Morris tribune., 1882-03-30
Shorts Of all Sorts.

Cotton cloth to be used for covers for
hot. bed frames can be painted with linseed-
oil without much expense. as the Oil is
cheap. A gallon would be sufficient for
large hot bed. If the cotton absorbs too
much oil coat it first with glue water, first
stretching the cloth on q frame, and when
the glue is dry put on the oil with paint
brush. T1e cloth may be thus made mir
and water prof.
III growing hops as a crop the vines are
trained to poles s ct III the ground. When
the vines reach the tops Of the poles the
ends begin to droop and twine about the
lower portion of the plant. The effect Of
this dropping is to check the growth Of the
vine and en- courage fruiting. In growing
few hops where the vines run on to trees IL
would avoid the Inconvenience if they were
planted away from the trees or if the vines
were pruned when they reach the tops of
the poles.
A press has recently been invented for
pressing hay, straw, and weeds for fuel. 1t
is very powerful, and forms those articles
into blocks almost as solid as wood, and
then cuts them into convenient sizes for
use.
1t is usual when planting celery to cut of
the leaves Of the longest stalks, leaving
only the heart. 1t will tend to dwarf cell
cry to set the plants close; that is, six
inches apart in the rows. Celery requires
a cool, moist place; III rich, warm soil it
may run to seed, making a very rank
growth.
The best remedies for cabbage worms are
Persian insect powder and cayenne pepper.
Either Of these are sprinKled upon the cab
bases and the worms and very soon kill the
latter. Persian insect powder is sold at the
| drug stores, and is quite harmless to per-
sons but fatal to all insects. 1t is the pow
| dered leaves of a plant known as Pyrethrum
T0eeum.
The small flies that hover about the sap
pals in Sugar. making time are the same
that are found SO plentifully about decay.
| ing apples and other fruit, and cider mills,
| in the fall.
In reducing bones with ashes, all that il
required is to subject the bones to the cor.
roding effects ofScaustic potash; the neces,
| sary caustic quality is given to the ashes by
| adding fresh caustic quicklime, which takes
| the carbonic acid from the ashes and leaves
the potash pure and very corrosive. Pu
the bones and ashes in box or barrel, il
| layers, adding fresh quicklime to eacl
| layer; the quantities are immaterial, SO thai
there is enough and to spare. Their
saturate with water, but do not lei
it drip.
| Ants may easily be destroyed by dissolvinE
sugar of lead in water and moistenins
brown sugar with the solution. The suga
is then spread upon pieces Of paper O
shavings, and these are scattered abou
| where the ants run.
The surest remedy against crlbbing in
1 10 RI kpa i'm in uiall hot 10 hna rH
ed up smoothly in front and at the sides t,
the top, and give the food in a manger no
over 1S inches from the feor. A horse
cannot crib with his head down. No othe
| method will cure this vicious habit so read
lily as this, if at all.
information regarding lands of tn United
States and maps Of the states aud terri
tories where there are lands belonging t,
the United States, can be procured Of tn
commissioner Of public lands at Washing
ton. The maps can only be procured
through representative.
The heaviest hog we have heard of is on,
that was recently reported from junction
City, Kan. It is said to be feet long;
1-2 feet girth q neck; z 1-2 feet girth Of
chest; 8 feet around the middle; 80 inches
across the hips, and 1852 pounds in
| weight.
| II the ground is in good condition, il
/ would be well to SOW grass and clover alone
and SOW as early as possible. Six to eigh
pounds Of timothy and four quarts OF clio
yer per acre are commonly sown.
Salt and ashes are excellent fertilizers
for oats and grass. They should be sown
when the oats are just up and the gras;
making it's first start to grow. Five bush
els Of salt and as many ashes as can be pro
cured may be used per acre.