The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-08-11
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.

FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Carbolic Acid In the Garden.
The general employment of carbolic
acid for sanitary purposes induced q
correspondent, who relates his expert
ences, to try whether it might not be
applied with equal advantage in some
of the many diseases tu which vegeta-
bles, as we'll as flesh, are heirs. ID
first experimental with a solution of
one part. of the acid in twenty parts of
water, which was allowed 10 stand for
twenty -four hours before being used.
By that time q layer of fat or oil had
appeared on the surface, the contact Of
which with plants speedily destroyed
them. This vas subsequently with
drawn by means Of a pipette; and 1.-the the
clear fluid below alone used. This
proved an equally dangerous appl'ca-
ton, for some beds of savoys and rad
ishes, which were watered with it in
order to free them from ground feas
with which they were infested, were
totally destroyed by it. A weaker solu-
ton, consisting of one part OF acid IN
fifty of water, proved scarcely less in
furious to vegetation. The application
was now tried in the still more diluted
form OF one part in a hundred, the
s%upernatant oil being carefully removed
before use. In these proportions it
answered admirably as an insecticide,
without causing the slightest injury to
even the tenderest plants. A single ap-
plication effectually freed the beds from
ground lice and similar destructive YER
min. A very small quantity introduced
into an ant hill so disturbed its busy
occupants that, contrary to all the
habits of these insects, they abandoned
their pup@ in their hurried flight. A
cherry tree, whose ripe fruit afforded a
favorite hunting ground for these ants,
was at once protected from their visits
by q slight application of the solution
to its stem, though they returned to the
attack in tour or five days when the
pungent smell of the acid was lost.
Their further dcpredations were once
for all checked, however. by a glrdle OF
cottonwood impregnated with. the
strong acid being bound round the
trunk. Many other varieties of insects
were kept at bay or driven from their
haunts by the same means, which also
formed O. most valuable protection
against mildew, with which the rose
and peach trees in the garden were
sadly troubled. In one instance, a rose
tree which had borne no flowers for five
previous years in consequence OF mil
dew attacking the young stems OF the
buds Immediately they were formed,
was observed to bear q magnificent crop
the first season that a tim, ly appll-
cation of the solution was made.-1he
Farmer.
A Sound Agricultural Greed.
The agriculturists of Canada, in con-
vention assembled, lately adopted q
creed good enough to be subscribed to
by their brethren all over the continent.
Listen: We believe in small farms and
thorough CIVILIZATIONS; we believe that
the soil lives to eat, as well as the
owner, and ought therefore to be well
manured; we believe in going to the
bottom of things, and therefore deep
blowing, and enough Of it, all the better
il it be q subsoil plow; we believe in
large crops which leave the land better
than they found it, making both the
farm and the farmer rich at once; we
believe that every farm should own a
good farmer; we believe that the fer
tilizer of any soil is a spirit of industry,
enterprise and intelligence; without
these, lime, gypsum and guano would
be of little use; we believe in good
fences, good farmhouses, good orchards.
and good children enough to gather the
fruit; we believe in a clean kitchen, a
neat wife in it, clean cupboard, q clean
dairy, and a clear conscience; we believe
that to ask a mans advice is not stoop-
ing, but of much benefit; we believe
that to keep a place for everything, and
everything in its place. saves many a
step, and is pretty sure to lead to good
tools and to keeping them in order; we
believe that kindness to stock, like good
shelter. is saving of fodder; we believe
that it is q good thing to keep an eye on
experiments. and note all, good and
bad; we believe that it is a good rule to
sell grain when it is ready; we believe
in producing the best butter and cheese,
and marketing it when it is ready.
Household Matters.
VEGETABLE STAINs.-Rubbing the
hands with a slice OF raw potato will
remove vegetable stains.
WEDDING CAKE.-Three pounds
r%aisins, i've pounds currants. one pound
%citron, n pound sugar, one pound out
ter, one pound flour, spices to your
taste, twelve eggs. This will make
four loaves, or two small pan loaves.
LEMON P1E.-The juice and grated
| rind of one lemon, one cup of water, one
tablespoon corr starch. one cup sugar,
one egg, and piece OF butter size of a
small egg. Boil the water, wet the
corn starch with n little cold water and
stir it in; when it boils up peur it on
the sugar and butter; after it cools add
the egg and lemon. Bake with an upper
and under crust.
The HA1R.-Both badness and gray.
ness depend IN defective powers of the
scalp skin, and are to be treated alike.
What is needed is moderate stimulation
without any irritation. The following
is good: Rub into the bare places daily,
or ever twice q Gay, a IMMINENT of cam-
phor, ammonia, chloroform and ~aconite,
equal parts of each. The friction should
be very gentle.
Protect the Potatoes from Beetles.
The potato beetles are in greater force
this year than ever before, and demand
immediate attention, unless the potatoes
are 80 near maturity a. to be past DAM
ace. We find but one effectual remedy
for the beetles; this is paris green.
Kerosene will kill them, but it kills the
vines also. Fresh air-slacked lime they
do not like, but they contrive to find
leaves enough u~nsprinkled on which
they can live till the lime is blown or
washed off. But paris green kills at
first sight. without damaging the CROP
in the least. Homeopathic doses are
all sufficient. A pound to the acre,
mixed with a hundred pounds of fine
plaster or fifty pounds of second quality
rye -four, and sprinkled on with a buster
while the dew retains it, is just as
efectual as a larger dose. The ration
may be needed a second time, and in
case OF late potatoes q third time, as the
eggs are constantly Matching out all
through the summer.
To Destroy tho Cabbage Worm.
The complaint still continues of the
ravages of the cabbage worm and a de.
mand of a remedy for it. In an agri-
cultural journal. n few weeks ago, a
correspondent told of his troubles last
wear and that they were already Begin