or pin- 
worms. Whea these are suspected, it is well 
to obtain positive proof of their presence by 
giving the animal au ordinary dose of physic 
or the followiug purge:—aloes, four drachms; 
powdered male fern, one ounce; oil of 
worm-seed, 20 drops, to be given in a pint of 
gruel an hour before feeding in the morning. 
If on examining the evacuations, one or more 
worms are noticed, give this vermifuge:—tartar 
emetic, one drachm ; powdered ginger, one 
drachm. Mix with enough of linseed meal, 
wet with boiling water, to form a ball, and 
give one every morning for a week, before 
feeding ; then give a pint of linseed oil. Let 
the 6 tomseh rest a week and then give an¬ 
other lot of balls, followed by the dose of lin¬ 
seed oil. Then give good diet with dally 
tonics, say, two drachms of sulphate of iroD, 
or four drachms of gentian in the food. For 
tape-worms an ounce of areca nut, fasting, 
followed with four drachms of aloes, should 
be given if the horse is weak ; if the animal is 
strong, however, a better dose would be sn 
ounce of oil of turpentine in an ounce of 
water, to be followed in four hours by another 
dose, which in its turn, is to be followed in an 
hour by four drachma of aloes. 
JVllRcetlaneoua. 
A. M. O,, Coe Ridge, Ohio, says that in jar¬ 
ring the cnrculio from plum trees, it is recom¬ 
mended to drive into the tree iron spikes to 
strike npon, aud he asks how can these be 
driven into the limbs without splitting them. 
He has tried jarring with a padded mallet, but 
it braises the bark badly. 
Ans.—M essrs. Ellwauger and Barry tell us 
they never employ iron spikes for this purpose. 
In their practice they find it a very good plan to 
cut off a small branch leaving a stump to 
strike upon. 
8, V. W., Jericho, L, I„ asks how to treat 
the Night-blooming Cerens. 
Ans.—T here are several Night-blooming Ce¬ 
rens. C. granditlorus is the type. The size of 
the flowers varies from five to fifteen inches in 
diameter. C. McDohaldii Is said to be the 
largest. Most of them will not bloom until 
they have attained to some age. They begin 
to nnfold their flowers early in the evening. 
They laBt but a few hours. A light, sandy soil 
is required. Water freely while In bloom and 
sparingly at all other times. 
A. M. W., Rome, IV. ¥., has sent to us an 
apple for name. He has kept specimens for 
nearly two years. 
Ans —Unable to name the apple, we sent it 
for identification to Mr Charles Downing, who 
replies as follows :—“ I am sorry to say that I 
don’t recognize the apple as any variety I am 
acquainted with, and it is probably a local 
apple. It is pretty and of a smooth, regular 
form, and no doubt a long keeper; bnt the 
quality is not equal to that of many of the 
old varieties.” 
8. B. P,, Oltoneliy, Ohio, desires to know 
how many years it reqnircs to have potatoes 
attain full size from seed. 
Ans.—W e start our plants from seed under 
glass and transplant to open ground about 
May 30. At the end of the first season the 
tubers average an inch in diameter. Eyes 
from these will grow to the full size in an¬ 
other season. 
C. II. B., Sheward, W. Va., sends ns from his 
young orchard a couple of twigs on which there 
are small knots, and he asks what causes them, 
and whether it—whatever it may be—is likely 
to injure the trees. 
Ans —The distortion in the growth is due to 
an insect, as will appear from cutting into the 
enlargement We should not in this case fear 
any serious injury. 
J. B. 1) , Oakley, Ohio, asks who are the 
makers of a corn-husker he describes. 
Ans —Philips Spiral Corn Husker Co., Hud¬ 
son, New York, are the manufacturers of the 
machine. The corn is fed to it from the shock 
and it husks, crushes the stalks and separates 
the ear from the husk. We have heard it 
spoken of highly and seen it iu operation—it 
appears to do its work thoroughly. 
D. D. Me A., Lynn, N. C , wants to know if 
sawdust may with advantage be used as a 
mulch for strawberries and potatoes. 
Ans.—O ur answer would be in the negative. 
Ic makes a hard cover and an excellent harbor 
for many kinds of insects. Would our readers 
who have had experience please give their 
view3. 
O Q. /, , Philadelphia, Pa., asks where can 
he get—and at what price—the Report of tbe 
Now Jersey State Board of Agriculture. 
Ans -The Eighth Annual Report is just issued 
aud can be obtained from the Secretary, P. T. 
Quinn, Newark, N. J ; price probably 25 cents. 
A. L. J., Canada, wishes to know what 
would be our choice of gladioli were we con¬ 
fined to six. 
Ans.—M ary Stuart, Shakespeare, Octavia, 
Addison, Eugene Scribe, Mad. Desportes. 
Several Subscribers ask where can Persian 
Insect Powder be obtained. 
Ans.—A ny druggist or seedsman can either 
supply it from his Btock or get it to order. 
T. E. 3., Burbank, Ohio, asks for a remedy 
for the currant worm. 
Ans—H ellebore is a specific. Use dry or 
mix with water. 
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