64 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. {1 Jan., 1902, 
General Notes. 
GIVING MEDICINE TO ANIMALS. 
We heard of a case which occurred last month in Brisbane, where a man 
started to dose a horse for colic. He made use of an ordinary bottle, which 
the animal crushed with his teeth, and swallowed several pieces of glass, 
A veterinary surgeon was then called in, but too late to save the animal. Now, 
if that man had adopted the simple plan of taking a foot or so of indiarubber op 
cotton garden-hose, and fitted it on to the neck of the bottle, all danger woulg 
be avoided, The horse could neither destroy the hose nor the bottle. - 
THE SECRET OF LONG LIFE. 
The well-known Chicago physician, Dr. D. K. Pearsons, is now eighty 
years of age, and has announced his intention of living toa hundred. He hag 
given away his entire fortune of £700,000. Quite recently he declined to serye 
on the Dewey Committee, because it would involve the loss of his after-dinner 
nap, and possibly interfere with his longevity scheme, which scheme he has con. 
densed in a number of hygienic axioms. A few of them are quoted in the 
Physician and Surgeon :—Most men dig their graves with their teeth. No pies 
or cakes, pains or aches. Don’t get angry, and don’t get excited; every time 
you fret you lose a moment of your life. If you catch a cold, lose your quinine 
and eat an onion. Give away your money; it’s pra and tends to 
longevity. I don’t drink either tea or coffee; they affect the heart. A vege. 
table and fruit diet will help a man to remain young; it’s better than the 
fountain of life or the medicinal baths. 
HOW TO CLEAN A PAINT BRUSH INSTANTANEOUSLY. 
Boiling with a soda solution spoils a brush, besides being a cy and slow 
process. A much more suitable method is to use amyl acetate, which has a 
pleasant smell like fruitdrops. If you pour amyl acetate over a dried-up oj] 
aint brush, the varnish or paint dissolves immediately, and, although ever go 
Had and dry, the brush is rendered serviceable at once. 25 lb. of pure amy] 
acetate cost 2s. To remove the amyl from the brush wash it in alcohol. 
RELATIVE FOOD VALUES OF CROPS. 
One hundred acres devoted to sheep-rearing will provide food for fifty 
people. The same amount of land under wheat will feed 250 persons. Under 
potatoes, 520 people could be fed; whilst, if 100 acres were placed under 
bananas, 995 people could be kept in health and strength. 
TO CLEAN THE HANDS. 
Most people in the country districts, whatever their social position may be, 
often do work and handle tools which blacken the hands, and sometimes stain 
them so that soap and water have no effect on the skin. To overcome the 
difficulty, rub them well with spirits of turpentine, and then wipe them 
thoroughly ; next rub in a little olive oil or butter. Wipe that off, and soap 
and hot water will do the rest. A little benzine in alcoho! will clean the nails. 
Coal tar is easily removed by washing the hands with grease. Keep all the 
lemon skins ; they will remove stains resulting from handling fruit which stains 
the hands. Pineapples are also good. 
