The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-04-29
Current Notes.

One inch Of cream means 11s cubic inches or
about two quarts.
To destroy quock grass, couch grass, witch
grass, and varieties Of grasses with perennial
stems. Hoed crops, thorough blowing, with
narrowing to collect the fragments, and heavy
lining OK sailing is the only way.
Blue grass will not winter kill in this latitude.
Sow ~ early in the spring as possible on land
that has received thorough cultivation.
To destroy lettuce lice: VOLTS soap. three
ounces to one gallon OF water, sprayed on the
plants destroys all the lice.
Black ants may be disposed Of by using one
part carbolic acid to sixty-four parts water; q
tablespoonful poured into each burrow extermi.
nases taem. weaker solution not effective.
To exterminate the striped cucumber beetle.
caroolate OF lime busted on the blossoms, where
full-grown beetles were feeding, killed them ali
IN Two Gays, says one who has tried it.
Mortar and paint may be removed from win
dow-glass with hot, sharp vinegar.
Grained woods should be washed with cold
tea, and then, after being ped dry, rub with
linseed oil.
Remove hower-pot stains from window stills
by rubbing with fine wood-ashes and rinse with
clean water.
Strong brine may be used to advantage in
washing bedsteads. Hot alum-water ia also
good for this purpose.
Drain-pipes and all places that are sour or
impure may be cleansed withQime-water or car
bolic acid or chloride Of lime.
cayenne pepper blown into the cracks where
ants congregate will drive them away. The
same remedy is also good for MICE
Hellebore sPrinkled on the door at night de.
stroys cockroaches. They eat it and are pois-
oned. 1t should be swept up each morning.
flusn goods and all articles dyed with aniline
coiors, faded from exposure to light, will look
90 hNSN
form.
Five dollars invested in shade trees adds
more to the value Of the farm than twenty dol
lars invested in any other way.
II tree seeds or cuttings are soaked in waite,
1or two days before planting, they will grow
quicker and stronger than when planted dry.
All kinds of straw are inferior to hay. oat be.
ing the only variety that should be used. Il
does we'll when the horses are idle, AZ they arc
not liable to get into too high condition on it.
furniture needs cleaning az much a. other
woodwork. 1t may be washed with warm soap.
sude quickly. wiped dry, and then rubbed with
an oily cloth. To polish it rub with rottep-stone
| and sweet oil. Clean off the oil and polish with
chamois-skin.
Whole cloves are now used to exterminate the
mercless and industrious moth. 1t is said they
are more effectual as a destroying agent than
e'tner TOBACCO, camphor, or cedar-shavings.
BLOODY milk ID nearly always produced BY
some injury to the udder-often by an inhuman
ktck-though 1t may be the result of infamma.
ton produced by some other cause. Foment
with water, little vinegar added, give good
care, kind treatment, and the trouble will soo1
disappear.
The weak backs and hind legs freouentlv M
nced in hogs is probably due to lard, or kidne,
worms. Many feed sulphur in small quantities
Tor few days: turpentine applied across the
small of the back is frequently reported efica
cious. one-eighth Of a grain Of arsenic daily
n p hR0n n1ro t.
do nothing, claiming that nature will correc
the trouble.