The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1875-07-24
Farm and Household Column.
To Destroy. Insects.

Farm and Household Column.
To Destroy. Insects.
No insect that crawls can live ny
der thu application of hot alum WI
ter. 1t will destroy red and black
ants, c"ckr"acbes, spiders, cl.incl.
bugs, and all the mylia,ls of crawliu.
pests which infest our houses during
the heated term. Take two pound,
of a'nm and dissolve it in three q,
four quarts of boiling water: let il
stand on the stove until the alum is
all melted: then apply it with n
brush while nearly boiling hot. to
every joint and crevice in your clos
cts, bedsteads, pantry shelves. ..ahl
the like. II iY ,wh;;t"':.;;~',: Is - I'll,
ing, aium is added to the lime, 1t Will
also serve to keep insects ut dis
paint which has been washed ii IN coiu
alum water. Sugar barrels and box
es can be freed from ants by draw
ing q wide chalk mark just around
the edge Of the top Of them. The
mark must he anbroken, or they will
creep over it, bat continuous chalk
mark, half an inch in width, will set
their depradations at naught. Pow
dered alum or borax will keep clliuch
bugs at a respectable distance, AMI
travellers should always carry bun
die of it in their hand bags, to scat
ter over and under their pillows in
hotels, etc. n
A New Food for Horses AMI Sheep.
IA tavOrite and rather new kind
of mash for horses is coming into use,
composed of two quarts Of oats, ono
Of brand, and half il pint of fax seed.
The oa-s are first placed in the stable
bucket, over which is placed the flax
seed; add boiling water, then the
bran, covering the mixture with an
old rug and allowing it to thus rest
for five hours; then stir the mass
well up. The bran absorbs while re-
tanning the vaper and the linsced
binds the oats and bran together. A
greater quantity Of flax seed would
make the preparation too oily and
less relished. One feed per day is
sufficient. It is easily digestible and
is specially adapted to young aui,nals
adding to their volume rather than
to their height, giving substance t.
tue frame. Professor Samson reminds
us not to overlook the food, the nOur-
ishment question, in connection with
tho ameliOratiOn of live stock. Ho
considers oats, as so generally given
to sheep, rs Objectionable and ap-
proaching the Improbable. Rams
general receive one pound Of oats
daily, ewes half that quantity. Oats,
forming an exciting food, are espe-
cially suited for rams during the sea-
son when they serve; but for has
tening tho development of young
sheep, they only build up the bones,
not the flesh.
And it is now an admitted fact that
small farms we'll cultivated, fenced
,, and fertilized, are vastly more prof
table proportiona1ly.. than those of
large extent. 1t requires double the
mule and manual labor to cultivate
one hundred acres, that would suffice
for fifty, and yet by concentrating
the manure used for the former upon
the smaller. area, nearly twice the
yield can be realized, and the land at
the same time will steadily improve.
Who, it may he asked, are really
the only thrifty and progressive az.
riculturalists of Georgia! We an
swer, those land: owners who will,
their sturdy sons, bear the brunt and
heat of the season, and with their
own Drawn and muscle cultivate,
harvest and enjoy the proceeds Of
their labors. These men raise their
own beef, butter, mutton, bacon and
vegetables, and otttimes, also sugar,
syrup, rice and -four. Moreover their
surplus land, if not alvantageously
> rented, is used for paeturage, or al
lowed to grow up and recaperate.
They are ever ready, also to send f.,
the thrifty white emigrant, and thus
enhance the taxable and productive
r values OF the conntry. e..
! This assertion we are prepared t.
prove by the evidence, of hundreds
of small farmers, whereas, those cnl-
1 tivating large plantations with OK.
, ceptional and almost solitary instan-
ces to the contrary, make gricvOus
! failures, aud grow poorer every year.
The Government Agricultural Re-
port for May aud June If this yea,
+ makes the following statement in re-
gard to cotton: =.
E The stand is much better than tia,
, of last year, and the plants more all
!. vanced in growth, notwithstanding
f their late start and the crop is gene
. rally quite clean. No serious il,iur,
r has been done by insects, though thu
cut worm is noticed in some counties
!. of Florida, Texas and Arkansas; the
!, plant has been infested with lice in
some fiel'ls in Florida. 81 81 'ET
The threatened reduction in area
has not been accomplished. Will,
:. there has been an increase in cor,
and wheat, it has not been ut tie OK
!, pensc of cotton. Nor has the reduc
ed area Of last year been much en-.
:. larged. Onr returns make only ] &,
2 per cent. increase. There is OIL,
Il one State (Georgia) which has an of:
o fetal .hnrpau for tho collection ~