Connecticut western news., 1875-07-23
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD
Remedies for Cabbage Worms.

Remedies for Cabbage Worms.
 Hellebore, lime, salt and similar sub- stanses have been used with varied suc- cess for the destruction of cabbage worms. It is now stated that bran and buckwheat flour answer the purpose bet ter than any other remedies that have been tried. The bran is simply dusted over the infested cabbages as soon as the worms make their appearance. If the worms are very thick, about hand ful of bran is required to each cabbage head, and sometimes 1t is neceassry to go over the plants second time. A hun dredweight of bran is sufficient for an acre. It must be applied when the worms are young. When they are full grown or very strong, it does not appear to affect them. The buckwheat is sifted upon them by means of sieve in the evening or in the morning when the dew is on the plants. If one application does not destroy the worms a second one should be made. It is probable that wheat flour, fine Indian meal or any other pulverulent farinaceous sub stance would have the same effect American Garden.
 Canning Fruit.
 The fruit should be perfectly fresh, and the sooner it is canned after it is taken from the tree or vine, the better. If small quantity, say half dozen quarts, is cooked at one time, the color of the fruit and the uniformity of the cooking will be better than if larger quantity is attempted. There is no necessity of using an ounce of sugar in gross of cans. The fruit will keep just as we'll without 1t and be far more grate- .ful to healthy appetite. Glass cans with glass tops, rubber band, and screw ring give best satisfaction, as they can be sealed and unsealed in Q mo- ment's time. As for the process, when the,fruit is done, pour it scalding hot into the cans, let them remain un- touched fifteen or twenty minutes, till the fruit settles, then fill them full again and seal up. If the can is placed on @ very wet cloth it will not break when the scalding fruit is put in it. Turn the cans, after screwing them up tightly, bottom side up, and if no syrup leaks out, no air can get in. When cold set them away in dark, cool closet.
 @ ,- Potato Bugs.
 For the benefit of those who do not wish to use paris green, I will give my mode of destroying the bugs, or rather the eggs, which is quickly done, and which I have found very effective. Bend over the tops with the hand, extended so as to expose the entire under surface and the leaves on all sides, and where the eggs are found deposited in clusters of from ten to fifty, remove them with the leaf and burn them. The eggs are of bright orange color, and can readily be seen. One accustomed to it can walk along at a moderate pace, and can go over thoroughly two to four acres per day, according to the quantity of eggs to be removed. I look over my vines once week, though it may not be necessary to go over them as often as that. It is much easier destroying fifty eggs on leaf than to destroy the same number of bugs, and it is done in about the same time it would take to apply an article that many do not like to use.- s. ~. r. Phelps, NeaU York.
 $A Ak-Osa-i Lime Bath for Gaps.
 A gentleman who is quite a chicken fancier says he has tried the tar and tur- pentine remedy, but thinks he has killed with 1t more chickens than he has cured; that the method of extracting the worm or worms from the windpipe by means of 8 horse hair or very slender wire is not always to be relied on; that the following is remedy unfaiing and instantaneous: Put dry air-slaked lime into box, and let it be so stirred as to fill the box with the dust of it; then sud denly put in the chicken, and cover with piece of carpet. Let the chicken be in from halfNa minute to minute. The 2 lime being inhaled causes the worms to be thrown out. The lime is very severe on the eyes, and it is well to wipe off what remains about them, but it does no permanent injury.
 1- To Keep Moths from Plush Furniture,
 Twice year. on bright sunny day, take it out of doors, remove the bottoms from the chairs. if they can be removed, and give the cushions a good switching with long pliable switches till the dust is removed. Then with brush go all over them thoroughly. While the cushions are being stunned give the frames coat of varnish. Let the furniture remain in the sun nearly all day. Thus writes a Kansas housekeeper, who has proven the remedy to be effective.
 Birds as Helpers.
 Our friends, the nsect-eating birds, have been ruthlessly destroyed in all parts of the country, and war of ex termination is still going on in commu- mites where we might expect better < things. These are but small number of the causes which might be named, all q working together in giving the noxious insects the advantage over the husband man, and bringing disastrous results where good would come if an opposite 4 course had been pursued.-NeO York Sun. ...,-s s...
 .1. t. A.. To Get Rid of Ants.
 q. ss Lay old bones or sponges saturated with molasses and water where they most do congregate, taking away everything else edible from that locality. WheI 4 the bones are black with them or the sponges populous with them give them 2 bath in soalding water. This remedy ois tedious, but it is effective. If any one can give better Detroit lady vii be very glad to have it.