The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-06-15
Farm, Garden and Household.


Use OF Paris Green.
Poisoning with Paris green Is found
in Northern Ohio the most effective
and practical mode OF iIghting the
Colorado potato bug. About the first
week in July the Young larye begin to
appear, and then successive broods con-
tinue to hatch out until frosts come, or
the potato tops are ripe. AS soon ps
these larym appear we use the Paris
green. Various methods Of applying II
have been praeticed. Until last year
the majoiityof our farmers mixed the
poison with thirty or forty times rs
bulk Of plaster, flour, or tine middlings
ANY fno substance that will give II
bulk-then dusting the mixture through
q perforated tin can, like n kitchen
dredging-box, on the tops OF the plants,
where the pests ARE seen. But this
mode Of application is liAble 10 cause
serious harm to the persons who do the
work, as the green il, so yirulent q
poison that avery little Of the dust in.
hailed into the lungs or the nose is apt
to cause painful irritation. The eyes
also must be protected, and any sore or
scratch upon the hands will suiier from
the poison, II any chance to reach it.
Hence we prefer mixing Paris green
with water, and sprinkling this on the
potato tops, a heaped tablespoonful
OF the green to o ten,quart pail OF water
Is about the right strength. The green
does not dissolve in the water, only
mixes with II, giving II pale green
color, but settling TO the bottom il left
to stand o few moments. On this &C.
count the mixture cannot be prepared
in barrels and hauled TO the field,
though IL is common TO haul the water
IN this way, TO save labor, and put in
the green with o spoon for each bucket
full.
Canned Fruit.
tits time nov to lay in o supply Of
jars 80 as TO be ready for Strawberries
and fruits in tleir succession. We have
tried, says an exchange, every variety
OF can, and have settled down on the
glass can with rubber baud, glass top,
and screw ring, as the simplest and
safest. II u easily closed, and opened
rs easily, Those who buy Dy the gross
ut the factory will save very consider.
ably in price. Two or three families
might club together, il asgross is too
much for one. We have found the
two.quart cans better for our family
than the one.quart, as they afford, nc
half the trouble OF sealing and tinseal.
ing q generous portion TO all the menu
beers, whereas the one.quart cans give
only IN aggrayating taste and make the
children cry, like Oliver Twist, for
more, We are not likely any of us to.
put up too much canned fruit. II We
should, the poor ore always with us
and will be glad to help us empty our
jars SO that they may be filled afresh.
Moreover, the coming seasonis likely,
since We had so little fruit last year, TO
be abundant in apples and peaches and
all the delicious berries aud pomaceotts
fruits, and We may lay up in store q
supply for two years as well as for one.
Plaster for Potatoes.
According TO Mr.. Compton, author OF
the prize essay on the cultivation OF
the potato, very remarkable results are
obtained from plaster by busting the
Z vines with II assoon as they are through
the soil; again Immediately after the
last plowing and hoeing and at inter
walls through the whole growing. season.
The hfst application may be light, the
second heavier, and after that more
bountifnl, say two hundred pounds TO
fha nnrA IL randara thal tS1anl laua