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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
ALL SORTS. 
Salt for Canada Thistles. 
W. C. T., Wooster, O.—A very good 
way to get rid of the Canada thistle, I 
learned accidentally. As I passed them 
with salt for the stock, I gave them 
some, and they wilted and died soon 
after the application. I killed all of 
mine, and so did my neighbors that 
used it with determination. It doesn’t 
kill the roots, but the root won’t live 
long when the top is salted. 
Golden-Leaved Hop Tree. 
Chas. E. Parnell, Long Island.— 
The Golden-Leaved Hop tree (Ptelia 
trifoliata aurea), is a very choice, small¬ 
sized lawn tree with handsome, deep 
golden glossy trifoliate leaves, which, 
when bruised, exhale a pleasant, hop¬ 
like odor. It blooms during the month 
of June ; the flowers are white, 
odorous, and are followed by the seeds 
which are borne in dense, showy clusters 
during the late summer months. In 
cultivation, it attains a height of from 
six to ten feet, and when well grown, 
is, certainly, one of the most showy 
golden-foliaged trees in cultivation, the 
peculiar glossy surface of the leaves 
giving them the appearance of being 
varnished, and this color is well retained 
throughout the summer months. As 
the tree is hardy, and perfectly free 
from all insect pests, doing well in any 
soil and situation, it, certainly, deserves 
a place on all lawns, even those of the 
most limited extent. It is of free growth 
when given an opportunity to develop 
itself in a deep, well-enriched soil. 
While the trees are small, grass or weeds 
should not be permitted to grow up 
around them, and an occasional top¬ 
dressing of well-decayed stable manure, 
applied during the winter months, is 
decidedly beneficial. Good specimens 
may be procured at a moderate price of 
our leading nurserymen. 
Notes on the Poison Vine. 
Isaac Hicks, Long Island. —The Rhus 
Toxicodendron, or poison vine, not ivy, 
a misnomer, has become a great nuis¬ 
ance, is fast increasing and is very diffi¬ 
cult to eradicate. Only by persistent 
cutting several times in the season, can 
it be killed. I cannot account for its 
being poisonous to some and not to 
others. In my experience, the face and 
other exposed places should be washed 
in soapsuds or a weak solution of soda 
or potash as soon as possible after ex¬ 
posure. If an eruption ensue, rub 
quickly the part affected with sweet 
spirits of niter; we have long kept a vial 
ready for use. If the attack be virulent, 
and swelling and suffering ensue, it has 
been often removed by the application 
of stramonium, either in a poultice 
made of leaves or the bare leaves 
bruised and bound on; or an ointment 
of stramonium which is always ready 
for use. This remedy has been in use 
here over a century, and I have often 
resorted to the stramonium cure. An¬ 
other remedy for severe cases is a poul¬ 
tice of stewed onions, which is within 
the reach of all housekeepers. Proba¬ 
bly the exclusion of the air and microbes 
is one of the essentials of the cure. We 
have tried many remedies, and there 
are many more untried, but it is a 
strange experience that, m advanced 
years, we happily are exempt from the 
effects of the poison vine. 
Poison Ivy Again. 
B. R., Meshoppen, Pa. —I have been 
poisoned with ivy a number of times in 
my life. On some people the poison will 
spread very rapidly, and in a short time 
it will break out in watery blisters ; 
where the water comes in contact with 
the skin, it will continue to spread if not 
checked. It is strange that some people 
can handle poison ivy as they please and 
never get poisoned, while others will get 
poisoned when going near it in damp 
weather or coming in contact with it. 
A bad case often results from not know¬ 
ing that one has been in contact with 
the ivy, or knowing how it looks when 
it breaks out. 
After trying several remedies, I use 
only two ; the first is to bathe often 
with spirits of turpentine ; this may 
smart some on a raw skin, but 1 apply 
the remedy just the same. I don’t fool 
with ivy poison, as it will keep on 
spreading as long as it can. My second 
remedy is to procure a small piece of 
nitrate of silver, dampen one end of the 
stick, paint around the poisoned skin, 
and it will not spread, if the water from 
the poison is not allowed to cross over 
the painted line. Avoid heating the 
blood as much as possible. 
J. Q. M., Lebanon, Ohio.— It is not 
customary for a physician to prescribe 
for people unless he is asked; but while 
you have taken up the subject why not 
investigate it thoroughly. I have treated 
a number of cases, and have never 
failed to cut the disease short by using 
a solution of muriate of ammonia or sal 
ammoniac, a teaspoonful to a pint of 
water used locally every two or three 
hours. Just as soon as the medicine has 
killed the poison, it need not be used so 
often, as it then causes some smarting. 
