Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-10-14
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

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Equal parts Of laudanum, alcohol and
oil Of worTnwood, it is said, make an ex.
ceuent linimentis bruises, &c. on man
or beast. ~
-To preserve scrab-apples, leave the
stem on. Weigh a pound of sugar to a
pound OF the fruit. Pierce the apples
with a large needle. Make syrup of the
sugar; when clear put in the apples, and
boil them thirty or forty minutes. Take
them out carefully, and lay them on a dish
to cool; when cold put them into the lars,
and strain the hot syrup over them. Mrs.
Ptanaajs Recipe Book.
"A correspondent of the Southern OIL
tiyat0r says: PLANT the peach on sandy
or clayey soils. Dig hole three feet in
diameter and one foot deep; add surface
soil, bones and ashes and then draw up
mound one 'oot above the former level,
and in this set the tree Plant very few
but select varieties, and work only the
natural seeding stocks"
The Home, Field and Orchard SAYS:
"There is in almost every family waste
of liquids, which usually go into sewer
or drain, or possibly on the road, where
they are of no avail; but if saved by be-
ing conducted to tank, would enrich the
entire garden spot of vegetables, small
fruits, etc, furnish stimulants to the rose
and other flower borders, and keep the
grass-plos green and fresh A little plas-
ter occasionally thrown il and around the
tank viii keep it always sweet and clean"
The common solution Of gum arabic
is an excellent absorbent, and will remove
dirt, etc, from marble. t. crush the dust
off the piece to be cleaned, then apply with
brush good coat Of gum arabic, about
the consistency of thick office muci-
lage, expose it to the sun or dry wind, or
both. In short time it will crack and
peel off. If all the gum should not peel
off, wash it with clean water and clean
cloth. OF course, if the first application
does not have the desired effect, it should
be applied again. 2 Make paste with
softsoap and whiting. Wash the marble
first with it, and then leave coat of the
paste upon it for two or three days. After
wards wash off with warm mot hot water
and soap.-.Scientlfc american.
"A Good Rat Trap.-Take a barrel
which will hold water, cut the head little
smaller than the top OF the barrel, pass a
string through the center of the head and
hang it up so nat it may hang perfectly
free inside the barrel, three or four inches
below the chime. Now put in five or six
inches of water, and drop some grease on
the top Of the barrel head, which you must
balance, by lacking on some thin pieces of
lead place your trap where the rats can
get on it easily, and it is ready, They
come up to get the grease, and in stepping
on one side of the head the other natural
" tips up, and in goes the rat. The head
soon gains its equilibrium and is ready for
another. Sometimes when there is con-
siderable grease around where they can
get at it they won't take it for bait. In
this case, put little anise-seed in your
bait Exchange.
The Farmers Home Journal says
awe have at different times published
paragraphs detailing the beneficial results
pduced by the use of salt on grass land
and on land devoted to other crops.
Whether the value of thisagent is attlibut,
able to its manurial quality or its power
as an absorbent, by which it is enabled to
attract or retain moisture in the land on
which ii is sown, we dc not now under
\ take to decide. Our object in this para
graph is more particularly to speak of an
experiment recently made in another idi-
rection. Mr.. L. p. Spur, of this county,
has for some time sown salt on grass land
before blowing it up for corn, and as re-
suit, he has found that no grub worms or
other insects have troubled it. The guam
| tity sown was about one and a half bushels
to The acre. 1t is claimed by Others that
the same advantages are gained by soak
| inc the seed corn in salt water"