Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1874-07-30
Agricultural Items

Agricultural Items
The PERFUME OF FLowERs.-Box
es of heliotropc. mignonette, and pan
sizes, placed in windows, will sweeter
the air of a dwelling.
The seamstress, and all the labor
ing classes should have sweet-scented
plants blooming in their windows te
keep the atmosphere fresh and pure,
and act as disiufectant. We car
also use the petals of roses, vlolets,
pinks, tuberoses, etc., to produce q
sweet perfume for the parlor or bou'
doir; and by the aid of modern sci.
ence il can be very easily done.
Fill a small vide mouthed jar with
ether, and use glass stopper dip.
ped in glycerine to thoroughly exclude
the air.
Fill this jar with fresh petals Of
any fragrant plant, cut after the dew
is dry-and only the petals should
be used, but clusters of heliotrope
can be cut off close to the stems.
Ether possesses the property OF u.
king up the fragrant particles from
the flowers, and every day the old
petals must be taken out, and fresh
ones added.
Quantities of flowers are required,
but when the ether is evaporated it
will leave an essential oil Of the flow
er, and three or four drops of it add
ed to deodorized alcohol, will give a
delicious extract.
THE DESTRUCTION OF Our For
EsTs.-Thirty years ago ia the val
| lev of the Genesee, New York, VIII
lage merchants were in the habit of
receiving pine lumber from the Gus.
toners at the rate of s5 per thousand
feet, and giving therefor "store pay
as value received. To-day in some
portions of the Genesee valley, there
are a few acres Of pine yet standing
and single trees are worth from fifty
to one hundred dollars as they stand.
The present development OF the
West is as rapid, proportionately, las
that of the East has been during the
past thirty years. Owners Of pine
lands in the West have been anxious
to realize the greatest immediate
profit from their valuable acres rath-
er than adopt measures whereby a
reasonable return would result from
labor and investment, and at the
same time fully utilize the timber
cut.
PICK Your FLOWERS All lovers
of flowers must remember that one
blossom allowed to mature or ego to
seed Injuries the plant more than o
dozen buds. Cut your flowers then,
all of them, before they begin to fade.
Adorn your rooms with them; put
them on your tables; send boquets
to YOUR friends who have no flowers,
or exchange favors with those who
have. You will surely find the
more you cut off the more you will
have All Ivsv1 ---f.~- -+l"y hs-s'
ceased to bloom should be cut back,
that the strength of the root may go
to forming new roots for next year.
On bushes not seed should be al.
lowed TO mature. Violets will bloom
longer end sweet peas will bloom all
Summer il 10 pods arc allowed to
mature When lilies ere picked es
they bloom it has tie eject Of
strengthening the bulbs and hence of
improving the growth for the sue
ceeding year.
II is stated that mill has been
started in England in which flour is
made by crushing the grain by small
trip hammers instead Of grinding it.
II Is advisable that every one should
be able to administer proper veterln-
ary aid if any member Of his flock
or herd is diseased or disabled i'll any
way.
A correspondent of contemPora..
~ recommends two teaspoonfuls OF
nitrate of potassa TO two gallons OF
water, as a destroyer Of the currant
worm.