Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-06-27
AGRICULTURAL.
RECIPES.

When you are tempted to Invoke
the majesty of The law" to redress
som, real or supposed injury don't do
it!
When you are tempted to get along
with your old tools rather than buy
new ones don't do it.
When you are tempted to buy pat
cnted inventions of strangers, upon
'liberal terms don't do it..
"Arch- deacon lEitchea Cabinet
says that to destroy house flies, pen
royal is offensive to them but as that
is quite expensive it gives the follow
ing recipes Of Riding the house Of
them: Take one ounce Of cobalt,
pound it, and place it in plates,
mixed with spirit. The fumes will
kill the flies if II room is kept closed
aftcrward air the room.
Another recipe is to beat up the
yolli of an egg with a tablespoonful
each of molasses and black pepper
finely ground. Set it about in shall
low plates, and the flies will be rap
idly killed. One drachm extract of
quassia dissolved in u gill Of water
sweetened with half a sill of molasses
will have the same effect, if sci
around the flat dishes to which the
flies have access. The quassa acts as
u narcotic.
The MeXicans have method oil
subduing fractions horses AMI such as
are inclined to run away, which mi ght
be introduced with profit here. A
hood or winker is so arranged that
the driver or rider can in an instant
draw it directly over the head and
eyes of the animal, eilectually blind
folding him. Whenever this is done
the horse instantly becomes quiet,
and a repetition Of the blindfolding
two or three times, gradual results
in his becoming quiet and docle.-
Such an arrangement would be a
valuable appendase to The head gear
of horses disposed to run away.
A cheap vinegar consists Of twenty
five gallons Of warm rain water, with
four gallons of treacle and one gallon
of yeast. The mixture can be used
after it has been allowed to fermcnt.
To get rid Of ticks on lambs Of
sheep, mix sulphur with the salt and
feed twice a week sure to poisol
them through the blood.
ONION RAIsING.-Few crops, if any
IN the market or farm garden, taken
for term of years together, pay as
well as onions, if managed witE skill
and energy. Celery, caulillowcr, and
some other vegetables in but small
demand, pay a larger return per acre
but no other crop having large and
certain sale has SO much profit on the
capital invested, nor offers so many
inducements for extended culture.
A new method Of onion raising is
strongly recommended by French
horticulturalist. Some Of the seedlings
in the original bed should be left
standing at intervals Of about a coup
lie of inches, and the spaces between
them caused the removal Of the rest,
filled in with good garden mold,
mixed with pigeons dung, or ordina-
ny fnces. The beds must be kept
we'll watered, and it is said the result
ing crop will astonish the grower.
Every tidy housewife detests the
cockroach, mice and other vermin.-
Two or three domesticated toads will
keep the coast clear of these, and will
be found more desirable than a cat,
as they are wholly free from tres
passing on the rigts Of man as does
the cat. The toad is possessed Of
timid and retiring nature, loving dark
corners and shady places, but under
kind treatment become quite tame.-
Many instances mi gLt be cited of pet
toads remaining several years in
family, and doing valuable service
with no other compensation than i'm
munlty from persecution. All that
Is necessary to secure their cooper
alton, indoor or out, is to provide
them with coo! safe places for their
retreat in the day, convenient access
to water, and they will 90 forth to