The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-05-15
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

House plants that look .droopina
and starved should have the surface
soil removed from the pots and re
placed with q top dressing from thu
compost heap, prepared by mixing j
with sul8cient. sandy loan to make 4
light and porous, after which il should
be sifted. { s. ;.
There is no woman in Americs
who can afford to grow up IN ignorance
Of household management The coin.
fort of some home in the future is en-
dangered whenever instruction. il with.
held which would enable q woman t.
plan wisely all arrangements necessa-
~ for the well-0rdering of the spot
which is to be her home, whether that
home be one of wealth or the reverse,
and the reverse may come even after
prospective wealth makes such knowl.
edge seem unnecessary Christian In
teAigencer. li.a 3
According to an experiment made
with potatoes and corn last season., BY
Mr.. 5. B. West, of Columbia, Conn,
and reported in the Ohio Farmer by
William H. Yeomans, the butt-ends Of
potatoes, and the kernels OF corn from
the butt-ends of the ears each produced
crops that were materially better than
where the opposite course was pursued.
In the case Of the potatoes, the stalks
from the butt-ends were much the
larger and more forward at the first
hoeing. The increase in the corn was
some 20 per cent in favor of the butt
end kernels. OF course, repeated ex-
periments are necessary to settle q
question of this character.
-Sprouting the white potato will
advance the crop two weeks. They
should be cut SO that about two eyes
are allowed to each piece, and these
should be planted in hot-beds, with
very thin covering OF soil; or it is bet
ter to plant in boxes and set these in a
hot-bed, so that after they are properly
sprouted they can be at once carried to
the place of planting. If the nights
should be anyway cold, protect with a
thin covering of straw when the plants
make their appearance above ground.
Some persons, who want = large guam
tity sprouted, cut the potatoes as de-
sired and spread them on boards, boxes
or crates, in dark place, and when
sprouted, say from an inch to an inch
and half, expose them to the light,
moistening two or three times q week
with tepid water. They should be
planted out 50 that there is not more
than two inches of soil over the top of
the sprouts.-Gernsa'stoscn Telegraph.
The affection of the scalp known
as dandruff is exceedingly prevalent,
and IL occurs in some cases where there
is no good reason to suspect blood
impurity. Generally, however, it will
be found that something of scrofulous
faint produces it. In all such cases
there is but one radical remedy, and
that such medicine a. will gradually
change the character of the blood. In
ordinary cases it is said by q writer,
whose prescription we find in the Gros0-
t,sg World, preparation of one ounce
of the -four of sulphur, and one quart
of water will. prove eficacious if ap-
piled. The two are put together, re-
peatedly agitated at intervals of few
hours, and then the water is drained
of. The sulphur not being soluble in
water, the latter has neither color nor
smell. The head, can therefore be
saturated with it every morning with
out Inconvenience. This writer says
that in few weeks every trace of dam
druff will disappear, and that the hair
will become soft and glossy.-Foote's
Health Monthly.