The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-09-03
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD
Household Hints.

Turpentine will remove ink from
white woodwork.
Rubbing the hands with q slice of raw
potato will remove vegetable stains.
To soften the hard, dry putty on the
windows, wet it with muriatic acid.
Water can be purified in q cistern by
dropping in 4 large piece OF common
charcoal.
Chicken for salad is nicer cut with
knife than chopped in q bowl, INC the
celery should always be cut With g
knife.
A bit ofisinglass dissolved in gin OF
boiled in spirits of wine will make
strong cement for broken glass, china
and sea shells.
1t is said that if the real ivory handles
of knives get stained, they may bt
cleaned by using q paste made of 81
volatile, prepared chalk and oil; ruiz
the paste on the ivory with a feather;
When dry add more, and having left tho
whole to become thoroughly dry, ruiz
it off.
To keep q copper tea-kettle bright.
buy five cents worth of oXalic acid, and
put it in a bottle and fill with cold
water; when dissolved, rub the kettle
with q cloth dipped in the solution,
Elbow grease is essential to make the
kettle shine, and the kettle must be colo
when cleaned.
To take the woody taste out OF
wooden pail, fill the pail with bol, =
hot water; let it remain until cold, then
empty it and dissolve some soda in luke
warm water, adding a little lime to it.
and wash the inside we'll with the So
luton; after that, scald with hot water
and rinse well.
Insects OH Fruit Trees and Plants.
This season, it appears, we have moro
trouble with insects than is generally
experienced. Those most troublesome
to fruit trees are the green and black
small soft ones that appear suddenly in
immense quantities on the young shoots
of the trees, which suck their juices and
thereby arrest their growth. They mul.
tiply with wonderful rapidity. 1t is
estimated that ont individual may be in
five generations the p~rogenitor of 6,OOO,'
OOO, 900. p. Barry, the celebrated nurse
ryman of Western New York, prepares
a barrel of tobacco juice by sleeping
stems for several days until the juice is
dark Blown, like strong beer; this Inc
mixes with soapsuds. A vessel is filled
with this, and the encs of the shoots
where the insects are assembled arc
brought down and dipped into the
LIQUID. One dip is enough. Such parts
of the tree as cannot be dipped arc
sprinkled with the liquid. 1t can be ap-
piled to the heads of large trees by means
of a hand or q garden syringe Both
dipping and sprink,ing are best done IN
the evening. Repeat the operation us
often as the plant lice make their appear
ance. The dry weather of midsummer
is generally the most favorable time fol
them. If the liquid is too strong it vii
injure the foliage; therefore it is well,
in using it for the first time, to test 1t on
one or two small branches before apply
ing it extensively. The currant worm
may be destroyed by scattering over the
bushes a mixture of q pint of white hcl:
lebore, a pint of flowers of sulphur ard
a peck of sifted coal hes.-Erchnnge.
Girdling Grapevines.
At the Amherst Mass.) Agricultural
College they have a set of live professors
who :re ever on the alert in trying eX.
perimcnts, by which they show that il
is not the salary alone they receive
which is the sole motive of actor
prompting them in the discharge Of theil
duties. Prof. Goessman, n of these
has recently shown some remarkable re
suits both in the quality of the fruit ant
The period of development, by girdlins
The grapevine. The vines were girdlct
about the first week Of August, when thu
free acid of the Concord grape hat
reached its highest taste and its grape
sugar had begun to increase. Expert,
ments were made with whole vines ano
with branches. Two missions were
made through the bark and camblun
layers from an eighth to 4 quarter of III
inch in width, and the substance be
tween removed. The fruit upon the CIR
died vines matured fully two weeks ii
advance of the ungirdled vines. Pro
lessor Goessman picked fully maturcC
fruit from a girdled vine at his residence
fully three weeks in advance of the frui
on the ungirdled branches on the SAINT
vine. The vines that were girdled a yea
ago were in fine condition this season
and, although in most instances full.
healed over, the girdlings seemed to pro
duce the same effect IN the first fruit q
the first year.-BGNamorc american.
Fall Flowing.
The better the preparation of tht
ground the better the crop. The higl
average yield of the English farms is NO
doubt largely due to the thorough pre-
paration Of the ground before seeding
Our climate is superior to that of Eng
land for wheat growing; yet a yield o
%sixty-four bushels per acre is not at al
infrequent among good farmers there,
while here forty bushels per acre is ~
unusual yield. Two plowings, severa
harrowings and in many cases rolling OF
crushing; and the excellent preparation
of the soil by a previous root crop must
have a much better effect upon the soil
than one blowing, very poorly done be-
cause of the hardness and dryness of oul
soil in midsummer, and very Imperfect
narrowing. 1t might be well for us tc
law out more labor on our wheat crop
and so prepare the ground better, and
raise our average from twelve to twenty
bushels per acre. The difference in the
amount of wheat at harvest would pay
for a good deal OF extra work in blowing,
\ etc, and yet leave q profit; besides, the
soil would not forget the generous treat
mcnt in one yearnor wo.-Agr7cuHuraSt,
Washing FlanneIs.
A lady correspondent writes as fol-
lows: l will give you a little of my ex-
perience in washing flannels. l was
taught to wash them in hot water, but
it is a great mistake. In Italy my fan,
nels were a wonder to me; they always
came home from the wash so soft and
white. l learned that the Italian women
washed them in cold water. Many /:
time I have watched them kneeling in
q box, which had one end taken out, to
keep them out Of the mud, by the bank
of a stream, washing in the running
water and drying on Che bank or gravel,
without boiling; and l never had wash
ing done better and ~flannels never hall
so well. l tried it since and find the
secret of nice soft hannels to be the wash
ing Of them in cold or lukewarm water
and plenty of stretching before hanging
out. Many receipts say, don't rub soap
on flannels, but you can rub soap on to
the advantage of the tlannels if you will
rinse it out afterward and use no hot
water about them, not forgetting to
stretch the threads in both directions be-
fore drying. Flannels so cared for will
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