Huntington independent. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1871-1874, 1873-06-19
FARM AND HOME.

OF any thln cloth OF ABOUT an locn III
width and any length, sewed togeth-
or, say two yards of white then 4
yard Of black, aud so on just as you
like. Black snd white mixed in with
bright colors look very nicely a
yard and aquarter is the length + the
stripe after being Knit, It takes ten
stripes TO make a good sized mat.
The more eOlors there are the better.
Sew the strips together with dOuple
shoe thread. Bud of each strip
Cor HoHsrhoId.
IRONING WIruOUP HsAT-A lady
Of experience says mach time aud
trouble may DO saved By ironing
without heat aud A,t-irOus. When
the clothes fold coarse sheets,
towels and tableclOths IN the shape
they are wanted, and pass them
through the Eringer as dry as posi-
Lle. Trsn fold hang to dry where
tbs wind does not blow very hard.
They wiu Deed little or no ironing
The tableelOths should be dipped IN
old Skinned milk; this gives them a
lustre, and they need 90 starch.
GRAPE LAYERs-These may be easily
made on a small scale By the ANA
tsur OF by the farmer who wishes to
plant cut an additional vine or two.
By laying down q good strong shoot
Of this Summers growth and buryiOg
ita few inches deep at tho middle,
roots will b. thrown out at the joints,
and by taking out before winter and
cutting intwo, two good plants will be
made from each layer. If the laying
down is done TOO soon the shoot viii
be soft nd may rot; if left too late
there will rot be time enough for the
roots 10 form. The proper season Is
lust when il Is beginning TO assume
a little of the hardness Of the wood.
The formation of layers exhaust 4
viue in the same way that runners
exhaust strawberries. They should
therefore be splriugly made from
hearing vines. especially in a dry sea
s0n.-West Iuyiaia AgricNi'rjst.
CULTIVATION OF FISH IN DITCHEs
AND PoNDS.-Much attention Is now
being paid in Germany to the cultl-
walton Of fish in ponds and bitches,
and it has been found, contrary to
the generally received opinion IN re-
ference to such localities, they are
much more favorable for the purpose
than other large bodies of water ap-
perently fresh and pure in their char
acter This is doubtless owing to the
great abundance of animal lite, as
well as 10 the more decided eonceu-
traiion Of vegetable substances 10 the
form Of living plants Of different
kinds including the algae. This pro-
duces a constant evolution Of oxygen,
Desded for the respiration of tie fish,
and allows larger mass Of life TO be
crowded together In given space.
The,Teproduetion Of the species is
also unusually rapid, and.the young
grow very quickly.
SUS EscAT on FRUIr-Tbe ripan
ing Of frBit dOes not depend alto
gether on the sun, as many persons
suppose, yet the sun Is necessary on
the leaves ard it /, this action which
gives the favor to 4 pine apple. The
pine PILE may he cut off before ripe
and laid 10 ever 80 hot place. where
the sun may strike it fairy, aud II
will lever get SO rich o flavor as whe n
Iipened on the plant. Ripening is a
vital, not chemical, process. After
vitality has dooe all it can do then
decay commences, and this to Ger
tain extent, is sn elementary part Of
the ripeDrUg. IL will be f0uod IN
practice a very dangerous doctrine
that any other fTrjt than a 81 ok
Hamburg Grape can be riPened bet
ter by having its leaves pulled off TO
let o the sun, and We venture to say
that any one Who recon- mends nc
never tried it.. From The West Ut
GINA Agrjca,t;rist
SUGGESTIONS ABOUT FENCING A
correspondent writes: Where il Is
needful to have permanent fences-as
on lines, along lines, and around
public buildings-make them of du-
rabie materials. A common board
fence, especially IL it ruus north aud
South is not very desirable; neither
is a cobble stone wall, as usually made.
A worm fence Of sound chestnut
or cedar rails aud stake, provided
the rails are Of good size, will last
from seveDty-fve to hundred years.
For a permanent, durable, strong
nee, the worm rail fence of the hest
timber is really the best we can make,
unless good stone L. procured. We
shall get through fencing with boards
one Of these days when the price Of
lun Der rises 20 the sum which the
ratio OF its increase for the last TWEEN
y years indicates Will be its value
twenty years hence.
Chestnut for fencing can Be grown
as readily and chcaply and a very
few acres devoted to this culture
would, in twenty years furnish
enough material for o buudred and
fifty acre farm. ] know former in
the central part Of this stat, who
started a magnificent chestnut forest
BY first summer f,llowing the field
and then sowing the nuts broadcast
in the fall and then dragging them in.
lie had to watch the squirrels, crows
and boys, who stole them before thew
eProuted But the experiment sue
ceeded, and the ground was soon Gov
cred with young trees. After q few
years the forest was thiuued, the trees
taken out making hoop poles, and
the rest Of the grove went rejoicing
on It's way to full maturity.
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