I had one case last summer where the 
patient was poisoned from head to foot 
—eyes swollen shut, and scrotum four 
times natural size. 1 used the solution 
double strength, and found a change in 
less than twelve hours. The remedy is 
simple, and may be procured very 
cheaply at any drug store. 
Live Stock Matters 
HOW TO KILL SHEEP TICKs. 
Every winter my sheep are covered with ticks, 
and they pull the wool from their sides. When 
is the best time to destroy the ticks, and how 
much will it take for 40 sheep ? H. r. 
North Steuben, N. Y. 
ANSWERED BY J. 8. WOODWARD. 
There is not a bit of use in trying to 
grow wool and sheep ticks on the same 
sheep skin; they are entirely antagon¬ 
istic to each other, and the ticks are also 
certain to destroy all profit in the at¬ 
tempt to grow mutton under the skin on 
which they abound. The best time to 
kill the ticks is when they appear. The 
fact is that ticks seldom abound on a 
flock of fat sheep, especially if they are 
fine-wooled. Fine-wooled sheep are 
naturally more greasy than the medium 
or coarse-wooled, and if they are in 
good condition they will secrete so much 
grease, that the ticks can’t exist. Sheep 
ticks breathe through small holes or 
pores on the thorax, and anything that 
will close these will kill the ticks ; they 
can also be poisoned, so there is no ex¬ 
cuse to have ticks on the flock, even if 
they are not as well fed as they should be. 
If the sheep be dipped in almost any 
of the patented dips, say, twice a year, 
ticks will not trouble them ; but it is a 
good deal of work to dip a flock of sheep, 
especially when they have much wool, 
and I have a way that suits me much 
better. If H. F. has but a few sheep, 
he can take common kerosene and fried 
meat fat, mix them one part kerosene to 
two of fat; or he can use lard or lard oil, 
mixing in the same proportion. Heat 
the lard, or fat, or lard oil, so that it is 
entirely liquid, add the kerosene and 
stir well ; divide the wool along the 
sheep’s back, and pour in a generous 
quantity; it will do no harm to the 
sheep. Have it as hot as possible and 
not burn the sheep; it will go down 
each side the sheep, and kill every tick 
it touches, and every young tick will 
die in infancy. 
Crude petroleum will also kill the 
ticks, and not only not injure the sheep, 
but will cure any skin disease which 
they may happen to have; but the 
trouble is to get crude oil. Much of 
that on the market and so sold, is a mix¬ 
ture of the by-products of the refineries, 
will stain the wool, and some won’t 
even kill the baby ticks. 
If H. F. has many sheep, a good and 
quick way to rid them of ticks, is to put 
a quart of soft soap or a pound of hard 
soap dissolved in one quart of rain water, 
in a kettle with one gallon of rain 
water, and bring to a boil. Take away 
from the fire and while still hot, add two 
gallons of kerosene or crude petroleum, 
and whip or churn it rapidly until the 
whole emulsifies or becomes like cream. 
If he has a force pump, he can use this, 
pumping it back into itself. If he has 
no pump, he can put it into a deep pail 
or crock, something like a deep setting 
can, or cream can, make something like 
an old-fashion churn dasher, and churn 
“ for keeps.” When completely emulsi¬ 
fied, add 11 gallons more of soft water— 
stir well. Huddle the sheep up close in 
some corner, sprinkle the flock, and 
when well wet, stir them up and re¬ 
crowd and sprinkle again, and so con¬ 
tinue until every sheep is wet in every 
part with the emulsion, and not a tick 
will survive. This remedy is cheap, 
easily made and applied, and the above 
quantity will be ample for 60 large 
sheep. If he has a force pump and 
spray nozzle, he can use them for wetting 
the sheep. _ 
KEEPING SHEEP FROM FRUIT TREES 
I have a young orchard of apple and other fruit 
trees, into which I wish to turn sheep in order to 
keep down the brush and weeds, which spring 
up wherever the irrigation ditches run. It is 
hard to plow or mattock. How can I best pro¬ 
tect the trees from the sheep ? k. b. w. 
Keremeos, B. C. 
A ns —It is easy to protect apple trees 
from attacks of sheep as they can be 
trimmed so high that sheep cannot reach 
the branches; but those “other fruit 
trees,” not knowing what they are, it 
is hard to say how to protect them. In 
fact, it is almost impossible to keep 
pears, plums and peaches high enough 
so that sheep can be safely pastured 
among them. But for the apples, get 
the common wire netting with two-inch 
mesh, and three feet wide—it will cost 
here 1)4 cent a running foot. Cut in 
pieces long enough to go around the 
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