Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-05-03
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

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! who advertise for three. six or twelvemonths
FARM AND FIRESIDE.
/ MAKING AspARAGUs BEDS. In the gar
den for family purposes new asparagus beds
should be made now without delay, though
any time this mouth will answer. The best
plan in making these beds is to excavate
the earth, whether it is soil or not, to the
depth of from twenty to twenty-four inches,
remove all the dirt except the soil, and com.
mence to fill up with good layer of horse
manure, press it well down, then layer of
soil, then manure again, leaving the richest
manure for the last eight or ten inches
Plant two year old roots of the colossal va
riety, three feet apart each way, with the
crown of the roots from six to eight inches
beneath the surface.
Keep the beds clear of all weeds. grass,
etc. The plants will make considerable
growth the first season, and the third sea-
son there will be some spires fit to CUT
The fourth season, three years after plant.
ing, the bed may be considered in its full
| maturity. No salt should be applied until
the bed is fully established. While there
is no better fertilizer than salt for bed
once fully producing crop, to be applied
early in April and as soon after the fall
dressing of manure is forked in as may be
convenient-it is death to the young plants.
Salt destroys the weeds and grass; and must
be kept from box edging and young trees,
or it wilt destroy them too.-Gernsantow
Telegraph
REMEDY FOR CUT-WoRM IN CoRN.-As
some of our Southern subscribers may want
to plant corn before our next issue, we re-
peat what has been pretty well tested here,
as the remedy for the cut.worm-cheap,
readily applied. efectually as a worm de-
stroyer. and to some extent also as fertih.
ger in the hill
After the corn is dropped and covered,
and before it is up, apply on the surface Of
each hill about one tablespoonful of ground
salt.
Unless it is carbolic acid, nothing makes
worms of all kinds squirm like salt. 1t is
sometimes applied broadcast, at the rate of
6 to 10 bushels per aere-which is also an
excellent application, just before the last
narrowing. t-Et.F
In old gardens, such as have been heavi.
ly MANFRED and cropped year after year, for
a long period. snails and grubs often abound
and as commonly described, the soil seems
to have become manure-sick. Vegetables
do not grow as they used to do. Here also
dressing of salt will be found beneficial,
as restorative and also worm destroyer
The value Of salt as fertilizer has probably
been overlooked. We have known it to
produce great luxuriance on pasture and
moving 6elds.-Practicaz Farmer.
BETTER FEED, BETTER MANURE.
this heading the Maine Farmer says:
Few truths in agricultural economy are
better established than this that the better
SAND richer the feed given to animals, the
better will be the manure made Animals
kept on straw and coarse, rough fodder,
with little or no provender, even if they
have this sort Of food in abundance, will pro-
duce manure of very inferior quality to that
made from corn meal, cotton seed, rape
cake or other articles rich 10 nitrogen. It
is custom with the best English farmers
custom as well as business-to feed for
the purpose of obtaining the manure. And
while there is almost always loss in feed
ing animals upon purchased food, leaving
out of calculation the manure they make
when this is considered, especially if one
wishes to restore or maintain the fertility of
farm, all experiments show that feeding
animals is the cheapest mode of obtaining
manure.
SAssAFRAs On.-Dr. Thompson, of Nash
vile, finds that few drops of sassafras oil
will entirely neutralize the narcotic effects
Of tobacco. When put upon cigars the
same effect is produced. It is also said that
sassafras oil is good remedy for the bite of
a rattlesnake. How far this oil would act
as an sntidote to the alkaloids is not stated,
but it ought to be tried. 1t has long been
used to prevent the fermentation of muci-
lage and inks.
PEPPER SAUCE. One peck or one hundred
pods Of bell-peppers, take out the seed and
add one gallon of vinegar, boil until soft
enough to strain, then add two tablespoon.
fuls of mustard, three of salt, one of black
pepper, three of sugar, and half pint of
onions chopped fine, add spice if wanted
Boil after mixing until the onions are
cooked
To RELIEVE NEURALGIA. "A New Hamp-
shire gentleman says: 'Take two large ia.
blespoonfuls of fine salt; mix them together
in small bottle every time you have any
acute affection OF the facial nerves, or neu-
ralgia, simply breathe the fumes into your
nose from the bottle, and you will be imme.
diately relieved
BLEEDING AT THE LuNGs.-Say to those
asking for remedies for bleeding at the lungs
and lung complaints, to lay thick flannel
pad about the throat and lungs Tell them
to wear double, thick fannels and to protect
the feet, throat, and whole person, SO that
it cannot receive chill under any expose
Reader. --
Corn STARCH PASTE. Corn starch makes
the best paste for scrap books. Dissolve
small quantity in cold water, then cook it
thoroughly. Be careful and not get it too
thick When cold it should be thin enough
to apply with brush 1t is the kind used
by daguerreotypists on 'tgem" pictures.
AN IMPROVED METHOD OF COOKING BEETs.
Bake them. It requires about two hours
to bake a medium sized beet. I hardly
think any person will resort to the old
method of boiling them after eating one
meal Of baked beets.
10 CURE FREcKLEs. two ounces of