The weekly North-Carolina standard., 1869-04-28
LIQUID Graftinr wax.

boneft Of our subscribers The following
will, malxc.s wax that can he put on with
brush. will always be ready for use II Kept
tightly corked in bottle, and can be ap-
piisd to bruises or wounds on trees or used
MS grating wax; viz: Melt one pound OF
rosin over a gentle fire; add an ounce OF
beef tallowF and stir it well take it from
the fire. let it cool down little and add a
table spoonful of spirits of turpentine, and
after that about seven ounces OF very strong
alcohol (95 per cent twill be necessary,
after putting in the alcohol, toput 1t on the
stove again, stirring it constantly, taking
great care that the alcohol docs not get IN
famed To avoid this, remove the Kettle
from the stove as soon as the mass, which
may have cooled rapidly by the addition OF
the alcohol, hegins to melt. Continue to
stir. until the whole mass becomes the con-
sistency of honey. This will be found far
better and cheaper than the common shellac
preparation used for this purpose; and after
being put on for day or two, becomes
clear, white color, and as hard as stone
imperylOus to water and air.
We charge our readers nothing for the
above, and will warrant it better than that
made from recipe which many will pay
one dollar. The preparation for has been
proved and recommended by some Of the
best horticulturists in the country
DIG Our THE BoRER With a jack-knife,
a narrow chisel, and piece of wire, 60
through the orchard and visit every tree as
soon as the ground is bare, in search of the
borer. 1t will require considerable cutting
to find the old ones that have remained in
the tree through the winter, but dig them
out at any cost of time or trouble. Young
ones will be found just under the bark, their
presence being detected by the chips they
make. which fall to the ground. Don't neg
lect this; but visit every tree as often as
once fortnight thro' the summer Especially
in the young orchardD and by this, the only
safe method, get them under subsection.
Mr.. III. Marsh, Hudson N. H., gays in the
Mirror and Fdrnaer that he las made and
used stump machine constructed as fol
lows: Take three pieces of common joist,
put them together in form like a common
harrow, letting the tapering or forward ends
lap 10y, each other some six inches. making
place for the chain to rest in. Cut off the
roots at any distance you please from the
stump, place tie machine on one side of the
stump, tapering end up, hitch the Chain on
the opposite side and pass it over the ma
chine; then hitch good yoke OF oven there
to and you will see the stump rise. He has
cleared about three acres in this way.
Warts on cows teats may, says an eX-
change, I've easily removed by applying the
following simple remedy: In a quart OF soft
water dissolve one quarter pound OF alum
and in this solution wash the teats and I'D
der carefully, morning, noon and night.
Perseverance in this course will, in a few
days, remove every vestige of the disease, lcav-
ing the parts formerly affected smooth and
healthy. er,a ......-
A correspondent of the Maine Farmer
gives the following recipe for the cure of
rcd-water in cattle: For COW, take two
ounces of nitric acid and divide it into three
parts. and give one part in half pint of wa
ter every other day, till give the whole.
This is IL sure remedy, that never fails, un-
less the animal is past cure. For oxen
give cne ounce for dose.
A useful cement for closing up cracks in
stove plates, stove doors, &C., is prepared by
mixing finely pulyerized iron, such as can
be procured at the druggists, with liquid
hdtSl SldSo, W - tiiiSN PoSeN, civ tHSN SO'>s
ing the cracks with it. The hotter the lire
then becomes, the more does the cement
melt and combine with its metallic ingre-
dients, and the more completely will the
crack become closed.
A gentleman whose father had been cured
of hopeless case of dropsy, wishes the
remedy stated, with the desire that Others
may be similarly benefited. Make bean
pod tea-either white or lima beans-sweet-
en- to the taste and drink abundantly.
The manufacture of superphosphates in
this country was commenced about eighteen
years ago. From that time it has gradually
increased, until now about seventy Thousand
tons. representing money value of rather
less than four millions of dollars are annu-
ally sold.
1t is estimated that if it were not for the
| improved machinery now in use upon our
farms, particularly reapers, mowers and
threshing machines, it would be utterly i'm
possible to supply the home consumption
of grain in this country.
To KEEP Worms FROM DRIED FRUIT.-
Put the fruit in common muslin bags, with
a little sassafras bark scattered through, a
handful OF bark to bushel fruit, and no
worms will trouble it.-Ec.
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