West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-12-05
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

When tho sol! gets soaked take a
heavy aye and go along your pole fences
and drive the stakes that the cattle have
ioosened by rubbing Chicago Times.
Kerosene is better than crude pc
troleum for the softcning and clearing
out the gummed and hardened oil in the
boxers of mowers, rcapers and other
farm machinery. -Erchdnge.
Flowers may be kept very fresh over
night II they are excluded entirely from
the air 70 do this wet them thor
oughly, put in damp box aud cover
with raw cotton or wet newspaper, and
place in a cool spot.
1t is said that the simplest rer1edy
for worms in cattle, sheep and hogs Is
turpentine mixed with little feed or
given in linseed oil or Cruel; two ounces
for cow and one-fourth or less for
smaller animals. Troy Times.
The rapid growth and dens-, shade
which buckwhcat makes gives il great
value as "A weed destroyer. Even this
ties can be kept down by il if the land
Is sown as soon after blowing rs possible.
and the first thistlcs that appear are
pulled or cut with hoe Toledo
BLdde.
Pumpkin Preserves: After carefully
dressing raw pumpkin cut il into inch
squares; boil in two quarts of water with
cupful of vinegar until il il tender,
and allow pound of sugar to pound
of the preserved pumpkin; cook ii well
together and add little ginger and
lemon sliced i'm it after il is cooked;
convenient when fruit is scaTce.-T The
household
TO keep worms from dried fruit
place your fruit in steamer over pot
OF boiling water, covered tightly. When
thoroughly heated tie them Immediate
~ in a clean linen or cotton bag and
hang them up. This method Is prefer.
able to heating i'm an oven, rs that is
apt to render them hard, even if you
are so fortunate rs not to burn them. -
~. y. Times
One of the most difficult things to
cure for fodder is the green cOrn-stalk.
Great quantities of good winter feed are
often lost by early frost, and the Amcri-
can CUtttUdtOr suggests as remedy
drying the stalks on a platform of rails
or loose boards, laid so as TO allow a
current of air under the stack, with a
column of barrels built up through the
middle to give additional ventilation.
The time is coming when it will
pay TO plant varieties of corn which are
especially rich in starch for the manu-
facturers or in nutritive elements for
the feeders. A few skilled specialists
are at work developing varieties hav-
ing marked characteristics of value.
But..as varieties change rapidly i'm diff
ferent soils and climates, there is
plenty of room for many workers in
this direction. Boston Globe.
There should be a large bed of
asparagus in every garden. Once
planted and the thing is permanency.
Fall planting has some advantage over
spring planting, and besides, there is
more time for the work The soil
should be rich, and, if it is worked up
foot and a half deep, all the better.
Should is naturally be stiff and clayey.
incorporate some sandy loan or rotted
turf, or some coal ashes with it. 1t
should be well undetermined A bed
of six rows of the plants, three feet
apart and fifty or sixty feet long, with
nine inches between the roots in the
rows will supply good-sized family
well.-C Chicago Times.