The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-06-17

Hav cut before the blossoms of the grass
or clover fail Is worth so per cent. more
than that harvested after the seed is
ripe.
Teach the boys that tosds. though less
beautiful than birds, are equally useful to
the farmer and gardener, probably more so.
They destroy myriads of winged insects by
night when birds are asleep. In france
they are sold to keep in gardens.
COAL OIL FIRE.-One of the most ready
means is to throw q cloth of some kind
over the flames, and thus stihe them; but
as the cloth is not always convenient to the
kitchen, where such accidents are most
likely to occur, some one recommends
-four as a substitute, and which 1t Is said,
promptly extinguishes the flames. 1t rap
idIv absorbs the fluid, deadens the flame,
and can be readily gathered up and thrown
out of doors when the five Is out.
A BRAN BED FOR BURNs.-The Sanitarian
saws that In cases of bad scalds of children,
in which large part of the body is in
volved it knows of no dressing so good as a
prsn bed; that is, a bed of bran, In which the
patient may lie, and be covered with thick
investment of the same. This dressing has
the advantage of not requiring change, for
each day as she moist PARTICLES fall of, they
can be replaced with fresh bran without
disturbing the patient. One of the
Seytr5st cases of scald recovered by this
treatment. A great deal OF harm is done to
patients by frequent dressings. and any
method that obviates this is most desirable.
Patients frequently are exposed Tor hours to
the action OF the air, suffering unnecessary
pain BY the old and tedious process OF dress
ing. The air itself does no injury, but the
extreme hypeTBsthesla OF the SKIN produces
a state of nervous tremOr which leads TO
exhaustion.
a-rgc Mrs WaQylV ct
late meeting Of the Montgomery county
(Ohio) Horticultural Society, being called
upon, responded that she had favorite
green gage. plum tree in her yard, and was
DESTROYS, of course, Of saving the fruit.
Happening TO notice in horticultural pub
Iication that the branches OF the elderberry
bush cut OF and hung up among the.bTanch-
On Of the plum tree would prevent the raw
ages OF the curculio she did as the article
suggested. The result was she bad half a
bushel of plums from the tree treated as de-
scribsd The fruit had already commenced
falling from the plum tree when she first
hung the elderberry branches on it. DIR.
GrisWOld had succeeded in driving the
striped bug from cucumber plants by means
of the branches of the elder plant, but was
not aware of their efficacy in the case of the
curcuIio. He had been accustomed to look
upon those little fellows as our master.
VEGETABLES Our OF SEAsoN-A Philade'-
phis gardner writing for the New York
Tribune makes suggestions which it might
be we'll TO act upon about this time, and
through the season: Whenever I hear peo-
pie make the remark that fruits and vegeta-
bles are Only ut to eat during their usual
seasons / think they need little instruc-
ton in growing Injuries in this line. A
dish of young, tender, sweet peas, late In
antumO, to accompany game just as It en-
terS this market, Is something that an cpl
cure rsIishe5 above anything else, and there
is no mystery whatever in growing 1t. Use
an early variety, and SOW very late; in fact
allow just sufficient time to secure the crop
before an ordinary frost can catch 1t, but not
any more. If s0wn few days too early, the
vine will be Injured by mildew; if too late,
frost may spoil all our work; but all have
to saw is this, when once enjoyed at this sea
son, one can never curb the desire to pos
sess them forever after. And
sweet corn in autumn, too; why it is
until frost puts quietus on the
growth. ] make 1t rule to always plant a
little piece of land every two weeks with
Stowell's Evergreen Until L think there
will be barely sufficient time to secure boil
ing ears before winter will be upon us.
Early turnips may be called out of season,
but do enjoy crop of nice fresh juicy
roots. early in the season, before the hot
weather makes them stringy and tough; and
seldom do find any one refusing to enjoy
them with me, whether advocates for the
regular season or not. / always SOW the
Purple Top Flat Dutch, as IL grows quickly.
and rathar enjoys the cool weather of very
early spring. Some people are amused be-
cause Invariably have dish of Early Scar
let Short Top radish on my table as afitting
tribute to the abilities of my garden They
grow so quickly, and are so crisp and ie-
freshing, without the acid taste of the sum-
mer grown roots, that find it almost i'm
possible to get through an autumn without
my usual supply. And few crisp we'll
grown heads of lettuce are not amiss in the
cool autuma days when salads are in order
they are easily grown, aud are very mex
pensive luxuries that most people may en-
fov. The new Hanson variety is excellent
for this purpose, as it will stand few hot
DAYS remarkably well.