Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-06-08

worm let's go its hold on the membrane
and becomes gorged with this substanc,
and in some measure probably torpid
Then large dose of castor oil is adj
ministered, and the worms are elected
before they are able to renew then
hold.
The STRIPED BUG.-EVery gardener
knows that this is a most destructive
insect among melon, cucumber and
other young vines, sometimes damag.
ing the crop seriously. Many remedies
have been suggested, some of them nc
doubt good in their way but trouble
some. Now L have tried for several
years another which has proved with
us a complete success. Instead of aim
ing to drive away the insect by SCOT,
ashes, &C., we pet il, or rather furnish
it with food better than the young mel
on and cucumber plants. We sow
around each hill at the time OF each
planting a few radish seed, and coming
up about the same time, the tops sup.
ply pasture for the bug which it much
prefers to the vines. Lettuce will also
answer, but the radish is rather liked
the best. While our vines are untouch-
ed by making this little provision for
it, the young radish tops are complete
ly perforated. We can recommend the
remedy with confidence - GeT'mdntOlCn
Telegraph.
IMPROVED CONDITION OF FARMEBsi-
AS "A rule, there is, undeniably, says a
contemporary, more education, intelli-
gence and refinement among farmers
than existed a generation since. these,
of course, call for the enjoyment of IA
greater measure of the iuXuries of
lfe-in fact, the two 90 hand In hand,
the enhanced means atfording facilities
for better education and the increase OF
Intelligence and refinement, calling for
style of living different from that
which satisfied the uneducated mind
Be this rs it may, the farmers, as
class have with many exceptions of
cOurse) a thousand told more of the
comforts and Injuries of life than were
| enjoyed by their fathers. They live in
better houses, with better furniture
they ride in better carriages, wear bet
ter clothing, go more regularly to
church, enjoy more of social inter
course, exhibit greater degree of in
teliigence and more refined manners
in short, come nearer the standard of
gentlemen than did their ancestors, as
a class, thirty years ago.
A NEW WAY TO KEEP EGGs. The
week before going to sea, ON four
months voyage, j gathered 10 sixty
dozen eggs for cabin sea stores, taking
especial pains to prove every egg in
the lot a good one; besides / got them
from my farmer friends, and know they
were all fresh. Then 4 fixed them for
keeping, by taking five or six dozen at
n time in basket, and dipping them,
about FIVE seconds, in the cooks ''eop-
per" of boiling water. After scalding
/ passed the eggs through bath made
by dissolVing about i've pounds of
the cheapest brown sugar in a gallon
of water, and laid out on the galley
floor to dry. There had my sixty doz
Ell eggs sugar
i pa ked them in charcoal dust in
stead of salt tried salt ten years.
and l don't believe it preserves eggs a
mite. u would, perhaps, if w0 were to
chowdel them all up in salt Bat Just
SLOWING the stuff around the shells
"tell that to marines; sailors WON'T be
heve it,
The steward had strict orders to
bring ait, and report every bad egg he
should find. During the voyage he
brought three-nOt absolutely spoiled,
but little old like. All the others,
or what was left of them, were as fresh
when we came III as they were when
packed them away. Cor. Country GEN
Hemen.
PARLOR FLOWERS. the ladies love
parior flowers and the lady who has
the prettiest and best assortment, kept
IN the best style, is sure of a due
amount oi admiration from the sterner
sex. When we cal! TO mind some
friend who is always successful with her
parlOr flowers, and whose plants are
strong and healthy, we may be sure she
has conquered success by energetic de-
votion to her pets. She has discovered
that it is no easy thing to grow flowers
or plants in the Initiated air of a
close room. She will tell you that her
first thought was for a proper favorites
the greatest possible amount of air and
sunshine. An eastern or southern wiz
dow is the best bnt If either is not to
be had, then choose the one that will
admit the most sunlight. The tenn
perature of the room, in which your
flowers and plants are, should never
fall below forty or forty-five degrees
Plants suffer most, and Oftenest de-
cay, from scarcity of light and an ex-
cess of heat. Ventilation must be at
tended to, also. Plants crave the air as
mucn as our human lungs do, il is vi
tai tOstheir growth but care must be tax
en- never to raise a window upon your
plants in cold weather. The washing
of the plants must be done frequently
their pores are liable to be stopped up
by dirt, which must be washed off at
least once a week. Tepid water is the
best, and if they are very dirty; weak
soap suds are best. But never wet the
: flowers of plant-water always iniures
them; nor allow drops of water to stand
on the leaves in the sunshine Let wa
tering always be done in fine nosed
watering pot where a pitcher or cup
is used, it is liable To disturb
the earth about the roots. Let it be
done regularly once day, aud in the
morning; and let the Temperature of
the water be the same as that of the at
/, mosphere of the room. Neither let the
soil become dry or sodGen with moist
ure. In planting, always fill tho lower
inch OF the pot with broken potsherds,
to secure drainage; then fill in the earth
firmly, and securely establish the plant.
Plants should be re-potted when their
roots touch the bottom or sides. la re-
! potting, always use fresh, ricl soil
To protect your flowers from insects