Corvallis gazette., December 17, 1907, Image 4

in
fiC arm and
Garden.
ICEHOUSE.
Low
Coat: Structure That Can
Be
Built by Any Clever Man.
A large block of ice will last. much
longer relatively than one somoYwhat
mailer. Fifteen feet square on the
outside should be about . the -size to
build an icehouse for the farm, says a
writer in Orange Judd Farmer. Al
lowing one and a half feet ; for the
pace between the two walls and the
pace between the inner wall and the
ica. this will give a block of ice twelve
feet square, and if - it is twelve feet
high it will contain, theoretically fifty
two tons, but in practice not more
than forty to forty-five tons, according
to how closely it is laid. The loss of
ICEHOUSE TALL .
Ice from melting is very great in all
ordinary icehouses, and especially, is
this true, where it is taken out daily In
such, small pieces as is usually the,
case.
The house should be built above
ground, and if it can be placed where
It will be protected from the noonday
sun by shade trees it will be found
to be of advantage. A low cost ice
house can be built with ordinary lum
ber and by any one handy with tools.
The essentials to be observed are:
First, drainage below and ventilation
above; second, a perfectly tight foun
dation. Warm air rises, and if a cur
rent of warm air gets started through
the ice it will cause quick melting.
Third, a double wall surrounding the
Ice on sides and top.
The foundation should be made of
brick, concrete or stone masonry, in
which sills 2 by 8 should be bedded in
cement. On this erect 2 by 8 studding
twenty-eight inches apart. On the in
side for the inner wall one-half inch
sheathing material may be used of al
most any kind of lumber. Some dura
ble wood is to be preferred, as these
boards are apt to decay quickly. For
the outside good novelty siding may
be used. It should be free from knot
holes and cracks. The rafters should
be 2 by 4, with sheathing on the under
side. It is important to have plenty
of air space between the shingles and
sheathing beneath the rafters, as every
one knows how hot it gets under a
barn roof in summer. The space be
tween the two walls on the four sides
may be left empty if the outer in
c Insure is very tight, as a dead air
space is one of the best nonconductors.
But it will not be a dead air space if
there are holes or cracks in the siding.
If the ground on which the house is
situated is of a gravelly, porous na
ture no provision need be made for
drainage, as the water will be absorb
ed as fast as the Ice melts.; Otherwise
the floor should be graded off, so as to j
lope to one point, where surplus not- ,
ed may: be taken roll. by means, of a
trapped outlet pipe to exclude all air
whUe allowing the water to escape.
The door opening; of the house
should begin about four feet from the
ground and extend upward nearly .to
the .top of the roof. Xhe. outer jnay
be made In two or three sections and .
the , Inner lncloeure applied by boards
erosswise, put la as the. hoos. Mt.fiUed
and taken out as it, 1 eatied.KvIfc.ls .;
a mistake to provide too jnnch ventila. j
non. jror en orawary nou-e u- w
squere opeoings ateaca mua unT tag
apex of the roof are sulneient. and It
woold be of advantaae to provide for
cioelss these on warm days. -
The stores. eeU vvery exceilent barret
headers or preseee. ltat .,one can be
r.iggeo.very
qnicxiy rot ne-
, fcg a JlBkS;or
scanning witn
a stud reaching
to the ehed
plate and
BW, FBXSS.
poraruy nauea
in n place. v The
Darrei to oe neaaea wrms toe imccum. ,
Be careini not to press .we appies 100
hard. Farm Journal.
New Variety of Spinach.
A new variety of spinach which has
never been listed In any of the Amer
ican catalogues is being grown at Val
verde, near Denver, which is creating
very favorable comment on the Denver
market The seed waa Imported from
Prussia, and for the lack of a better
name It is called German spinach. Its
chief advantage lies in the thickness
and Juiciness of the stems, which pre-
1 nin. r th ni.nfa
when placed on the market and also
eua iu iuf mui wucu y;puvu
jhe table. uenver r teia ana arm.
Using Kerosene.
.Kerosene used: freely in the poultry
houses around platforms and roots Is
a Cood aJaafectant and helpevto, keep
Jth place free from chicken Uce. It 4a
a remedy generally right at hand which
Hay be applied wtth a brush or sprayed
oat at any odd time and at allgfet
. v PfTTTJ I
PETROLEUM EMULSION.
New
and Promising Fall Treatment
v For. San. Jose Scale. :
Those who have to combat the San
Jose- scale will be. interested in know
ing that the Connecticut experiment
station at Storrs has worked oat a new
formula which is very proinislng.r:Iti.0j- ,rttb; their -etems -on; and
can-be applied ia the fall, when the.are piaoedJieadjiown;and.AB.lo3e t-
. scale is most susceptible to Injury, and.
