The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-05-20
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD,
Farm and Garden Notes.

If hens have plenty of coal ashes to
wallow in, in the hen house, they will
not be annoyed with lice.
In cultivating roses faded flowers
should always be removed, since this
checks the tendency to produce seeds
and encourages new growth and fresh
bloom.
The clematis is one of the most beau.
tiful and hardy climbers we have.
They thrive in almost any situation, are
perfectly hardy, and produce masses of
beautiful flowers and foliage.
In starting many flower seeds, pure
sand Is better than soil. Put some in
saucer; dampen it, and plant the
seed. When well sprouted, and large
enough to handle, transplant to pots.
To keep bugs off melon and squash
vines put tomato plant in each hill
This is worthy of trial; If it does not
succeed in saving the melons and
squashes we shall have crop of to-
matoes.
SCOT wateriapplied in strong or weak
solution, according to the vigor and
need of plants, has the effect of dispell-
ing all worms from the soil. and of i'm
parting a deep-green, healthy color to
the foliage.
In the cultivation of the kitchen gar
den, long, straight rows of vegetables
sufficiently far apart to allow the culti-
vator or horse hoe to be work ed be-
tween thcm, will greatly Tighten the
hand work.
Many sows have a frenzy for devour-
ing their young at farrowing, that seems
to be caused in part by the previous
method OF feeding, and can be partially
prevented at least by giving them va
riety of food.
All hens which are good settlers can
be moved, after they have sat on eggs
week, to small apartment where
food and water can be kept constantly
by them, and little trouble will be occa
stoned. A busting box should be
added.
To prepare liquid manure to be used
upon a flower or vegetable garden, fill
a og-head holding sixty gallons with
water, to which add a bushel OF horse
manure, or half a bushel of hen drop.
pings, or the sane quantity of SCOT, or
Six pounds OF Peruvian guano. Stir the
whole two or three times day for a few
days; then allow it to settle and use the
clear liquor
The old practice among farmers Of
annually scraping the trunks of apple
trees and afterwNrd applying coat of
'''eN "'oh lS lob oO nOWa-
days as it used to be. Still the good re-
suits following the labor will well repay
one: Underneath the dry and dead
park countless numbers OF vermin ma e
their home; when the lark is removed
and whitewash applied the destruction
OF all vermin is certain.
Household HInts.
Copperas mixed with whitewash put
up On the cellar walls will keep velmin
away.
To polish stained floors rub them
thoroughly once a week with beeswax
and turpentine.
Strong brine may be used to advan-
tage in washing bedsteads; hot alum is
also good for this purpose.
Drain pipes and all places that are
sour or impure mly be cleansed with
lime water, copperas water or carbolic
acid.
Carpets should be thoroughly beaten
on the wrong side first, and tn en- on the
right, after which spots may be re-
moved by the use of ox-gall or ammonia
and water.
When hard-finished walls are calci-
mined, the soiled coats should be
washed or scraped before ne " one is
put on. This is the most disagreeable
part of the process. The furniture
should be covered, as lime makes spots
that remove with difficulty, especially
upon black walnut.
Furniture needs cleaning as much as |
other woodwork. 1t may be washed |
with warm soapsuds. quickly wiped dry |
and then rubbed wi h an oily cloth. To |
polish it, rub it with rotten stone and |
sweet oil. Gle IN off the oil and polish |
1t with chamois skin. For ordinary |
woodwork use whiting to rub the dirt |
Oft and ammonia. Mortar and paint
may be removed from window-glas
VITA hot, sharp vinegar. Grained
wood should be washed with cold tea.
In washing painted walls it is a good
plan to remove from the room eyery-
thing that can be injured by steam and
then hang sheets wrung from hot water
IN the room. The vtpor, condensing on
the walls, sCftens the dirt. which may
be wiped off with wooden cloths wrung
from soda-water. Ceilings that have
peen smoked by kerosene lamp should
be washed off with soda water If tie
wall about the stove has be, n smoked
by the stove, cover the black patches
with gum snellac, and they will not
strlKe through paint or calcimine.
Paint your plastered walls and thew
Will not absorb odors. You can easily
clean them with soda and water Soap
and water spots them. When paper
ana plaster become saturated with
efhuVla, not hing but entire reno al will
clean them, Insccs will not harbor in
painted walls. Before paint or calci.
mine is applied to walls every crack
and crevice should be filled with plaster
or cement made of one part water to one
part silicate of potash mixed with COM
mon whiting. For the calcimine put a
quarter of pound of white glue in cold
water over night and heat gradually in
the morning unit. dissolved. Mix
eight pounds of whiting with hot water.
add the dissolved glue and stir to.
gether, adding ho water until about {
the consistency of thick cream. Use
along. 81
Traiuing Heifers.
1t Is an easy matter to train a heifer
TO stand quietly To he miIked hnt L. :,