The Democratic advocate., 1871-04-13
Useful Information.

p0ndent gives some inioTinatlon IN re
gard to the fishing arrangements at Ing
ham Spring near New Hope, Pa. He
says that Ingham Spring, on which the
fish farm is located. has flow, BIZ actual
measurement, of $3.50 gallons per min
ute. For fish culture it has few, if any,
equals. 1t is said to be model for
anybody to pattern after. They have
Matching house capable of Matching
100000 of FISH at time. There are
few ponds flushed. In one of them
there are few hundred wild trout from
streams, that will weigh one pound aud
over each. In pond No. 2 they have
more, but smaller, caught in the same
stream Ten thousand yearlings have
been purchased, which are to be added
to the present stock 10 February.
q If the States Of Pennsylvania and
New Jersey" says a correspondent,
/" will pass law protecting the fish nets
and weirs, the Delaware river will be
stocked with salmon next spring. We
have agreed to hatch 100000 ofthem."
The report Of the Massachusetts Com.
missiouers of Fisheries for 1870 is out.
1t confirms the highest hopes oi the ad-
vocates of artificial breeding. by es
innate, sixty millions OF young shad
were hntched, and turned loose at Had
ley Falls in 1869. In 1867 Seth Green
worked month in the same waters and
sent out many millions These, it is
assumed, returned. last year, when the
catch was larger than had been known
for many years. They were expected
10 still greater abundance this year.
Next year we will see the fruits Of Mr.
Green's labors in the Hudson, it the
murderous small mesh nets donotslaugh
ter the fish before they reach maturity.
BY the process now adopted there is no
reason why one or five hundred millions
of young shad should not be sent out
every year in the Hudson--rendering
this deectable fish as abnndaat it not
as cheap as when they we're caught to
manure the land ,on the rivers borders.
--AtJaay journal.
CLEANING SOLUTION "A very cheap
aud simple fluid for removing greas spots
from wooden clothes may be made by
dissolving one ounce Of erystalized car
bouate ofammonia (the sesquicarbonate)
in one pint Of water Scour the woolen
fabric with piece Of cloth or sponge
wet with the solution IL is not neces-
sary to follow the solution with water
or to do anything but let the cloth dry
spontaneously. Asthe sesquicarbonate
OF ammonia Of the shops is apt to have
lost part of its ammonia and have be-
come an inert bicarbonate, we advise
adding to the above solution one drachm
"a teaspoonfuD OF ammonia. Made
thus, it costs, for materials, only three
or four cents a pint, though OF course
it costs more to prepare and dispense it.
But a grease spot removed by il never
reappears. OF the hundred prepara-
tions for this purpose which we have
made aud tried none have been SO eff
cacious. = Boston journal Of Chemistry.
GRAFTING GRAPE VINES AT re.
cent meeting Of the horticultural Socie-
ty of Western New York DIS Wagener
gave description Of the method he
adopts in grafting the geape vine. He
gratis FROM early spring till the last Of
June. The gratis are cut carly the pre-
vious winter and packed in saw-dust
He gratis little below the ordinary
surface Of the ground aud covers with
earth. The moisture Of the soil is pre-
served by two inches of mulching The
cleft is sawn in without splitting He
has set the Delaware and Isabella roots
with good success. aud in one instance
had a crop of grapes the same year. A
strong stock is desirable, such as the
Isabella, Catawba aud Diana, The Re.
becca does better on a strong stock than
on its own roots. s.s
Boor BLAcKINo.--If any of our
readers desire TO manufacture their own
boot backing, we would refer them to
the following recipe, which is recon.
mended as being ga No, 1."-recipe /:
Ivory black, KILLED with tablespoon
ful alcohol, pound sweet oil, fluid
ounce molasses, pint; hydrochloric
acid, / ounce sulphnric acid, ounce /;
mix the first ingredients, add the acids,
aud three pints of vinegar if il. is to be
liquid backing. No 'chullepge black
ing equals this.
sopr Tuuo.rpvor,h,av L.,
cure for this trouble, but simple rene
dies appear to be most eifectual Salt
aud water is used by many as a gargle.
but q little alum and honey dissolved
in sage tea, is better. Others use few