The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-08-17

will adhere to the latter with the idea that |
it has the most nourishmen, The differ.
ence between pound of beef and pound .
OF rice is very marked, the latter being 100
per cent. cheaper and 100 per cent more
valuable TO the common laborer than the
beef diet.
THERE is but one species Of rye but cul-
tiyation has given it the spring or winter
modification. BY repeatedly sowing winter .
rye later il IL gradually transformed into I
the spring variety or the reverse may take
place By an opposite course Rye will bear
greater variation in the time Of sowing in ,
autumn than winter wheat We have sue
cccdcd well with it when sovn near the .
end OF November and hence the facility
with which the above mentioned change is
made.
DR. JonS \. WARDER, President of the
American Forestry Association, claims for
the catalpa durability and power of re-
sistance 10 the influences of the element, .
possessed by no other wood. II is OF an
elastic nature, but not 50 soft and light as
cottonwood. A Western exchange believes /
that the railway ties Of the future will be
Of this wood The Fort Scott, Texas and .
Cult Railroad has planted large area in
this tree 50 has the Iron Mountain Rail
road.
A CORRESPONDENT Of the Baltimore Sun |
thus describe, filter which he says he /.
u.es with perfect success for all the water
his family requires 1t is a gallon-glass /.
funnel with a small piece OF sponge in the .
bottom, and on which rests half a dozen F.,
slender sticks 10 facilitate the percoation, /
then placed at intervals all around and
beneath piece of muslin a foot or so
square, The muslin Is flled with, say, a
pint ofclosely powdered charcoal. Through
this no filters the water. At first little Of
the charcoal passes through, but it soon
becomes perfect filter.
PETER HENDERSON does not believe that
the sO.called in.ectiyorous plants derive
any more nOuriShment from their victims
than the hemlock, which destroys millions
Of gnats on It's resnOu. eKudatiOns, or the
thistle and burdock, which impale so many
IuDtIlS itIII WI lII''4
spincs. In the summer Of 1873 he and ".
|. TAFT made two experiments, using 100
plants in each test, those chosen being the
well-known Carolina ay.trnp. The plants
which received no insects were just az
vigorous as those which had been treated
to the supposed animal diet
Mrs W. G. Gilbert, Of Lake County, o.,
gives MS the following valuable recipe Il
have used the following preparation sue
ccssiully for years, and can highly recon.
mend it for the destruction Of bugs on
squash and cucumber vines; Dissolve a
tablespoonful Of .altpctre in a paifuI OF
water, Put one pint OF this around each
hill, shaping the earth 20 that it will not
spread much and they are safe. Use more
saltpctre il you can afford it, 1t is good
for vegetables but death to animal life.
The bugs burrow in the earth at night and
iail to rise in the morning"
My rule for preventing borers Is TO get n
pint Of crude Carbol!C acid, costing twenty
five cents md sufficient for twenty gallons
of the wash. Take tight barrel and put
in four or five gallons OF soft soap, with as
much hot water to thin it, then stir in the
pint Of Carbolic acid, and let 1t stand over
night or longer to combine. Now add
twelve gallons Of rain water and stir well
then apply to the base of the trees with a
short broom or brush, taking pains to wet
the inside II all crcyiCcs This will pre-
vent both peach and apple borers, 1t
should be applied the latter part OF June in
this climate when the moth and beetles
usually appear The odor is 80 pungent
and lasting thnt no eggs will be deposited
whore it has been applied, and the effect
will continue till after the insects have
done flying II the crude acid cannot be
obtained, onc-third OF the pure will answer
but it is more cxpensiye.-firmer.
always have gemnium blossoms from
September 10 September, | start my
winter blooming plants in pots in May, nip
ping oil the buds ~ fast rs they appear; in
September take them In tho house and
water once a week with copperas water.
My geranums look rs il they had grown
out Of doors so strong, dark and healthy |
they look, and the zone Is almost black. | |
have only common window in which to |
place my plants.
Ny Gala has not been free from blossoms |
and buJs since Nov.mbor I received If |
from California an the second dav If No.
vcuher and nm tho sone day took - cIc,r
not that will hold , gnIlon mn, in , fow
,,;cccs If hrotor hricts thor a hordfnI ~
leaf mold garden soil and sand ni.ed ,nd
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