The weekly standard., 1869-10-13
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
HOUSE AND FARM.

HOUSE AND FARM.
A piece of land 2O9 feet square contains
an acre.
The most profitable use for sour apples is
TO make them into vinegar
Shade trees should not be planted close
to dwelling houses Let in the sun light.
1t is estimated than an equivalent of 12
tons of hay can be produced on one acre in
roots.
Sixteen pounds of grease and the lye
from one barrel of ashes, will make barrel
ofsoap.
Dry copperas strewed about ant nests
will induce them to leave and not to return.
So says one who tried it.
In farmers family neither hair, moss nor
feathers need be procured for beds. Soft
inside husks, well hatcheled, are wholesome,
elastic and durable.
In holding produce for higher prices the
loss on shrinkage is usually under estimated.
Potatoes for instance, will often shrink one.
fifth during a winter in the cellar.
Soil under barns or stables that have been
standing any length of time is usually very
rich in nitre and is especially valuable in
the compost heap or as top dressing. 1.-
To cure the mango in calves. the New
England Farmer recommends saturated
solution Of carbolic acid, one ounce in
pint of water. Apply with soft sponge.
A Philadelphia doctor says that washing
horses in the morning with water in which
one or two peeled onions are sliced, will
keep all the flies at distance The expert
ment is worth trying s
1t is said that six drachms of carbolic
acid, dissolved in gallon of water, is sure
protection of vines against insects. The lit
tie striped bug dislikes this preparation and
seeks his dinner elsewhere.
A sure remedy for apple tree borers is said
to be to plug up their holes with tobacco.
The borers come down to the entrance to
push out their chips, and finding an obstruc-
ton, attempt to remove it, when the tobacco
kills them without fail ..,..
A correspondent of the Country Gentle
men says that hand friction-always rub
bing down-will certainly keep wind gals
from increasing, and if well applied for
half an hour at time, twice day. will re-
move new one, or materially check one
of long standing. e.-. p. ..
The cattle plague is prevailing to an
alarming extent in Bedford county, Tennes-
see, anil the cattle. are dying off fast They
seem to have a strange disease. Their legs
first swell, and soon after the body, and
death ensues. q Some of the finest COWS in
that place have died within the past week.
A hundred years ago it was settled that
the shortening of the tap of the root offs
tree was no injury, and at the present day
some of the most practical of our pear grow
ers cut the tap roots so as to induce the
tree to throw out lateral roots, and thus
save trees from being swayed so much by
high winds. -.. .a
A correspondent of the Rural New Yorker,
believes that the wrinkles in cows horns
do not show the number of years it has seen,
but the number of times it has shed its coat
He thinks the first wrinkle appears when the
animal sheds its hair the third time, and
thereafter one is added every time it goes
through that experience.
BUGS AND CoCKRoACHEs.-Boil one ounce
of pokeroot in one pint of water until the
strength is extracted mix the decoction
with molasses, and spread it on plates in the
kitchen or other apartments which are in
\ fected by these pests. All that have par
taken of this luxury during the night will
be found organic remains" the next morn
ing.
Place bone in the ear,h near the root of
grape, and the vine will send out lead
ing root directly to the bone. In its pas
sage it throws out no fbres-but when it
reaches the bone, the root will entirely cov-
er it with the most delicate fbres, like lace,
each one seeking pore of the bone. On
this bone the vine will continue to feed
as long as nutriment remains to be ex-
tracted.
WORMS IN SwINE-In answer to an in
guiry as to the cause and cure of worms in
pigs, a correspondent of the Maine Farmer
says: 1If the waiter will take the pains to
give pigs handful of good rock salt at
least three times week, in their food, until
killing time, think his pigs will thrive
. provided he gives them enough to eat. The
cause of pigs having worms is, / think, the
want of the preventiye-salt Pigs hardly
ever get any salt, except what they can get
from the slops of the kitchen.
FARMERS SCRAP BooK-Every farmer
should keep scrap book of some kind, in
which certain p rtion should be devoted
to each particular topic in which he is in
terrested; for instance, 81 many pages to
Wheat. 60 many to other grains. so many tn
hOrset g many to cattle, sheep, swine, fruit
growf Nemanures, daily management, ETC.,
etc. 1frieS. when in reading the Farmers
Gold ka;, ! the Journal, or any agricultural
pp5 s'ahing strikes the mind as espec-
hllf u, cut it ont and insert it in its
FH2a< <cl'sment OF the book. In few
V q }teA se encyclcpedia of agriculture
~ us,,A.e gathered, to which reference
5RS tops .ly o.. lily be made
,,.a rRAwBERRIEs IN AUTUMN
8 % nan hss strawberry plants in his own
arden or conveniently at hand, so that he
o. sol seIect q rainy day for the operation, then
az n. ,,Isnting win do very well. But to send
d;stauce for the plants and have TO take
he chance Of having them arrive in good
i,er.. and at a time suitable lnr planting, 1t
,ro,nes a rather uncertain operation. Spring
nu.s.rs to be the proper time for removing
nrcc,iHlelicate plants, unless one can choose
tavoAbIe weather for transp'anting. we
%svc\sct out strawberry plants in Au-
,,,,st Nd the next scasun they produced
adlate crop; but such instances are ex-
ccpdOnll and not common
arRHPs FOR PIGs.-A correspondent OF
+ha G0uttry Gentleman planted few acres
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