Connecticut western news., 1876-07-28
FARM, GARDEN, AND HOUsEHOLD.
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 To QLEAE AhABAsTnR. Wash with seapsuds if stained whitewasb m sta;ns ,SD let tue whitewash remain on several hours,
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 remove all dandruff and leave the <<z like silk afterward wash the head
 clean water.
 Eg OHHAP PA1Nr.- Cheap paint for rough woodwoEkor fences is made of sixpounds of melted pitch, one pint of linseed oil, and one pound of brick dust or yellow A years. ~'l1 $1'7' ' s9R nINTMENRSa FOR. PnfP1Ks.-Purifed Lard, one ounce !; citron ointnoent. one and half ounces; almond oil. one-halt ounce. Mix all well together, and scent with oil of berganaot. Apply at night on gong to bed if applied also during he day the reliefswin be more speedy. 8 ATo WAsH LAoa.-Oover g quart bot te with linen, then wrap your lace around the bottle, being careful to keep @ Fthe pearl edge out smooth. You may put on several layers of lace. Then cover the whole with smother piece of linen sewed on tightly so as to keep the .sasg Ace smooth. Wash the bottle and it's coverings in suds,' rubbing with the palm of the hand, then boil with the sssA other clothes on washing day blue, and stlhen with thin starch. Tie string around the neck of the bottle and hang Mup to dry: When. quite dry,erip of Che outside linen and your lace will be A found clean and smooth. fasaa iolEo WH1TEE A WA11.- If the ceiling is '7 -' very smooth, use caIcimine, made as follows; ;v Take four pounds of paris white, put in pail, cover it with water. -n ana let 1t stand over night put into a '- tin kettle handful of glue, cover with ,Sr S,su cold water; in the morning set the glue Ti asq on the stove, and add enough warm g fl. 5s 2, water to make a quart, and stir until asid ussolyed ,; add the glue 10 the paris sa5ss s5s Whites stir well, and pour in enough es9s 4Ss warm water to make pail three.auarters .Ss ~ full. then add blueinR. D little lime :: stir we'll until 1t is very alightly blueish. 55 as Use good brush go over one place in the wall until thoroughly wet if your e5a brush dries quickly add more warm .5i f water the mixture is too thick the brush must be kept wet But if your sEm ceiilng IS slightly rough, use the mixture 9sS i without the glue, as the glue will not work on g rough ceiling. If very rough 5 5ayg and looking as if it would peel of. % over 1t simply with ten cents: worth of ;'s, ;5s5 powdered alum, dissolved in two quarts water. This will remove the super nuous lime and leave your ceiling white. sY siways use the calcimine with glue on the sides Of wall, as it does not rub off.
 Te l1anass the Potato Beetle.
 Q. w., Plymouth, Ind, writes ss Re- se ssy. eentiy q member of the Farmers club gd suggested remedy for potato bugs. we out West here have been tormented (thls is the seventh year) with these aaPests, but are getting used to them. find them this year as plenty in my gar den ss ever before, but fear no trouble rom them by using the following reme- tdy: Place teaspoonful or pure paris green ln an ordinary watering pot hold ing one bucket of water. then sprinkle the vines with it, and my word for it the f bugs will be dead within twelve hours. s,5a or as soon as they eat particle of the leaves. have tried paris green mixed soi with ashes, lime, four and plaster, and they all hurt the vines more or less, but the water seems to do good rather than hurt. Again. the impression was with us here that to handle the old or young bugs by picking them from the vines was poisonous or injurious, but it is not so. My fowls will eat them as readily as corn. but keep them shut up on ac- count of injnrinlg other garden stuff''
 gpon the same subject J. F. writes 1: "Wil you publish the following plan TOT the destruction of the potato bug for the benefit of potato growers, viz. i: Keep the rows or hills clear of weeds, andln the hottest part of tho day brush eG them of into the space between the 0s's rows. have never had occasion to go more than three times through mine for the last two years II learned of this adpian at that time from person who had Sat been visiting in Grant county, Wis, ger and who had seen it tried on a number or acres. All the farmers in that To- oality have adopted this plan. It is far xahhead of paris green. s.-a.
 a.a gRemarks-This plan will be effective chiefly for the ,larv@, which are some whas sluggish and cannot stand the srs scorching effect of hot sun upon a heated soil. They are baked to death when brushed of, as above stated. But m cool or damp weather they will regain the vinesAand the work has to be done over again. With paris green the work v once done is done for all.-New York <. zgnses. sz...l.. 3 sa s.,ss11,l
 Farm Notes and Hints ~ Canary seed, worth $6 to $6. 50 per @sbushel, 1t is suggested, can be profitably grown in the United States-at least enough for home nse. Sow the seed early in rich soil, as it is liable to injury by summer drought. 's.'- - .-.-- ,ss,- 9o Not the least important duty will be to- transmit to the publisher of your county paper facts relating to the re- suits of your farm experiments; your success In this thing, your loss in that, with the cause of it; thereby enlightet1 ing others and encouraging them to do 1.-the same thing: This paper is ready at all times to publish such matters.
 I have found out one thing about DO. tatoes. that you perhaps don't know; that is potatoes need thinning to insure