Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-05-26
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD,
Potato Beetles Again.

too rapidly to admit of hand picking be-
ing q practicable remedy. We, there
fore, advise our readers to purchase
some of the various poisons recommend
ed, and begin using them as soon as the
beetles appear upon the vines. Paris
green has been extensively used for this
purpose, and with good results, as it is
probably as cheap aud as easily applied
as any of the pest poisons. 1t may be
applied by mixing with water at the rate
of a tablespoonful to a pailful, and
sprinkling the vines with the mixture;
but we prefer using it with -four. Any
cheap, poor article of flour will answer,
and fifteen pounds of flour to one of the
paris green will be strong enough to kill
the beetles or their grubs.
? A good way to NIX is to put the flour
into half barrel or barrel, according to
the quantity wanted; then pour on the
paris green, and stir in with q stick of
convenient length. AS the poison works
down into the -four, it will become thor
oughly incorporated with the mass. Of
course, in mixing one should be careful
not to raise dust, which, if breathed,
might be injurious to the operator
Further, the mixture should be kept in
safe place where children or animals
of any kind cannot get at it; for, as
everybody should know, paris green is a
deadly poison, even in small quantities.
The vines should be busted with the
mixture while the leaves are wet, and
the early morning is generally the best
time, while the air is still. A duster
can be made of almost any deep tin
vessel, with small holes punched in the
bottom. The vessel should be fastened
to handle four or five feet long.
ANTIDoTE FOR PARIS GREEN.
AS accidents will happen even where
great care is taken to prevent them, and
children and other persons sometimes
get poisoned with paris green, it is well
to have an antidote on hand. The anti
dote for this poison is hydrated sesquiox-
ide of iron, which can be had at almost
any druggists. If it cannot be obtained,
it may be prepared as follows: Dissolve
copperas in hot water, keep warm, and
add nitric acid until the solution becomes
yellow; then pour in some ammonia
water-common hartshorn-until q
| DLOMh ltbll6 W tllC DOubOLl.
Put this precipitate in bottle, tightly
corked, and keep it moist. A few spoon.
fuls of this is perfect antidote for poi
soning with paris green or arsenic.
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To PRESERVE STRAWBERRIES Take
equal parts of rich, ripe fruit and granu
lated sugar put in an earthen cooking
vessel layer of sugar, then berries
then sugar, etc, until all are used
cover and let stand over night TX
every pound of fruit allow one half-pin
of red currant juice place upon the fire
where it will boil gently until the syrul
is rich, skimming well.
Mold ON CATsUP. keep molt
from rising on catsup or pickles, add {
tablespoonful of ground horseraddish tC
every quart.
For SHAMPooING.- Dissolve one tea
spoonful of borax in a cup of hot water
apply the liquid to the scalp until gooC
lather is produced ;.then rinse well witt
warm water, until the hair feels soft ant
natural if desired, cold water rims
may be taken at the last; wipe the hal
dry, and let it hang loosely about th
shoulders to get the air through.
For FRUIT TREES OR LARGE PLANTS
Boil one tablespoonful of borax in on
pint of water, and, while warm, pain
the stems of fruit trees or plants. Thi
will destroy the green fungi, and preven
insect life from forming in the bark 4;
will also make the trees healthy.
ESCAPE FROM RED ANTs.-Keep Al
articles which they are apt to molest o
a hanging shelf, in cellar ; suspend til
shelf with iron rods each rod surround
ed about half way up with little tin G
sheet-copper cup, soldered on fill th
cups about half full of white crud
r .E~petroleum, or other kind of oil, whic
will prevent the ant or any other craw
ing insect from coming down the rod
the shelf.
CLEANING PAINT.-In cleaning pair
an old flannel cloth will be found yer
, serviceable, as it removes the dirt will
out much friction, and an addition of th
! magical mixture to a pail of water, fC
, washing paint or scrubbing tables {
: floors, will be found very efficaciou
) Also will polish windows beautifully.
Dead Shot for Vine Bugs.
+ Having often seen inquiries in yor
3 columns for something to keep bugs @
s squashes and melons, and having trie
: everything [ ever heard of, and found
/ last what seems to be, here at least,
S sure cure, wish you to help me NAL
+ it known. Nearly two years since, viii
e talking with friend of the ravages
e the bugs, she said: Have you ev,
t used plaster of paris we used it la
e season and it worked WE'LL" OF cour
}. we took the hint, and that season, 1877
e we saved cucumbers and squashes Wi
e tive had no melons. Last summer v
b used it on melons, summer and wint
h squashes, and cucumbers with very sati
ff factory results. Now for the proces
d Get your plaster of paris at marb
IS shop, where you will find it best al
e cheapest Watch your vines 'closel
d and when the leaves have grown lar
enough to please the striped bug go o
early in the morning while the dew
on, taking q basin for your plaster, 6
d on the windward side of the vines, al
= sprinkle the powder carefully over the
IT till they are well whitenod. If there a
d striped bugs on them you will see the
it double up and roll off in a very d
% gusted manner. 1t is just as good
$. the large black bug. The vines must
i watched and gone over after eve
le shower, as the wind and rain will wa
70 most of the plaster off. Don't fancy th
n gypsum, or plaster as it is called he
le and in many other places, will do.
ID will not. Plaster of paris is the thin
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