Connecticut western news., 1876-09-15
ARM. GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Domestic Recipes.


 To KILL BEDBUas. as.-The best thing to exterminate bedbugs is turpentine.
 RED ANTs.-To get rid of little red ants place leaves of tansy plant on the shelves of storerooms or closets. The ants will quickly disappear.
 IoDmE.-To use iodine without dis eoloration. take hypophosphite soda, one ounce; aqua, two scruples. Mix and add to the iodine until discolored. Only Q small quantity ot iodine is needed. Ap- ply with camel s hair brush.
 TOMATO CATsUP. one peck of tomatoes, quarter pound pepper, quarter pound allspice, quarter pound white mustard seed, two ounces cloves, six tablespoonfuls salt, half gallon vinegar. Boil slowly six hours. Cool and then bottle.
 STAINS IN MATTNe.-To remove iron stains from a straw mating, make a mixture of oxofic acid, two drachms; alum, two drachms; iodide of iron, one drachna; water, four ounces. Dissolve. Dampen piece of canton flannel, and apply to the part you wish to erase, and afterward wash we'll with water.
 COLOGNE WATER.-To make an excel lent cologne take one pint of odorless cologne spirit and add: Oil of berga- mot, sixty drops; oil of lemon, sixty drops; oil of clove, two drops; oil of rose, two drops; tincture of musk, sixty drops; pure honey, sixty drops, or one heaping teaspoonful; tincture of amber gris, fifteen drops; tincture of benzoine simple, eight drops,
 BOSTON BROWN BREAD.-One teacup- full of Graham flour, one teacupful of white Indian meal, three-fourths teacup- full of rye flour, one-half teacupful of molasses, one pint of thick milk, tea spoonful saleratus, one teaspoonful of salt.--Mix well together with spoon covered pail for three hours, in moder- the cover on for ten or fifteen minutes after taking it from the oven.
 Fruit from Barren Trees.
 correspondent of the American Ag ric,lturist says; Some fifteen years ago I had small apple tree that leaned con- siderably. I drove a stake beside it, tied string to limb, and fastened it to the stake. The next year that limb blossomed full, and not another blossom appeared on the tree; and, as Tim Bun ker said, !" It set me thinking" and l came to the conclusion that the string was 50 tight that it prevented the sap from returning to the roots; consequent ly 1t formed fruit buds. Having a couple of pear trees large enough to bear, but which had never blossomed, l took coarse twine and wrapped it sev- eral times around the trees above the lower limbs and tied it as tight as l could. The next spring all the top above the cord blossomed as white as a sheet, and there was not one blossom below where the cord was tied. have since tried the experiment on several trees, al most with the same result. think it is 8 much better way than cutting off the roots. In early summer, say June ol July, wind 8 strong cord around the tree, or single limb, and tie-the tighter the better-and you will find the result satisfactory; the next winter or spring the cord may be taken off.
 s Ten Rules for Farmers.
 1. Take good papers and read them
 2. Keep an account of farm opera tions. ,.
 3. Do not leave implements scattered over the farm exposed to snow, rain anG heat.
 4. Repair tools and buildings at { proper time, and do not suffer 8 subse quent three-fold expenditure of time ant money.
 5. Use money judiciously, and dt not attend auction sales to purchase al kinds of trumpery because it is cheap
 6. See that fences are we'll repaired and cattle not grazing in the meadows grain fields or orchards.
 7. Do not refuse correct experiments in small way, of many new things.
 8. Plant fruit trees well, care fo them, and get good crops.
 g. Practice economy by giving stocl shelter during the winter, also goo food, taking out all that is unsound, hal rotten or moldy.
 10. De not keep tribes of dogs an cats around the premises, who eat nor in month than they are worth in al their lifetime.