Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-06-29
HOUSE AND FARM.

HOUSE AND FARM.
Household miscellany.
5s It h not generally known that ripe
Strawberries, particularly the wild vari.
cites, are an excellent dentifrice.
Brass is quite in favor, either inlaid OF
in the shape Of trimming or mounting,
on articles OF furnishing.
DR.. Josephine Walter has carried of
the position Of resident physician at the
Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, after
. competitive examination of candidates.
A writer in the Scientific American
says: Eve clean our premises of the
detachable vermin, rats, by making white
wash yellow with copperas and covering
the stones and rafters with it. In every
crevice in which a rat may go we put
the crystals of the copperas, and scatter
in the corner Of the floor. The result
was perfect stampede of rats and mice.
Since that time not a football of either
rats or mice has been heard around the
house"
Graining which has been done long
time is apt to crack and become nicked
in places so that it looks shabby and old
Ordinarily coat ofgood varnish is all
that is necessary to bring out the grain
and make the woodwork look very well
and last a great deal longer. If, how
ever, the varnish will not cover the blem-
ishes, small quantity of oak or walnut
stain can be mixed with it. This will
darken the color, still allowing the train
ing to show through.
Vick's Monthly states that a good re-
tmedy for the insects which infest the
rose is to syringe both surfaces with a
solution of whale oil soap, using one
pound of the soap to one gallon Of water.
Another remedy is kerosene mixed with
an equal quantity of milk. spoonful Of
the mixture being then stirred i'll gal
lon of water for Swinging In few
hours wash off either of these applica-
tions by Swinging with clear water.
Caution is recommended in the use of
carbolic acid on plants, as it will destroy
them if used too freely. 1t is advised to
mix a few dropsi soap suds made from
soft soap, and try its strength on
weeds.
Pots containing flowers should be
washed as often as any mould or fungus
growth appears.
How to Kill Cabbage Worms.
From the Scientific American.
The rayages of the caterpiliars of the
cabbage butterfly caused good deal of
trouble last summer at the State Agri-
cultural experiment station, Geneva,
N. Y, particularly those of the second
of August brood. In order to test the
efficacy of various reputed remedies
for cabbage worm, the director applied
them to the special collections of worms,
and noted the effects. One specimen
confined for three hours in a bottle
partly filed with black pepper crawled
away disorderly by the powder, but APP
parently unhal med. The second. re-
peatedly immersed in a solution Of salt
spetre, and third in one of boracic acid,
exhibited little indication Of inconver-
'ience. Bisulphide of carbon produced
piled to the worm, though
Its fumes were not efectual The fumes
of benzine as well as the liquid caused al
most instant death, but when applied to
the cabbages small whitish excrescences
appeared on the leaves. Hot water ap-
piled to the cabbage destroyed portion
of the worms. causing also the leaves to
turn yellow. One..ounce of saltpetre and
two pounds of common salt dissolved in
three gallons of water formed an appli-
cation which was partly efficient The
most satisfactory remedy tested, how
ever, consisted of mixture Of half a
pound each of hard soap and kerosene
oil in three gallons of water. This was
applied August 26; an examination the
following day, showed many, if not all,
the worms destroyed. The growing
cabbage presents such mass OF leaves
in which the caterpillars may be con-
cealea that it is hardly possible to reach
,all the worms at one application. 1t is
of importance, therefore, to repeat the
the use Of any remedy at frequent inter
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