River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-04-29
Current Notes.

One inch Of cream means llS cubic inches or
about two quarts.
To destroy quoek 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 or sailing is the only way.
Blue grass will not winter kill in this latitude.
Sow as 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; a
tablespoonful poured into each burrow eXtermi-
mates them. Weaker solution not effective.
To extermfnate the striped cucumber beetle,
carbolate of lime busted on the blossoms, where
Iull-grown beetles were feeding, killed them all
in two days, says one who has tried it.
Mortar and paint may be removed from win
dow-gass with hot, sharp vinegar
Grained woods should be washed with cold
tea, and then, after being wiped 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 is also
good for this purpose.
Drain-pipes and all places that are sour or
impure may be cleansed with, lime-water or car
bOlic acid or chloride OF lime.
Cayenne pepper blown into the cracks where
ants congregate viii drive them away. The
same remedy is also good for mice.
Hellebore sPrinkled on the floor at night de-
stroys cockroaches. They eat it and are pois-
oned. II should be swept up each morning.
Plush goods and all articles dyed with aniline
colOrs, faded from exposure 10 light viii look
as bright as ever after sponging with chloro-
form.
Five dollars invested in shade trees adds
more to the value of the farm than twenty dol
lars invested in any other way.
If tree seeds or cuttings are soaked in water
| for 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 well when the horses are idle, as they are
not liable TO get into too high condition on it.
Furniture needs cleaning as much as other
woodwork. ltmay be washed with warm soap
suds quickly, wiped dry, and then rubbed with
an oily cloth. To polish it rub with rOtten-stone
and sweet oil. Clean OFF the oil and polish with
chamois-skin.
Whole cloves are now used TO exterminate the
merciless and industrious moth u is said they
are more effectua a destroying agent than
either tobacco, camphor, or cedar-shavings.
Bloody milk is nearly always produced by
some injury to the udder-Often by an inhuman
kick-thOGgh 1t may be the result Of inhamma-
ton produced by some other cause. Foment
with water, little vinegar added give good
care, kind treatment, and the trouble viii soon
disappear.
The weak backs and hind legs frequently no.
ticed in hogs is probably due to lard, or kidney
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 grain Of arsenic daily
Tor two or three weeks is recommended. Some
do nothing, claiming that nature will correct
the trouble.