The Worthington advance., 1882-03-30
Shorts of all Sorts.

Cotton cloth to be used for covers for
hot bed frames can be painted with iinsecd-
Oil without much expense. as the OIL is
cheap. 4 gallon would be sufficient for It
large hot- bed. II the cotton absorbs too
much oil coat it first with glue water, first
stretching the cloth on a frame, and when
the glue is dry put On the oil with IL paint
brush. Tle cloth may be thus made mir
and water prof.
IL growing hops as Il crop tho vines are
trained to poles set III the ground. When
the vines reach the tops Of the poles the
ends begin to tlroop and twine about the
lower portion Of tho plant The effect CT
this dropping is to check the growth OF the
vine and encourage iru'ting. In growing Il
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 bean invented for
pressing hay, straw, and weeds for fuel. It
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. It Will tend to dwarf cel-
cry to set the plants close; that is. six
inches apart in the ro"s. Celery rcQuire
! a cool, moist place; in rich, w,rm soil ii
| may run to seed, making II very rank
growth.
The best remedies for cabbage worms are
| Persian insect powder aud cayenne pepper
Either Of these are sprinKled uEon the cab
| bages and the worms aud verg soon kill the
j 1ottn tr-r 80 ,o1l II,
drug stores, and is quite harmless to per
sons but fatal to all insects. It is the pow
dered leaves Of plant known as Pyreth,am
| r0Seum.
| The small tiies that hover about the sap
pals in sugar making time are the same
that are found so plentifully about decay
in the fall.
required is to subject the bones to the cor.
roding effects oflcaustic potash; the neces.
sary caustic quality is given to the ashes by
adding fresh caastic quicklime, which takes
the carbonic acid from the ashes and leaves
the potash purO and very corrosive. Pu
the bones and ashes in a box or barrel, ir
layers, adding fresh quicklime to eact
| layer; the quantities are immaterial, so that
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 moisteninl
| brown sugar with the solution. The sugar
ls then spread upon pieces Of paper o.
! shavings, and these are scattered abou
where the ants run.
The surest remedy against cnbbing in .
horse is to keep him in stall that is board
ed up smoothly in front and at the sides Il
the top, and give tho food in q manger no.
over 18 inches from the fieor. A horse
cannot crib with his head down. No othel
method will cure this vicious habit 80 read
lily as this, if at all.
| Information regarding lands OF tn United
States and maps Of the states and terri
'ories 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;
IL feet girth Of neck: 1-2 feet girth OF
chest; 8 feet around the middle: so inches
across the hips, and 1852 pounds in
weight.
II the ground is in good condition, il
would be we'll to SOW grass and clover alone
and SOW as early as possible. Six to eigk
pounds OF timothy and four quarts Of clio
yer per acre are commonly sown.
Salt aud ashes are excellent fertilizers
for oats and grass. They should be sown
when the oats are just mp and the grass
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.