Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-09-05

Cooking soda, dissolved in water to satura-
ton is as fatal 10 potato bugs as Paris green.
The Newburyport Herald knows this to be
fact
An effective antdote against ivy poisoning
is u lotion made from % teaspoOnful of salt Of
oxalic acid in pint Of water 1t should be
put in a metal receptacle, else it will form
poisonous compound.
farmer Of some experience says that he
has raised turnips with corn many years and
has never had reason to suppose the corn
crop was at all lessenod by the turnips, for
really they are not an interference. They
make nearly all their growth after the corn is
ripe.
A certain and speedy remedy for burdocks
it is said has been found in kerosene oil.
small quantity poured into the heart of
plant, directly after cutting, leaves no trace
OF its existence save n small hole in the
earth where it stood. Refined or crude oil
will accomplish the purpose equally well.
good way to prevent crows stealing corn
is to take half pint Of tar and put it into
three quarts Of boiling water, with one peck
of seed corn stir the whole rapidly, and then
dry of the corn with plaster or sand, SO that
the kernels will not be stuck together by the
tar. 1t is then ready for uso.
Parafiino is coming into use in England as
an insect destroyer. One wneglassful to four
gallons of cold water is said to be mixture
that deals death without injury to plants.
Ants are sometimes very destructive to rose
bushes, especially when they are coming in
to bloom, and parafne water is very thor
ough in killing them.
One farmer says Il have fed all kinds of
roots and considerable quantities of them to
cattle, and among them all / consider the po-
tato, fed raw to COWS, the best for quantity of
milk or quality of beef. The best beef / cy-
or tasted was fattened on potatoes and meal
My experience is that they should never be
cooked for cattle, hut always for hogs, and at
half the price of corn they are profitable to
feed in connection with meal.
1t is a curious fact that if pail of water be
placed within six inches of either side Of the
stem of pumpkin or vegetable marrow, it
will in the course Of the night approach IT,
and will be found in the morning with one Of
the leaves on the water If a prop be placed
within six inches of young conyolvulus, or
scarlet runner, it will find il although the
prop may be shifted daily. If, after it has
twinCd some distance up the prop. it be IN
wound and twined IN an opposite direction
it will return to its original position or die il
the attempt; yet, notwithstanding if two Of
the plants grow near to each other, and have
no stake around which they can entwine, one
of them will alter the direction of the spiral
and they will Irvine around each other.
The pain experienced by infants while
toething and the worry and anxiety OF moth
crs during that important stage of the child's
growth and development, may be almost If
not entirely done away with. says the New
York sun, by feeding the child small splin-
tiers Of ice. permitting the ic, to melt in it,
mouth. The fragment Is So small that it Is
only a drop of warm water before it can be
swallowed. and tine child haH all the health
/ full coomes, required for its feverod gums
without the slightest injury. The ayidity
with which til, littl, ones taste the cooling
morsel, the instant quiet which succeeds
/ hours of fretfulness. and the sleep which fol
1 lows the relief, are the best witnesses TO this
| magic remedy.