The Red Cloud chief., 1877-10-11
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD
Bermuda Grass for Lawns.

Bermuda Il ass for Lawns.
The Arkansas State Grange thu.
champions the cause of the much abused
Bermuda grass for lawns: 1--WE hav,
bermuda grass that we need not sa,
much more. In this latitude we think
IL far ahead of blue grass; but there
are situations where blue grass does
We'll enough; for instance, when the
SOIL is good; inclined to be stiff md par.
TALLY shaded. Herds grass grows al
most anywhere well enough for pasture
or yard and orchard grass does i'm the
shade, but 1t grows in tufts or tussocks.
Blu grass and herds grass mixed, will
commonly make good turf. Bermuda
VIII beat them both, and will, i'm course
Oh years, spread out into the street or
. a and into the garden. But a little
pans will keep it out of the garden
ke' ping RIOS : i'm Bloom,
AS Soon us they have formed their
HtSt lioWerS III open ground, pinch off
Tie eld OF the first shoot, and as soon as
the rose Is fully opened, pick it off. No
rose should be left to fade on the bush.
as when so left it exhausts the plant in
The formation of seed. AS the plant
grows, pinch back the ends OF the shoots
when they have grown six inches, and
rub out all the little punny shoots, thus
Keeping the plant in a rounded open
bush form. If strong shoots alone are
left to grow, they will soon control the
strength or the plant. and the flowers
Will be few and often of imperfect form.
Should the season be hot and dry, a
mulch OF fine, fresh grass or sawdust,
or moss from the woods, should be
placed ali owe the soil, three Inches
deep, and at night watered thoroughly,
not sprinkled, but wet like a damp
rain.
House Building,
Pray ought not he who cares to have
ahOuse built as it should be, contrive so
that it should be as pleasant and con-
yenIent rs possible to live in? Is it not
then, pleasant for it to be cool i'm SUM-
mer and warm in winter? Does not the
sun IN such houses as front the South,
III ~cbllquely during the winter
time, into the p0rtIcos, while in
summer 1t passes vertically over
the roofs, and affords us a shade? Is it
not well, ther fore, if at any rate this
position for a house be a good One, to
build it in such a way that it shall be
the highest toward the South, SO that
the winter sun may not be shut out.
and lower toward the north, SO that the
cold winds may not beat upon it SO vi
olently? Tospeak as conclsely as pos.
sible, that would be probably the pleas
ATTEST and most beautiful dwelling
house to which the owner could most
%agreeaDly betake himself at all seasons
and in which he could most safely de-
pOsit his goods.
Few people think, at the time of
planting trees in spring and fall, how
they will look in winter. There are some
species of trees that appear very beauti-
full when clothed in their foliage. but
when this is gone, they look stiff, ILL
shaped, and anything but graceful. We
should remember that trees are TO be
seen in the winter as well as in sum-
mer. and their appearance at both sea.
sons should be taken into consideration
at the time of selecting the varieties for
planting. In our northern states it is
often far more pleasant winters to have
our dwellings exposed to sunshine than
shadow; consequently large ~evergreens
should not be placed so near as to make
our homes look gloomy. Deciduous
trees are far preferable to %evergreens
lei the house, for at the time when
the shade is wanted they give it, and
in winter their naked stems but slightly
Obstruct the rays which throw both
light an heat upon our dwellings.
Fresh Meat Transportation
The steamer Frigoritique has made
two successful voyages from South
America to Europe with fresh meat.
The system of refrigeration employed is
entirely dissimilar to that used by the
exporters from this country-neither |
ice, salt, nor saltpetre is used. The air
is purified and dried 10y a different pro.
cess, without the use of ice. The ma
chine will run for three years without |
being recharged. In a compartment of
14.OOO cubic feet, it is said that the saw
ing in cost by not using ice. estimating
IS per ton for fifty tons of ice and econ
omy of space at 2'S 81 sterling per ton
of cubic feet, is $3.50 per voyage be-
tween New York and Liverpool. Ice
for a long sea voyage is totally imprac.
ticable from its moisture and from the
space it occupies.
Pressing
The little schoolma'm, a few DAYS ago,
was showing the children how to press
lowers. Her plan is to take a sheet of
thin cotton batting and lay the flowers
carefully On it, covering t1,n With an i