The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-07-27

tree to grow four or five years, and
then cut back large limbs early in
the spring. New shoots spring
out, and the size and quality OF
the fruit are greatly improved.
The destruction of weeds should
be constantly attended to, for, like
insects, they multiply enormously.
A weed plucked before it goes to
seed will prevent the growth of
hundreds the following year, or
here the old adage, is uncommouly
true, that zone years seeding
causes fifty years wedding"
A correspondent of the New
York Tribune gives the following
method of killing off the green
cabbage worm, which our readers
may find sufficiently valuable to
pay for cutting out and preserving
till time for applying: Dissolve
one teaspoonfull of saltpetre in a
common pail full of warm, not hot,
water, and sprinkle the cabbages
Herewith on the appearance of the
worm. Two or three applications
will suffice for the season. The
water, besides, acts like a charm
in promoting the growth of the
plant.
A simple method of obtaining
levels is thus described in the Man
ufacturer and Builders At each of
two stations, perhaps a hundred
feet apart, pole is driven into the
ground. To each pole, near the.
top, glass tube is tied. The low
er enps of the tubes are then con-
nected with each other by means
of a sufficiently long piece in India
rubber tubing. Water is to be
poured into one of the glass tubes
till it fills the tubing and part of
the tubes. 1t will rise to the same
level, of course, in both tubes, and
the record of this height can be
marked on the poles alongside.
The method is capable of surprising
accuracy, and viii serve where OBJ
stacles to vision - walls, for in
stance - intervene between two
stations.
This is simple way for tanning
a lambs skin with the wool on
Make a strong soap-suds, using
hot water. When it is cold wash
the skin in it, carefully squeezing
it between the hands to get the
dirt out of the wool, then wash it
free from suds with clean cold
water. Next dissolve alum and
salt, of each half a pound, in a
little hot water, which put into
tub of cold water, sufficient to
completely cover the skin, and let
soak in it over night, or twelve
hours. Now hang the skin over
pole to drain, and when it is well
drained, spread or stretch careful
ly on q board to dry. 1t need not
be tackled if drawn out several
times with the hand while drying.
When yet little damp, sprinkle
pulverized saltpetre and alum IAN
ounce each mixed together) on the
flesh side, rubbing it well. 1t has
now to hang in the shade for two
or three days, the flesh sitle in, un-
til perfectly dry, When entirely
dry. scrape the flesh side with
blunt knife to remove any scraps
of flesh. Trim off all projecting
points and rub the flesh side with
pumace or rotten stone, and work
and rub well with the hands. Pre-
pared in this way it is white and
beautiful, suitable for a buggy rug,
saddle or other purpose.
A foreign journal describes the
process of making a sort of cheese
from potatoes, which, although not |
strictly pertaining to the dairy, is
nevertheless related thereto. since |
milk enters into its composition. |
1t is as follows: After having col
ected a quantity of potatoes of |
good quality, giving the preference
70 the large white kind. they are
boiled In caldron, and, after be-
coming cool they are peeled and !
reduced to pulp, either by means |
Of CRATER or mortar, to FIVE lbs. of !
his pulp is added one 10. of sour
milk and the necessary quantity of |
'alt. The whole is kneaded to-
,ether, and the mixture covered |
Up and allowed to lie for three 8r /
our days, according to the season.
At the end of this fine it is knead-