West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-09-22
rorIcs FOR THE FARM.
Treatment of Honey.-put the hon,

liquefied. IL must not boil. Set where
il can cool undisturbed; then pass a
knife carefully around the pan 10 de-
tach the cake of wax on the top. and
rapidly, with great care, lift Off the cake.
Don't let it drain into the pan an i'm
slant, but place IL i'm another utensil
Any one thus clarifying honey, will find,
on putting aside the cake of wax. that
inc impurities adhere To the cake of wax.
whlle the honey beneath is clear. In
the honey should, in time, candy, heat ID
win very little water sugar. Keep in
Jars tied up in a cool place. Break up
the wax cake and wash it i'm cold water
till cleansed of honey then melt and
strain it. To bleach the wax, boil il.
after straining it, for an hour in plenty of
water, IN which use a few dropsof chloride
OF soda. When quite cold, lift off the
wax and leave it to dry and whiten i'm
the open air.
killing Wild Oats.-A correspondent
OF the Toronto Globe writes: OF ALI the
curses that soil is heir to, wild oats bear
off the palm. Then let those whose
farms are overrun take the worst field
they have, gang-plow toward the end of
August, and harrow wet. A growth will
come with the full rains. Gang i'm the
spring, and SOW as early as possible
with oats. Harrow we'll and roll. Cut
all Tor hay ms soon as the wild oats are
out in the head. The other will not be
lar behind II sown early. If properly
cured, tins will make very good hay
Our cattle appear TO prefer it to timothy
or clover and thrive well on it. Then
pillow as deep rs you can in time for fall
growth, harrow and leave till spring.
Harrow again, as that will start some
grams Which did not grow in the fall.
Then, after your spring crop is in, begin
to summer fallow, and, if the land has
been run down, SOW buckwheatand plow
under when in blossom. am told that
the buckwheat will heat and destroy all
seeds that come up in contact with it,
but L cannot speak from experience.
After the first blowing and a stroke of
the harrow, do not disturb the land for
some time, so rs to give chance for an.
other growth. Plow in August and lei
rest till spring. Then there arc two
ways OF proceeding: the most efficient il
TO repeat the oat-hay crop and seed
down; if you cannot afford that, SOW
wheat, and you will find that YOU have
still some wild oats among it. To de.
stroy what will be left on the surface
gang-plow lightly, sow oats for hay. and
seed down. To grow them out is the
only way to get clear of wild oats.
was once recommended to spread straw
over the bad patches and burn them.
tried the experiment ON one SPOT. AND
went back in about three weeks after t.
whistle requiem over their ashes but
! witness my chagrin and disappointment
when | found them like soldiers dressed
in green uniforms, with bayonets read,
for another onslaught.
How to Make a WeIl.-Mr. 7. w
Pinkham has paper on "WeIls and
Cisterns in iScrf6ner for September
with plans showing how they are contami,
mated and how they should be con
structed. He says of wells: First. of
course, the well must be so constructed
that 1T cannot act as drain for the
neighboring soil. This can be done NV
making the well above low-water mark
of some material impervious To water or
by emitting this part of the wall nj.
together. The hrstcan be accomplished
by having the wall from point two Oh
three teet from the bottom made OF
brick with coating of hydrulic cement
on It's exterior, or of hydraulic we'll
tubing with the jennings well protected
with cement; i'll either case the earth
should be thoroughly packed around the
wall, and slight embankment should
be made around the orifice to IRE.
vent the inflow of surface or storm
water.
In such well the draining surface is
80 reduced, and placed at such distance
below the surface of the ground, that in
the great majority of instances the i'm.
Production of foreign matter become
impossible, except in so far as there is y
chance that substances will fall into the
well from above. To prevent this the
well should be kept covered when not
IN USE In most cases, however, il is bet.
ter to omit the upper part Of the wall al
together. After the excavation is com.
pleted; the wall can be built i'm the
usual manner for a distance of two OF
three feet, more or less, as circumstances
may demand; the service pipe can then
be placed in position, and the well
arched over. The remainder of the
excavation can then be filled with earth.
well packed as it is thrown in, and the
pipe carried to any convenient point. n
VIII be necessary TO place above the
arch several layers of stones successfully
smaller to prevent the falling of earth
into the space below.
The workmen will probably suggest q
layer of turf or straw to accomplish tbi.
object, but the presence of either of
these substances will cause the water h
be unpleasant for a considerable time
and Will prove the cause of much annoy.
ance.
There is a prevalent notion that a well
should be ventilated for the purpose of
allowing nOxious gases to escape and
that water is better for being exposed 10
the air / hardly need state that the
only noxious gases in we'll g., e.. gases
which render the water unwholes0me)
are the products Of the decomposition of
organic matter which has found it's WAYS
into the well in ways which have been
described above, and that water ms il
flows IN its subterranean passages Is
more perfectly aerated than It can be in
any other way.
Household IsInfs.
Imperial Cake.--One pound Of -four.