The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-01

| have not opportunities to free themselves
| Lice may be destroyed by whitewashing the
house and roosts with lime wash mixed with
c.rbollc acid. Fleas may be destroyed by
| thoroughly greasing the roOsts. Clean straw
| should be- supplied to the nests, and glass
nest eggs provided for eary layers. glass
covered coop will he useful for an early sit
| ting hen ana young brood OF chickens.
PICKLE FOR HAMS.
| For 100 pounds of meat. take eight pounds
| IF salt two ounces saltpetre and four gallons
uf water; put hams In this pickle IN fall,
| keeping them we'll under the brine; IN April
| take out, drain three OF four days, slice as
| tor rnnkius, fry nearly ns much as for table,
| pack la stone trS, pressing down the SliceS
~ fnet as they are laid In the jar; when full
but on IL weight. and when entirely cold
| cover with the fat fried out. Prepared In
this way theH retain the ham favor without
being smoked The gravy l,tt from fl ying
will bs found very useful in cooking.
FARM NOTES.
Fool the chickens literally of warm mush
table scraps, wheat, buCkwheat. and n variety
| ~ frnd, with milk and buttermik and clean
water to drink, lime and gravel and u dust
bath.
Limo II always ono OF tho nine substances
found In tho ash OF plants. The grasses aud
forest trees particularly take IL No from the
ent la the soil In sufficient abundauce to meet
this demand, 1t should be addsd.
ono OF the very hest methods for bringing
trees of rapid growth into bearing Is to root
pruno them. With u sharp spade cut off the
roots wo or three feet from the tree. This
checks excessive growth of wood and causes
the organic matter of the sap to form fruit
buds.
dry, cold, airy loft Ia a good place to
store onions. Do not let them lie more than
two or three bulbs thick, and often look them
over and pull out the bad ones. Do not re-
hat
of In handling. The points to observe are n
cool, airy situation, warmth and moisture be-
Ing more inimtcal to their keeping than frost.
A writer In Emks Nfonthtu to destroy In
serts on roses, mixes " teaspoOnful OF white
heIeboro Iii pail Of water, and applies II
with u sprinkler. This destroys the insects
and the roses are clear. correspondent
fluids whale oil soap tho most effectunl reme-
my, ono pound Of soap being added to eight
gallons Of water. 1t Ii applied at night, the
plants being thoroughly drenched every two
or three days.
sCRAPING TREES.
Prof Beal objects In the Fruit Recorder to
the practice OF scraping tho trunks OF apple
trees and thinks that ~ the rough bark pro-
tects them from the Intense cold OF winter 1t
Is worse than time thrown away. He re-
marks that old trees do not receive nOurlsh-
ment through the bark, but through young
twigs and leaves and that the moss on trees
Ia not q parasitic sucking the life out.
Heel In trees that arrive too late for setting
this winter by digging trench and placing
the bundles In 1t Mt an angle Of forty-ve de-
grees. cover with dirt we'll shaken In and
packed to prevent too severe freezing.
Wood ashes make an excellent fertilizer for
pear trees Mixed coal and wood ashes may
also be applied with advantage. For fruit
trees OF all kinds ground bones are better
than fermenting manure.
Tomatoes struck from cuttings bear much
earlier than when grown from seed.
Chopped onions, with little vinegar mixed
In, is said to be a sure cure for chicken
cholera.
To keep insects Off of plants indoors. use
tobacco dust freely.