Agricultural And Domestic

To a Northern farmer it is a great recommendation of any land to say it will rnaintain clovcr. With that only labor and skill are needed to insure profltable farming. - FAmira Gazcttc. Asiies. - Do not allow ashes of any kind to be wastcd. It will pay to haul leached ashes severa! miles, when one lias his own team and a laborer at fair wages. Coal ashes when spread around berry bushes of any sort, or around grape vines, will aid materially in producing large and fair fruit. - Oardener's Monthly. A correspondent of the Pacific Rural Press says : ' ' The only effectual remedy for wire-worm I know of is a thorough cultivation of the soil. Those that are troublod with them will flud by examining thoir soil tliat it is cold, and by stirriug it thoroiighly it will get warmer. By so doing they will kill the wire-worm, as it cannot live in, warm ground." Reject the Sceubs. - In stock-breeding retire from service forthwith, every scrub male, whether of the cattle, horse, sheep, pig or poultry íamily, and use none but good stock animáis, as it costs about as much to raise a scrub of any kind as it does a bred or thoroughbrcd. Tliereforo, if a farmer would utilize his feed so as to get the most inoney therefrom, he should breed none but good-blooded animáis. - Hural Itome. Prevention of S warming. - A correspondent of the Bcc Keepers Magazine, in relation to the swarming'of boes, says: ' ' Af ter I have had all the increase I desire, when a hivo shows au inclination to swarm I move it to tlie place of somo weaker hive. In that way I make all my colonies strong. and wlicn I have accomplished that object but still have a hive that threatens to swarm I chango places with another, that may also sliow signs of swarming. The change of workers destroys the propensity of swarming for the time being, and by givingthem plenty of box room thcy will store honey, and if they are again inclined to swarm, you may move back agaiu and it will lavo the effect." Keepinö Down the Weeds. - The London Garden remarks : "The only remedy for weeds is prompt destruction in a young state. Weeds are easily eradieated if never allowed to advance beyond the seed-leaf . ünce let their roots run deep and wide, and their tops rise high, and then the weeds are masters in the garden. It provokes one x see the complacency with which some cultivators allow weeds to establish ;hemsclves in flower beds or borders, or on roads or walks, and their anbaequent 'utile eñbrts to subjugate them. Prompt destruction will vanquish the vory worst of them. Plantaina, grass, thistles, and docks, are perhaps the most difficult to eradicate. But if by any neglect these lave gained a strong footing in any garden, constant beheading alone will destroy them. No plant can live long if never fillowed to form leaves or sterns, and the shortest, surest, easiest way to eradicate the worst weeds is by incessant cutting off all their visible parts." Scaheceows. - The best scarecrow is a suspended looking glass. Take two small, cheap mirrors, fasten them back ;o back, attach a cord to one angle, and iiang them to an elastic pole. When ;he glass swings in the wind, the sun's rays are reflected all over the field, even if it be a large oue, and even the oldest and bravest of crows will depart precipitately should one of its lightning flashes fall on him. The second plan, although a terror to crows, is especially well suited to fields subjected to tlie inroads of small birds and even chickens. It involves an artiïcial hawk made from a big potato and Long gooso and turkey feathers. The maker can exercise his imitative skill in sticking the feathers into the potato so that they resemble the spread wings and tail of a hawk. It is astonishing what a ferocious bird of prey can be constructed Crom the above simple material. It only reinaius to hang the object from a tall bent pole, and the wind will do the rent. The bird will makc swoops and dashes in the most headlong and threatening manner. Even the most inquisitivo of venerable hens have beenknown to Imrry rapidly from its dangerous vicinity, while ;o small birds it carries unmixed dismay. - Scientific American. About the House. Tooth Powdbr. - Three ounces cale, carb. precp. , one and a half ounces sapo Oastile, one-half ounce pulv. camph. Put one or two red peppers or a few pieces of charcoal into a pot where ham, cabbage, etc. , is boiling, and the house will not be filled with an ofl'ensive odor. To Remove Mildew. - Tako equal parts o lcmon juice, snit, starch and wft soap; rub on thiokly, loy on the grass in the hot sun. Eenew tl ie applicatiön two or three times a day. Bkead Pancakes. - Cut bread dough whioh is ready for baking into strips or t'ancy designs, and drop into hot lard. When they are a fine brown, drain them well, and sejod to the breaki'ast-tablo very hot. To be caten with sirup. Fbied r.;:! ra Battek. - One tablespooniul of sweet, light dough ; make it into a thin batter by one cup of sweet milk ; add tliiveor temt eggs, one and a half oups flour, teaspoonful of salt. Out light bread into thin slices, dip into ibis batter, and fry in hot lard. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and garnish with elly, if agreeablé. For Shampooing. - Dissolve one teappooiiful of borax in a cup of hot water; .ïpply the liquid to the scalp until a good (ether, is produeed: tina rinse well with warm water, nutil the liair feels soft and natural; if desired, a cold water rinse may be taken at the last; wipe the hair drj', and let it hang loosely about the shoulders to get the air througli. Washing.- The following suggestions are recommended by a correspondent who has tested them : For ordinary washing, use a táblespoonful oí' bórax to every five gallons of water, and two ounces of soap ; soak tU dotlies in this over night ; give them a thorough boiling without wringing. When the ('lothes are very much soiled, seo that tlie water is made soft with bórax. Clothes tiras waahed will not turn yellow. In washing fiannels, uso one tablespboníul of bórax to ñve gallons of water, without soa]}. It will not shrink them. For starching linen, use one teaspoonful of borax to one pint of boilmg starch. For washing and bleaohing laces, put one teapooní'ul oí borax to one pint of boiling Water, leave your articles to soak in the solution for twentyfour liours, then wash wilh a little soap. For cleansing black cashmeres, wash in hot suds with a little boraxinthe water; rinse in blueing water - very blue, and iron on the wrong side while damp.