The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-10-16
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

In busting, use soft cloth instead
Of a brush or wing; the cloth will catch
all the DUST nd you can shake it from
the window, while the others set it
floating again:
Land laid down with clover is bet
ter than money deposited in the bank,
drawing more interest than any bank
can pay and compromising the interest
oftener.-Erchange.
- Potato Noodles. one dozen
of boiled potatoes, add two eggs, a
little salt, half cupful of milk, enough
flour to knead stiff, then cut in small
pieces, then roll long and round, one
inch thick; fry in plenty Of lard to a
nice brown.
The Ohio Farmer says that land
plowed from one to two months before
seeding time is very much more likely
to produce good crop of wheat than
if plowed later. Correct: provided the
crop that springs up. in the meantime
is kept from rendering the ground
trashy:
Sandy soils are comparatively I'M
productive, chiefly because they are too
loose. The object of treating them
should be to render them more COM
pact. Still they are plowed as fire.
quently as other soils, and generally
are plowed deeper. This Of course
renders them more loose. There is NO
occasion to plow sandy land except fol
the purpose of destroying the weeds
and grass that grow on the surface.
This may be done by an implement
that will cut the roots aid leave them
to die by exposure to the heat of the
sun. After they are dry they may be
burned, or, if the land is to be devoted
to cultivated crops, the thin turf may
remain on the surface to serve as .
mulch. Sandy soils are especially ben.
Gifted by mulching, but are injured by
blowing, and a change in their treat.
ment is essential to theft productive
ness.-Chicdgo Times.
Carbonate of baryta has been founi
60 be most efficient poison for rats anG
similar vermin. Indeed, at a specia
series of trials by the Zootechnical In
stitute, in connection with the Roya
Agricultural College, at Proskaw, Thu
substance was found to be more etfica
cious than any other. 1t occurs as
heavy white powder, devoid of taste O.
smell. lin the Proskaw experiments i
was mixed with four times its weight o
barley meal, and pellets of the past,
were introduced into the holes of tn,
rats, house mice and field mice. /
small quantity proves fatal. 1t appear
to cause immediate and complet
paralysis of the hind extremities, 81
that it may be assumed that mice eat
ing of it in their holes will die within
them, and so not prove destructive il
their turn to domesticated animals tina
might otherwise devour the carcasses
1t was found in practice that neithe
fowls nor pigeons would touch the paste
either in its soft state or when hardene,
by the sun; SO that it's employment i
probably free from danger to the occu
pants of the poultry yards. Some rab
bits, on the other hand, that got acces
to the paste ate heartily of it and pai
the penalty with their lives. Next t
the carbonate of baryta paste, the ord
nary phosphorus paste proved most de
structive, and this, it was found by eS
pertinent, is more attractive to the mic
in soft form than when hardened int
pills. But it is considerably dearer thai
the baryta preparation, an importan
factor in the calculation of the farme
who has to wage war against rodents o.
an extensive scale.-Scientifc american