The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-10-09
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

Melon bugs like radish leaves
much better than melon leaves. and if
radishes are planted in the hill the
melons escape entirely.-RuraI New
X0TEeT. iE5 81 &as }.-'}-
"A correspondent asks, What shall
l put on wall paper to keep the in
sects from eating the pastep Use car
bolic acid, oil of cloves, or alum,-E1-
change.
To remove rust from steel the
steel should be washed with solution
composed of one-half ounce cyanide of
potassium in two ounces of water; then
brush with the following recipe: Cyan
ide of potassium, onc-haf ounce; cas-
tile soap, one ounce; whiting and water
sufficient to form paste. Cyanide OF
potassium is most violent poison, and
persons using it should be particularly
careful. -Bost0n Journal of Chemistry.
AS soon as potatoes are dug store
them in some barn or clubhouse until
just before freezing weather, when
they must be removed TO q dry and suf-
ficiently-warm cellar. A building lat
ticed like corn-crib is best for pota-
toes until frost comes, as they require
to be placed where there is full cir
culation of air. After their removal to
the cellar place them in bins made of
Stats, holding from five to ten bushels
each.-N. Y. Herald.
We venture the assertion that the
man who takes sufficient care of his
stock from their infancy till ready for
the market, providing for their proper
and necessary feed and shelter in the
varying seasons to keep them always
growing, healthy and thrifty, will find
his profits to be twenty-five to fifty per
cent. greater than those of his neigh
Dor on similar stock which receives the
ordinary care given by the average
farmer.-IooUG State Register.
"A husband complained that his
shirt bosoms and collars were badly
done up, and the case was referred to
knowing shirt-maker, and his an
swer is well worth the attention of
housekeepers: EYES," said the man,
"the fault is with your laundress.
While doing up your collars she
stretches them the wrong way. Damp
linen is very pliable, and a good pull
will alter q fourteen-inch to fifteen
collar in the twinkling of an eye. She
ought to stretch them crosswise and
not lengthwise. Then in straighten-
ing out your shirt bosom she makes
another mistake of the same sort.
They also ought to be pulled cross
wise instead of lengthwise, particular
ly in the neighborhood of the neck. A
lengthwise pull draws the front of the
neckband somewhat directly under
your chin, where it was never meant
to 60, and of course that spoils the set
of your collar. With the front of your
neckband an inch too high, and your
collar an inch too long, you have a
most undesirable combination
Melons may be fattened in the fol-
lowing manner: Before the melon has
attained its full size, and while in a
growing condition, insert one end of a
strip of fine cotton cloth, about half an
inch wide and three or four inches
long, into the stem of the watermelon,
by splitting the stem with a sharp
penknife, and place the other end of
the stri p in the neck of wine bottle
filled with water, inclining the bottle
SO that the water may be absorbed by
the string, which acts as a syphon,
and making the end on the outside of
the bottle little lower than that
which is within the bottle. Within
twenty-four hours the bottle should be
refilled, as the water will all have been
imbibed by the melon; and in a week
or ten days it will have attained its
full size. Then withhold the water to
give it a chance to ripen, otherwise it
will be quite insipid and unfit to eat.
If any one has a patch that is infested
with thieves he can give them a dose
of tartar emetic by putting eight or
ten grains of it into the water and dis
solving it by heating it before putting
it into the bottle, but let the water cool
down until it is milk warm before in
sert;ng the cloth. Home Journal