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Wellington Independent, Volume XXVI, Issue 3129, 21 February 1871, Page 3

Ghass Seeds and .Fowls. — T. G. W. sends the "Border Watch the following : — " At this season fowls are subject to accidents which causes a large mattery tumour to form above the eye, causing the bird to mope, and ultimately to die. The cause of this tumor is a seed of the bearded gross, which, enter in at the nostril, makes its way up to the eye, causing acute inflammation. The remedy is to have the fowl caught on the first appearance of swelling near the eye, and restrain its legs and wings by confinement in. a small bag, to allow of its being freely handled when examining the eye, the point of the grass seed will be seen pressing against the eye ball, a pair of small tweezers or the points of a fine pair of scissors will enable any one to withdraw the seed from its position and the bird, after dipping its head two or three times in cold water, may be set at liberty. I have removed three seeds from as many hens this season. In former yeare, not knowing how to treat them, I had several deatliß. How Mice abe Encouraged. — See that crusts bones, cheese- rinds, bags, of sago, flour, oatmeal, and rice grown dusty and. laid by on some shelf or other, as aIBO candle-ends and soap, are not left about in the back kitchen or scullery, or thrown into the ash-bin. The habit commonly ! practised by servants of laying by kitchen [ stuff and bones in a cellar or outhouse, with a view of taking them out on some I convenient occasion for sale to the general dealer, should be carefully guarded against. Another custom of keeping potatoes stored up in a cellar and not clearing away the

refuse in spring, also greatly encourages not only mice but other sorts of vermin. It is not so much the loaves of bread and joints of meat carefully preserved in the larder, or safe, which brings besiegers to a house in the shape of these pests, but rather the customary and seemingly harmless accumulations we have described. — 11 Cassell's Household Guide. A Habdened Reprobate. — Sector's Daughter (a trifle enthusiastic) : Well, Jenny, and did you tell your father that we should be glad to see him at church on Sundays ? — Young Proslyte : Yes, Miss ; and please, Miss, he saya ho gets a good deal more preachin' than he can stand at home.