Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-07-02
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MOTHS IN CLOTHING.-The moth is a
decidedly formidable enemy in a house,
for. tiny mite though it is, it will prove
ruinOus to all wooden stuffs, such as blank
cts, f1annels, curtains, carpets and cloth
ing, as well as to furs and feathers. These
are the suitable materials for it's nest. and
in them it deposits eggs, whence in due
season issue the larvae which wild feed
upon them. Then small circular holes
are eaten by them, which destroy the
beauty of the material, and render it
worthless. 1t is often believed that moths
generate in clothes that are laid by simply
by their being shut up in dark, close
places; and therefore in spring, when moth
millers are plenty, the clothing is taken
out to be aired, and thus goodop portunity
given them to deposit their eggs upon the
garments, &c. If they were entirely kept
we of the moth, which does the mischief,
could touch the articles The winged
moth that flies about the house does not
eat or destroy woolens of any kind, but
seeks opportunity to lay it's eggs in wooden
articles, upon which nature dictates that
her young must subsist. These eggs pro-
duce little caterpillars, which assume the
pupa state, out of which comes the winged
insect. Thus we see if we prevent the
moth millers from having access to the
articles we desire to preserve, they cannot
become moth eaten. For instance, if you
do up any article that is free from moths
in a paper, cotton OF linen bag, and pin it
up tightly, Oh tie the mouth of it closely,
no winged moth can enter to deposit it's
eggs, and thus its contents must he secure
from depredations. Yet these winged
rGites are possessed Of considerable cum
ming, Or rather instinct, which makes
them search patiently and carefully for
proper places to feed their young. Nh
Simply putting wooden articles into tight
drawers, 4or covering them with PAPER,
&C., will nos suffice, for the least Bit of a
crevice will admit Them. Nature has also
implanted an ina5inctsto seek unmolested
places wherein TO Fay their eggs; therefore
if you shake any Woolen articles or furs
occasionally, the moths will avoid them.
Thus, should any articles Of cl"t',ing be-
come infested with them, Frequent brush
ing and beating will drive them away, and
if they can be dipped into hot water, Or
held oyer the smoke of a fire, the young
Larvae Will be destroyed. Ii carpets are
infested with them, take boiling hot alum
water a1d dip cloths into it and saturate
the carpets with it. Hot alum water is
very destructive to all insect life. Cock
reaches, water bugs, bedbugs and the like
can all be externa4nated by it's use. Wool
On articles and furs Gan be also kept from
moths by busting Them over with red pep
per or putting camphor ;gNn among them.
Country Gentleman. M
GROWING CUcUMBERs FOR PICKLES
A correspondent of the Country Gentle
man" writes Of pickles as follows: p find
,ucumbers a paying crop when grown for
pickles, and sold either before or after
salting-price per 100 the same in either
case. I pillow as deep as two horses can
quill the pillow, then mark one way fouf
seet apart, letting the pillow run as deep as
The ground was plowed. I then put a
arge shovelful of good barnyard manure
where each hill is wanted SAY four feet
apart then thoroughly mix with the
soil, making the hills about two inches
higher than the general surface Of the
ground. I plant about the middle of
June. AS soon as the plants get large
IN, ba If fbo Of no cfr
Dug. thin to four plants to each hill. l
them frequently, and hand-hoe
TWO OF three times before the vines COM
mence to run. In this vicinity the price
ranges from fifty cents to one dollar per
hundred, and the product Of an acre sells
for $500 to $500.
How TO SAVE PLUMs.-Mrs. Weakly,
at late meeting of the Montgomery coun-
5y (Ohio) Horticultural Society, said she
had q favorite green gage plum tree in her
yard, and was DESTROYS, of course, of saw
ing the fruit. Happening to notice in a
horticultural publication that the branches
Of the elderberEy bush cut off and hung
up among the branches of the plum tree
would prevent the ravages of the curculio,
she did as the article suggested. The re-
suit was she had a half bushel of plums
from the tree treated as described. The
fruit had already commenced falling from
the plum tree when she hung the elder
berry branches on it. DR.. Griswold has
succeeded in driving the striped bug from
plants by means of the branches
Of the elder plant, but was not aware of
their efficacy in the case of curculio. He
had been accustomed to look upon those
little fellows as our master.
CURING A BAD HABIT.-To cure brldle-
breaking, get a piece of bed cord four
times the length of the horse and double
it in the middle, and at the, doubled end
make loop, through which pass the ami
mails tail. Then cross the cord over his
back, and pass both ends through the hal
ter ring under his chin and tie both ends
Of the cord to the trough ring, through
which the halter strap plays, the end of
The halter being attached to billet OF
wood. Should the horse attempt to pull
back, the strain will all be on the root of
his tail before the halter strap will become
frightened, and he will at once step for
ward to avoid it. After so fixing him a
few times in the stable, he will abandon
any such propensity.
FOUNDER REMEDY.-A correspondent
Of the "Agritulturist" says: AS soon as
the horse is found to be stiff, swab the legs
and feet with hot water-so hot that the
hand cannot bear to touch it, but not so
hot as to Scald After a short time the,