The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-06-13
HOUSE, FARM AND GARDEN

about pint OF helIebOr into q gallon of |
water and sprinkle the bushes with a |
hand-brush or garden-syringe When |
sifted on dry, the wind too often carries
it away. By mixing it with water to
applyit, the lower parts of the bushes
are reached, where the little pests begin
their depredatioDs. By this method we
cleaned them all off from several thou
sand bushes, two years ago and have
not been troubled with them since
This, too, is a sure remedy for the in
sects and bugs that infest rose-bushes.
SAVE THE BEST Fowls FOR BREEDING.
1t is the worst possible policy to kill all
the best and handsomest fowls, and save
only the mean and scraggy ones to breed
from. This is precisely the way to run
out your stock; for the like tends to
breed like, and the result is, that by
continually taking away the best birds,
and using the eggs of the poorest, your
Hook viii grow poorer and poorer every
succeeding year. It would seem as
though this was too plain to be insisted
upon, but, in fact, cline upon line, " is
needed. 1t is the crying want of the
poultry upon the farms the country
through, this careful and intelligent Sc
lection of the best for breeding. Moth
ing is lost by a little self-deniaI to start
with. The extra pound or two of poult-
ny flesh that you leave on its legs, in
stead of sending it to the market, is as
good seed, and will bring forth ten-fold
and twenty-fold in your future broods.
Save your best stock for breeding
Poultry World.
CHEAP WAY TO MAKE VNEGAR.-I
take quite quantity of common Irish
potatoes, and wash them until they are
thoroughly clean, then place them in
large vessel and boil them until done.
I now drain off carefully the water that
I cooked them in, straining it if neces-
sary, in order to remove every particle
of the potato. Then put this potato
water into a jug or key, which I place
near the stove, or in some place where
it will be kept warm, and add one pound
of sugar to about two and one-half gal
Ions of the water, some hop yeast, or a
small portion of whisky. Prepared in
this way, and letting it stand three or
four weeks, you viii have most excel
lent vinegar. Indeed, it is the only
vinegar that will preserve cucumbers
cut fresh from the vines without the aid
of salt. IfIhave not plenty of potatoes,
when I am boiling them for f2Qlily use,
[ put on more water than is necessa-
ny to cook them, and drain off the water
and treat it as above described, dimin-
ishing the ingredients to suit the
amount of potato water. The whole
cost of really superior vinegar in this
way does not exceed six or seven cents
per gallon Cincinnati Gazette.
How TO CULTIVATE RosEs.-There is
a great deal of unnecessary mystery
thrown around the operation of prepar-
ing soil for roses. We unhesitatingly
advise our readers to select a good fri
able loan, and incorporate therein plen-
ty of well-rotted stable manure. The
old-fashioned idea of planting singly
upon the lawn, dotting them here and
there, does not produce a good effect.
A circle or ellipse, filed with the va
rious colors, will invariably give the
most satisfaction. New soil, highly en-
riohed, will yield splendid results but
old garden soil does not prove suitable,
no matter how much good manure we
incorporate therein. AS to varieties,
tastes differ A few OF the most rolia-
BILE boomers among the hybrid perpetu-
ais, such as La Refine, Baron Provost,
Nine Charles Wood, Gen. Washington,
etc. and then the Bourbon and Bengal
classes will give a succession and variety
of colors that should satisfy the most
fastidious. Keep each plant neatly tied
to stake, and occasionally give them a
small portion of the weak manure-wateI
through the summer. We prefer to cut
the plants down to within a few inches
of the ground upon the approach of
winter, and cover very lightly with
rough, coarse manure, not to keep them
warm, but for preserving them from the
direct rays of tho sun, a fruitful cause
of injury during the winter months.
In warm, sheltered situations the
but for general purposes, such as Gov
ering unsightly buildings, nothing can
possibly excel the hardy prairie roses.
CULTURE OF MELONS. Melons can be
grown so eheaply that every family
should have at least small patch de
voted to their culture, and they will be
found decided addition to their bill
of fare in summer and autumn. As
soon as the soil is warm enough the seed
can be planted, and the soil for each
hill should, unless the ground is dark
and rich, be mixed with fork-full of
old, decomposed horse or COW manure
Then drop FIVE or six seeds into n hill,
and cover them about an inch with soil
Scatter handful of wood-ashes, plaster
or bone-dust upon the top of the seeds
to keep away the bugs. Wood-ashes
are an excellent preventative against
both grubs and bugs, and for the first
month of the growth of the plants it is
well to apply them once week to each
hill. Lime or plaster is also good to
scatter over the vines, and if applied
early in the morning, while they are yet
wet with dew, wiz be an eifectual rene
DIV for melon-bugs and their like. If
one application does not drive off the
maraudeEs, try another, because the
lime or plaster viii be beneficial for the
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