The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-10-07
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Household Helms.

lou lcuu HAS bSeu ulAeu, on q warm
day, the rusting process will thus be
arrested.
To CLEAN MARBLE.-Take two parts
OF common soda, one part of pumice stone
and one part of finely-powdered chalk
silt 1t through fine sieve, and mix it
with water ; then rub it we'll all over the
marble, and the stains will be removed /:
then wash the marble over with soap and
water, and it will be as clean as it was
at first.
To MASH TURN1ps. having
been boiled very tender, and the water
pressed thoroughly from them, put them
into saucepan and stir them constant
ly for some minutes over gentle fire !;
add little cream, salt, fresh butter and
pepper; continue to simmer and to stir
them for five minutes longer, and then
serve them.
GINGER CAKEs.-Rub a quarter of O
pound of butter into half a pound of
flour, mix one egg, three ounces of pow
dered loaf sugar, and half an ounce of
ground ginger, with the butter and -four,
and make them altogether into paste !;
roll 1t out quarter of an inch thick
and cut into round cakes, about two or
three inches across; bake them in q
warm oven on iron plates.
The Potato Bug.
Paris green and other chemicals have
been recommended for the destruction
of these pests, but from the correHpon-
dence of the country Gentleman we find
that simpler and safer remedies can be
used. How these creatures find the way
about and spread is a mystery to us, as
they do not appear to fly about, but to
crawl from place to place. We have
seen them on the sidewalks of the streets,
on Fifth avenue, and in the lower part
of New York city, and the potatoes on
Blackwell's island, which is surrounded
by salt water, We're infested with them.
Mr.. Robt. j. Swan, of Geneva, writes
thus to the country Gentleman: Imust
tell You of the good success 1 have had
with the Colorado beetle. On O patch
of potatoes where the hens had access, I
watched them going up and down the
rows, and found they killed the bugs.
Last year had great numbers of them
on the same piece of land, but now
owing to the poultry have had only one
beetle to kill. And find several of my
nelghbors have had the same expert
ence.
And another correspondent at Syra-
cuse says: Much has been written about
the best methods of destroying this new
pest, though some are very tedious. If
our way IS simple, it is nevertheless eff
tectual. Expecting much trouble this
year, from the little experience of last
year, we looked for the enemy early.
destroying them as fast as they appeared
and before they laid their eggs. This
was our method. Made bag of stout
cotton cloth, as large as a water pail,
sewed wire hoop in at the top, and for
handle had broomsticl1 tied across
the middle of the bag. This was light
and could be managed easily, with one
hand holding the bag under the stalks,
knocking them gently with the other
with piece of shingle, and the bugs
either large or small would drop in until
the end of the row was reached. when
we emptied them into pail partly filled
with ashes and water. Our feldof seven
acres we have been over once week,
and only few can be found up to this
date, This is as quick as poisoning and
equally as effective, and no danger re-
sultlng therefrom. Do bugs discrimi-
nate varieties Early Rose and Extra
Early Vermont are much more affected
than the Peerless with us.
Sand on Meadows.
If you have time and a suita BILE place
Try the experiment of putting top dress
ing OF sand on some of your meadows.
1t Is very Inexpensive, if you have plenty
OF 1t for the carting, and on many
meadows it will prove valuable. A man
VINO works for me, who has been a farm
owner, and is a also practical chemist,
mas been recounting to me the result of
an experiment of this kind which he
tried few years ago, and upon rather
high and dry land, too. Near by was a
bed OF dry sand, so dry as to blow for
some distance with every wind. He no
tlced that the grass upon which this sand
blew seemed the best of any in the field.
He therefore tried the carting on and
spreading of this sand upon other parts
OF the field, spreading it nearly as thin
as he would have spread we'll composted
manure for top dressing. In his words,
1.-THE result was simply astonishing.
The grass began to turn all sorts of
colors-yellow, brown and red-until
thought it was all going to die. l saw
there was powerful chemical action
gong on, but [ was not satisfied as to
what the result would be until 1 saw it
1lnally change to a very dark green.
Then felt that [ had done the right |
thing; and had, for more than doubled |
my crop of grass that year upon that |
land, and the effects of it lasted for more
than one year, but could not tell how |
long, for sold the farm" If phosphate |
at $50 per ton had done as well, the
would have published his !
certificate. e.-BOstOn Journal.
Where to Put Farm Buildings.
The Germantown Telegraph, in ar
ticle on this subject, says: In view of !
the advancement that has been made in
the social condition of farmers, there
is no reason why in locating buildings
the spot chosen might not be especially
in view to its contiguity to neighbor-
hood as not. A dozen farms of a hun
dred acres or more each could be SO
arranged that the dwellings, might all
be within gunshot of one another. Even
though there were some disadvantages
from the labor point of view, the near
ness to society would generally compen-
safe. Farmers, as well as other classes,
nave learned that there are many WAYS
n which they can cooperate to mutual
advantage, and this may just as well be
borne IN mind when arranging the farm
buildings as not.
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