The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-08-29
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Household Hints.

FAhW9 UAhDCN AMI NVOC1AVAOs
Household Hints.
FRUIT STAINS. To remove fruit stains,
let the spotted part Of the cloth imbibe
q little water without dipping it, and
hold the part over two or three lighted
birthstone matches at proper distance.
The sulphurous gas which is discharged
soon causes the spots to disappear. Or
all bright colored fruit stains can be re-
moved by scalding in clear, boiling
water, before any soap is applied. -,-
To PRESERVE AUTUMN LEAVES. Have
a middling hot iron and rub on quickly
q little white wax, then quickly press
both sides Of the leaves; wax the iron
anew for each side of the leaf; only rub
the iron once over the leaf. "Forest
tree leaves for wreaths " are prepared in
the same way. g-tz a.. ~. ,'..,.
To PREVENT FLIES INJURINa PICTURE
FRAMES. Boil three or four onions in
one pint of water. Brush your frames
over with the liquid. No fly will touch
them, and it will not injure the frames.
To DESTROY VRRMN. Boil some bits
of alum in pint of water, and wash
over the stats Of the bedsteads. Scatter
paris green in the corners of the beds
and on the Stats, and you need never fear
the reproach of harboring bedbugs. To
kill and drive away cockroaehes, crickets,
etc., scatter powdered borax plentifully
over all their haunts, and not bug will
be seen. To drive away red and black
ants, obtain large piece of chalk, and
rub it on the edges of your shelves, the
tops of barrels of sugar, or on firkins,
and it will prove q Rubicon to the
largest army of ants. Scotch snuff will
also kill crickets, cockroaches and ants.
To CLEAN BLACK IAoE.-Black 1aces
of all kinds may be cleaned by alcohol.
Throw them boldly into the liquid !;
churn them up and down till they foam !;
if very dusty, use the second dose OF al
cohol; squeeze them out, "spat" them,
pull out the edges, lay them between
brown paper, smooth and straight; leave
under weight till dry; do not iron.
GooD USE FOR SoAP-sUDs.-Save your
washing suds for the garden; if they are
poured over the roots of the plum trees,
they will kill the curculo; if turned at
the roots of geraniums, roses, ETC., they
will enhance their beauty tenfold.
IRoN1Na. iron smoothly purchase
a few cents worth of beeswax, and rub
it over the leaves of thin pamphlet,
which have been heated through with
the flat-iron; keep it with the ironing
sheet and blanket, and when the fat
irons are to. be used, run them over the
wa1ed surface; then wipe gently on q
soft cloth. Shirt bosoms can be easily
ironed in this manner. ',st i".'I't .'|s'
Earth Pulycrizrrs. ,.'
Not the least valuable implement for
farmer or gardener, says the Ne,o Eng
land Farmer, is a good drag for smooth
ing and pulverizing fields which are to
be planted or sown. There are several
methods of constructing such q drag,
but one Of the simplest is to- take two
pieces of joists, each with the front end
beyeled like the front of aled runner,
and then nail on plank across them, on
the under side, letting the plank run out
by the joists foot or more. They may
be of any size or weight desirable, ac7
cording to the amount Of team to be
used. Some farmers recommend to nail
on one or two marrow strips upon the
face of the plank to collect the Jumps
and soil, and drag them along till crush
ed, or till all inequalities in the surface
are filled up. We recently received q
cut and description Of a pulverizer with
a half dozen or more cleats nailed upon
the under side of the drag for more
thoroughly pulverizing and leveling the
soil. They are nailed on the outer ends
forward of the middle, and thus tend to
gather the soil toward the middle, and
prevent ridges being left at the sides OF
the drag when in use. Either OF, the
various styles are very useful IN ther
place, and the cost of making one Is 80
small that every farmer should have one
of his own. They are sometimes used
for covering potatoes, fodder corn, or
other crops, and may often pay tor
themselves in a single days use. On
land clear from stones they may be used
at seeding time instead Of o roller for
fitting fields for the moving machine or
scythe. '.. ...- n,..,,....,... ,..n ,..t..,
A Good Cow.
A farmer, POLITICALLY inclined, gives the
following definition of a good COW: .'
Long in the face, she'a fine In the horn,
Quickly gets fat without cake or corn;
Clean in the Jaws and full in the chine,
Heavy in flank and wide in the loin;
Broad in the ribs and longin the rump,
Straight and aat-backed without e'er
bump; -. -,..
Wide in the hips and calm in the eyes, =,
Fine in the shoulders and thin in the
thighs !; .," 49, ... "a
Light in the neck and small in the tail,
Wide in tue breast and will fill the milk
pail;
Fine of the bone and silky Of skin,
Airy without-a meat market within.