The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1874-09-26
Farm, Garden and Household.
A SUBSTITUTE FOR PARIS GREEN.


The CuHicator has remarks which
having regard to the terrible results
supposed to have attended the use Of
Paris green as lcthal agent, are peril
nent. Itsays:
No insect which crawls cin live under
the application of hot alum water. II
will destroy red and black ants. cock.
roacl,es, spiders, chintz bugs, aud all
the crawling pests which infest our
houses. Take two pounds of alum aud
dissolve it in three or four quarts OF
boiling water Let it stand on the s6fe
until the aiumiis al ;ncl.e6;. tt,enapplys
1t with a brush while nearly boiling
ho to every joint and crcvce in your
closets. bedsteads pantry shelves, aal
the like. Brush the crcvices in the
floor of the skirting or mop bnari4, IL
you suspect that they hnrhnr ver,nin
If, in whitewashing ceiling, plenty o..
alum is added to The lime, it will also
s,rve to keep Insects at a distance
Cockroachcs will fee the paiut which
has been washed in cool alum water.
Sugar barrels and boxes can Be freed
from ants by drawing u wide chalk
mark just round the edge Of tho top Of
them The mark must be unbruk en- or
they will creep over it; but continuous
chalk mark half an incll in width will
set their deprcdalions at naught.
Powdered alum or borax will keep The
chintz- bug at Il respectful distance, and
travellers always carry II bundle Of it in
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under their pillows in hotels, etc.
While staying ut u hotel once with
party most ofwhom complained sadly
of the nightly attacks Of these disgust
ing insects, / was able to keep them en-
tircly at bay by its use, and distribu
ted the contents Of my bunl!e among
the party, to their great relief.
cUCUMBEns For PICKLES.
First yet good kind Of cucumber.
then proceed as follows: BE careful in
picking not to bruise them; wash them
clean; pack them in stone jars, as they
are far the best, with one quart of salt
to every peek OF pickles and one and !.
half gallons of water to every five gallons
of pickles; also q lump OF alum as large
as hens egg to every five gaIlous Of
pickles. When your jar is full pn. Il
clean flannel cloth over them, with "a
weight heavy enough to keep them
under the brine, and keep the cotl.
clean and free from mold. Now. 10
soaking them for use, the quicker it is
done the better your pickles will b.
When frcshening keep plenty Of fresh
water on them.
Now scald in a brass or copper kettle,
using weak vinegar for tho purpose and
about enough to cover your pickles
adding lump Of um as large as a
quail's egg to every gallon of pickles.
scald slowly untilthcy get scalding hot,
but do not let them boil; take them out
and lay them in stone jar, nsin z
cinnamon or cloves, to suit the taste.
Spread one large coffee cup Of sugar to
one gallon Of pickles over them; then
pour vinegar (not too strong) also over
them. This vinegar will do for use
again. If made in this way they will
keep for months and be as plump and
sweet as the day they we're put up.
Your vinegar should not be too STONY,
as that would mako them sour aud
destroy the taste OF the sugar.
r,tfs ~ CARE OF SHEEP.
"Flock Master" Of Lancaster County.
Penn, writes the Germantown Ycic,
graph as iollows: 81 send you the fol.
lowing seasonhble hints in re gard to