The Newtown bee., 1879-08-06
FARM. GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD
AgrIcuIturaI Hints.


 house, but also have them in the pasture by the watering place, near the barn, and wherever cattle, horses and sheep are to be provided for.
 To remedy cabbage worms, make a strong solution of lime water, pour it over the cabbage in the evening; if the lime water is made strong, there will be no live worms left that the water touches.
 A little dry sand covered over potn toes when they are first put in the celler will destroy any unpleasant odor they may have. A sprinkling of dry air slaked lime will mitigate tendency to rot
 One of the plainest indications of un- successful farming is to see manure go- ing to waste, or unemployed. When this is seen there is no need of looking beyond the stables and yards to find out the condition of the farm, or to judge of the success of its owner.
 | Good hen manure from fowls which have been liberally fed is worth as much as guano. It should be put into barrels as soon as taken up from the chicken house, kept in dry place till wanted, a little plaster mixed with it, and before using pound up fine. Apply it same as guano.
 Corn-cobs dipped into molasses and suspended from limbs in the plum trees has saved many a crop of plums for a farmer. He has done this for many years with success. The curculio will lay his brood into the sweetened corn cob instead of the plums. From six to twelve prepared corn-cobs are sufficient for an ordinary-sized tree.
 The practice of washing sheep before shearing is very disagreeable and un- necessary. Nothing is gained in the
 price of wool-in fact, the usual deduc-
 tion made by wool buyers for unwashed
 wool leaves an advantage to tEe seller.
 The practice is dangerous to health of
 both men and sheep, and may well be abolished.
 The Troy Times says: A farmer who
 has had ten years experience in Colo
 rado claims to have found a sure remedy
 for the potato-bug scourge. His plan i;
 simply to plant one or two flax seeds iI
 each hill of potatoes. He says the bugs
 will shun it every time; and for ter
 years he has been successful in raising
 potatoes while others have failed. The
 proposed remedy is simple and costs al
 most nothing to try it.
 Discussions from time to time occupy
 pages of print as to whether wOrm-eater peas or other seeds will grow. Some as sert positively they will not, and other: are certain that they will. The fact i: that if the weevil does not injure tn, germ they will grow as well as if ther'
 were no holes in them, but if they ca
 out the germ the pea cannot grow. Thi ' is the whole matter in a '' nutshell. "- , Erchdn0e.
 The CatltiUator says of squashes: Tn seeds of the different varieties are yer. = apt to mix when planted in close proX . unity, and hence it is hard to get pur [ seed, the seed growers often being to' careless about the location whence the. have seed Unripe or partly-decaye' souashes are often fed to stock, and mak } good fat They should. however, hay the seeds removed first, as these have ; 5 diuretic effect injurious to cows. A farmer says: Four years ago m. farm was fearfully infested with rats They were so numerous that had grea fears of my whole crop being destroyed ! by them after it was housed ;.but hay /, , ing two acres of wild peppermint, tha grew in a field of wheat, cut and bound with the wheat, drove the rats from tn , premises. 1 have not been troubled witt them since, while my neighbors hay any quantity of them. I feel conyince' that any person who is troubled wit these pests can easily get lid of then by gathering a good supply of mint an placing it around the walls or base c = their barns.
 Q It has been proven that by planting i Q drills a larger yield of corn can be pro
 dnced than from hills In place of hill Q three feet apart each way, make drill :, three and a half feet apart, and drop tn 2 seed every eighteen inches. In the frs f case there are 4,S4O hills and in the latte Q 3.4OO to the acre. Two stalks may b . grown in each hill, or if there are thre
 stalks in the former case, there will b # 14.52O stalks and 16, 800 in the latter; wit f one good ear to the stalk-whlch possible-there will be l45 bushels in tn one case and I6S in the other to the acre 9 If this is possible, and there is no dout V of it, why, then, should it not be al I tempted ?-Egchaaage u Household Hints. -. To take fresh paint off wooden gal . ment, rub the spot with stale bread unt
 removed.
 To make hands soft, mix honey, oliy