Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-01-09
MAKING USE OF ASHES.
and Wood Ashes Are an Excel.
lent Fertilizer.

Many farmers door yard is made
unsightly by an ash heap, for such
place soon becomes the dumping heap
for all trash. Many farmers, where
wood is burned, still have the leach log
or barrel and save the ashes for max
ing I've soap. If these ashes were used
judiciously as fertilizer we question
the economy of the home soap making,
especially where farmers family
will purchase soap by the box. If one
family feels this is more than it is able
to do, surely several families may be
found who will gladly assist in pur-
chasing whole box of soap. Then,
the thrifty housewife knows that soap
which has been stored for some
months will waste less, and this is an
economy that is not always fully ap-
preciated.
But for those ash heaps. If coal is
burned, you will have material for ex-
cellent walks that will save much mud
from the house. The writer knows a
walk made of coal cinders that has
been used for several years without
any additional labor. The cinders and
coal ashes were piled up well, and the
walk was then much used.
Put the wood ashes on the strawber-
ry bed and in the orchard. Ashes in
diligently used on the strawberry bed
will purchase box of desirable soap
with much less work than making
them up into soap that is so hard on
the skin, and which, while it takes the
dirt out of the clothes, also takes
out the color and renders all mate
rial washed with it more tender. Keep
the ashes dry and use them as fer
tilizer, and feed the charcoal to the
pigs. If managed in this way the ash
heap will disappear from the door
yard and the ashes be made of profit
able use.-Rural World.
Some Early Asphalt Roads.
History and tradition have fur
nished us with the basic information
which has guided us in building the
civilization of to-day. It said that in
prehistoric times the Incas of Peru
built roads that extended from the
tropically heated valleys up the noun
tains to the regions of perpetual frost,
using the natural asphalt rock, and
these roads are in good condition to-
day. The discovery of a large section
in Kentucky covered with asphalt
rock, which scientists have pronounced
a perfect and natural combination of
asphalt and quartz sand, most valuable
for paving purposes and far superior
to any artificial combination that
could be made, is of vital Importance.
The day may not be far distant when
every city and village will have all
streets paved with asphalt rock, ma
terial which is not only the most dur
able but clearly and noiseless.-Amer-
lean Asphalt Journal.
Beware of the First Louise.
Some of the men that make bust
ness of rearing chickens for broilers do
so without ever having the care of
hens. They depend entirely on eggs
purchased from others. They claim to
be more careful to exclude the hen
from their brooder esta b,ishments
than even the prowling animals that
like to feed on chicks. The objection
to the hen is that she brings Lice with
her. and the lice once intrenched are
almost impossible to exterminate.
This fact of the persistence of lice
is one we'll known to poultry raisers.
A single louise may be the progenitor
of millions in short time and their
very multitudes and high rate of in
crease make them almost invincible.-
Farmers Review.