The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-11
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.


USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.
PULvERzED charcoal, mixed with lard
is said to be an infallible remedy for the
bite of dog. 1t must be Immediately
applied to the injured spot and kept there
till the poison has been completely drawn
out.
To REMOVE SILVER STAINs.-One of
the best ways is to wash the spots with
concentrated solution of sulphate or chlo-
ride of zinc, and rub the worst places
with metallic zinc. Then rinse in pure
water and complete the washing with
soap. Ink stains can be removed in the
same way.-Scentifc american.
GRASS SEED FOR A LAwN.-William
Saunders, of Washington, D. c., in the
Horticulturtst recommends the following
mixture of grass seeds as producing the
most permanent lawn: One bushel Red
Top; two bushels June grass; one quart
Timothy; two pounds White Glover.
HHBBIDIzIKG AND CROssING.-In speak
ing OF fruits and flowers these two words
are frequently COMPOUNDED, or used as if
synonymous. A cross is from the union
of two varieties of one species; while
hybrid is the result of two varieties of
separate species.
CUT WoRMs.-J. Parish Steele, of Ten
nessee, writes the Journal of Agriculture
that his experiments this year show that
a handful of dry sawdust placed around
the roots of a plant will effectually pro-
tect it from cut worms His experiments
have been on pretty large scale and he
has failed in no instance.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Country
Gentleman says DR.. Holmes, formerly Of
the Ndine Farmer, held that suckers
should never be removed from corn, as
there would be no means of fructifying
the ears on stalks that were late in coming
In silk, If the suckers were removed !;
while if they were left such stalks would
be provided for.
RINDERPEsT-Iti is said thst Russian
remedy for rinderpest, consists in taking
the skin of an animal that has died with
the disease, wrapping a hundred and
twenty pounds of salt in it and placing it
for whole night before large fire. The
salt thus medicated is given to healthy
cattle, which are inoculated and have the
disease in a mild form, recovering in a
day or two and becoming proof against
the infection.
THE Central Illinois correspondent of
the Country Gentleman gives the follow
ing means OF guarding against the worst
effects OF drouths: 81. Understanding,
trench blowing, or blowing six or seven
inches deep: 2. Fall blowing, or blowing
as early as the last half of March. 3.
Sowing and planting, if not in March, at
the earliest practicable hour. a. Sowing
and seeding thinly, and clean and careful
system of cultivation"
A CHEAP FILTER The Manufacturer
and Builder gives the following directions
for simple filter to purify cisteTn water
Place on the perforated bottom of box
g piece..of flannel, and on this some coarse
ly-powdered charcoal, then some coarse
river sand, and cover the whole with
sandstone broken into small pieces. The
great bother with all filters is that they
require cleaning or renewing constantly
say once in a week or two, 1t depending
upon the quantity and nature of the water
passing through them.
IN layering the rose, the Chinese, who
are famous culdvatOrs of this flower, select
a strong shoot at the commencement of
August and cut slit through the stem
just below an eye, having first stripped
OIL the leaves. A pebble is placed in the
slit to keep 1t open, and s. handful of fresh
moss is tied around the eye and kept con-
stantly moist. Roots soon strike into the
moss, and the layer may soon be removed
TO another location, or potted without re-
moving the moss. The moss must be
buried in the soil when first applied to the
layer.
MELON-BUGs ARD PARIS GREEN
green Is rapidly becoming universal kill
all Tor bugs. Colorado potato-bue depart
very suddenly when this material is ap-
piied to .thc plants, ana we are nov receiY-
ing many letters from correspondents who
have used it for destroying other kinds of
insects. IT is said TO be sure death to the
melon and cucumber bug, and We advise
our subscribers To give it trial on the
vines while youbg, but not sitter the
melons begin TO ripen, iRasmuch as Paris
green is a rank poison. 1t should be
mixed with flour, and then applied in
small quantities carefully silted over the
vlGe.-H6arta and Home.
To DESTROY HOUSE FLIEs-It is per-
haps not generally known that black pep
per, not red, is poison for many insects
The following simple mixture is said to be
the best destroyer of the common house
fly extant: Take equal proportions of
fine black pepper fresh ground and sugar,
say enough of each to cover ten cent
piece; Doisten and mix well with spoon
tul OF milk Ga little cream is BETTER keen
that IN your room and it will keep down
the Ties. One advantage over other poi
sons Is, that it Injuries nothing else; and
another that the flies GEEK the air and
never ole in the house the windows be-
ing open.-ErchanGe
SINGLE EYES OR WHOLE POTATOES
We have always advocated and prac-
tlced the plan OF cutting potatoes into
small pieces for seed. The result of many
OF our own experiments has shown that
there WAS more danger of using too much
seed than too little The reports that
have reached US in the last two or three
years, OF the great yield of most OF the
new and high priced sorts, which have
invariably been cut into very small pieces
when planted, are conclusive proof upon
this point. A neighbor has just given US
the result of an experiment made with
the Early Rose, which he has dug and
sent to market in the last few days. Five
rows were planted with only one eye in
hill, and next five rows adjoining with
whole potatoes. The result was quite
different from what he expected, for the
single eyes not only gave the largest
yield, but the tubers were larger and
more uniform in size.-HearM ana Home.