Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-06-08
DiSlNFecTANTS.
Directions For Making nnd Suggestions For
Using Them.


Directions For Making npd Suggestions For
Using Them.
A powerful disinfectant like copporus
Is needed in the spring to clean out tho
plumbing and thoroughly purify it. In
almost every house that is attached to
system of sewage there is an outside
drain that is certain to need disinfection
early. For this purpose dissolve "a pound
of copperas in six quarts of boiling water.
stirring it thoroughly Pour tAs ooiu-
tion down the drain, being careful not to
spatter it, as it is powerful poison and
will permanently stain anything it
touches. Should any crystals Of the cop
peras remain in tho bottom Of the dishit
was dissolved in add more boiling water
and dissolve them. Do not attempt to
dissolve the copperas in any vessel OF tin
or other metal. An old white washpail
or some wooden dish that will not be
used for any other purpose is the best
thing to mix it in. After disinfecting the
drain clean it with a whisk and keep 1t
free from dirt or any foreign substances
that may stop it up The closets about
the house should be disinfected in the
same way as the drain. A strong prep
aration of washing soda and boiling
water should be poured down the drain
pipe of the sink at least once week If
any amount of greasy water passes
through it. All the lodges and inside OF
the sink should be scrubbed with whisk
kept for the purpose. It is necessary to
keep watch of the floor in the vicinity OF
the sink, where bits of food may fan,
even If one is not guilty of the supremely
slovenly trick of keeping the garbage
nail there. The garbage pail should be
kept outdoors and should be emptied
daily and washed out after tits emptied,
40 that there will be no chance for 1t to
become foul and odorous.
The plan of burning the garbage is Of.
ten advocated, and where there is small
quantity this is possible. But in sum.
mer. when melon rinds and fruit and
vegetable peelings accumulate, it is not
possible to destroy the mass in the kitch-
en- stove without serious injury to the
stove and an odor which will pervade the
whole house. The best way to dispose OF
this refuse in the country is to put it in
pit each day, covering it with little
earth and adding a mixture of lime and
washing soda in equal parts. Properly
buried in this manner the mass becomes
rotted, and in six months or year vii
be the most valuable kind Of fertilizer
for a flower bed or vegetable garden
Thus nothing is wasted as it is in burn
ing. Old bones or refuse of any hnt
can be thrown in this pit and If proper
ly treated with soda and lime will all be
come in time reduced to an even mass
Old Connecticut farmers saved every
thing they could for such acompost heal
az this, and it enabled them to exc out
considerable crop from land that was to-
often at the start barren. Where ther
are farm animals great deal OF tn
waste of kitchen is valuable food TO
them. It is the waste that is Of no othe
use that is used in the compost heaI
Such q heap should be situated at dis
tance from the house in some availabl
, spot. So valuable is this waste for fel
tilizer that small German gardeners
, the vicinity Of great city gladly call fo
, it, ostensibly for the pig" but in real
ty for fertilizing their celery beds an
other more valuable vegetables. Flow
ers exhibit wonders of bloom created b
/ dressing of this kind properly mike
with the earth.