Is easily applied and prepared. It has are often made, the heads or the sec
no m effect on the. flesh nor does It ond tier being placed .between stems
corrode graying machinery. . , ,
This new remedy- goes by the Tiame '
of petroleum emulsion. It is. made, as . or Btraw and mt 'soil,
follows: Use two quarto of carbolic brush or litter. Small unsala-
acid, two and a half quarts , of fish oil. Die jieads when .stored in- this iway In
and one pound of caustic potash. This November will continue to develop dur
ls brought to a temperature of 300 de- ; jug winter and frequently sell as well
grees. The next step Is to add three as any In, February,
and a half quarts of kerosene and five " Packing- In Furrows. J
and a half quarts of water. This mix- Sman nuantities may be stored by
tore is a stock solution, or, -as o-
feasor Jarvls explained, ,"an emulsi
fler." Then for the next step eight
parts -of this emulslfler Is taken, one
part of water, eighteen parts of crude
petroleum and four parts of rosin oil.
Dilute the Mixture.
To spray, dllute-thla mixture with -
fifteen parts: of water. The formula The;. pile, is then covered with straw,
sounds a little complicated, bat is not gait grass hay or a thin layer of straw
!.0n actual practice. - JStock solutions are and, then several Inches of sou.
. made. and it is Uttle bother to have are stored before freeslng, and jwbeb
the mixture ready 'for .application. It the soil covering them la frozen ft
stays In. suspension, for -days at a time, njay-be -covered, with strawy manure
an-.wnile an,; agitator 'mfemyjbarrelor' $07)7.-other. Ittter to keep the Mil
i Is nof necessary It is a UtOe tjetter to froaen until the cabbages are needed
iise, such,iArsenate. lead cannot i '-.
i mixed -with lit, bufc-parls' green can - AaTUnUi quantities are stored ta
HWith fairly good results." There to jm
j special danger inj making the mixture, ,
i says' New England Homesteads' Hortl- the state. New York Cornell Experi
, culturists everywhere, west a well as ment Station, '
east, will watch. the , behavior of. this '
mUture closely.. , CROWN GALL
NOSE BAG.
Easy Way to Feed the Farmer's Horse
.Away From Home.
A common way of feeding dray
horses and other street teams in the
city is illustrated here. A sack is
made out of good strong ducking of a
circumference that will allow of its
being pulled over the horse's nose and
leaving sufficient room for him to work
his jaws easily. This sack Is any
where from a foot to fourteen inches
in length. The bottom is made of a
good stiff piece of harness leather cut
out and sewed firmly into the hem of
the ducking. A leather strap is rivet-
FBEDIN3 THB HOBSB.
ed into, one side of the. mouth of the
sack,- and a buckle Is riveted on the
other, so that the whole may be strap
ped on to the horse's head, as shown.
Tn nrvfoi tn food fl horne must be nn-
cbecked he sooa learn8 to place
f. ..k on the rround. where he can
push his nose to the bottom of it to
clean out the last of the food.
, For the farmer who takes a day to go
to town these sacks will be found very
' imndy, as a horse can -be If ed with
I toen7 Vlthont any waste ofj grain. pKy'W nnraerlea. jtself already a, center
vlrilnr ha. Ik flmehecked. a i.i little jm
tion should be used In placing the
v . .Mi.tnmri tn it
.. it mv oanaa him to lerk back.
However. after he has once eaten a
meal from It be can be considered weU
broken lnv-Iowa Homestoad.
Rieening Oreen Tomatoes.
Often when -freat come, there ore
aaay1 tomatoes on the vines tbakere.
amny mu aTown. pai u nave v
yet rkTened1 eaeogh 1o fend to market
I here- picked; each: tomatoee and put
xbm in
a- eooUi dark piece- 'to- ripen
alowle.ent,aawm4Jnaaket when
! W, y,, ,;,wrtter,ta.J!i(
aogifuaa
pnjes.teai .,JBnt f or,home bet-
w.. u tn ri-v Hi amaiiar odm
the vines and then hansr no the
branch in, .the cellar, darkening .the
tem-'jjj,,,, Jkaeplng. the place cpoL,
, Thj-v win rinen slowly, and one may
1-- m' Hna tomatoes in Jannarr.
.WBCn those grown In a hothouse and
not as large or, any better flavor are
selling at 2Q cents a pound or more.
Try it .
'Saving the Clover.
It is a falling of the American farm
er when a blade of grass or a stem of
clover makes . a. strong showing ,to try
to turn It Into beef, mutton or pork.
In .this effort to utilize it, he entirely
forgets that the plant may need a lit
tle winter protection. . He does not
understand how little is often sufficient
to save the plant from frost destruc-
tt-v. .1 1 f
It Is often allowed to perfect its seed,
, wuicil is as xauii w ue ciup Bexi jcai
as the winter freezing. . clipping woaia
' ; save the crop where It Is so forward
.... - -
i aa to bloom and perfect seed. Rural
! New Yorker.
-Sow .Some. Vetch.
.vBe certain to, sow . some , vetch. Sow
with oats or wheat In October. ' If yea
In the oats er wheat, sew
"retch afterward, osriy harrowing tt la
ngatty. eVxrtbern Ooltrrator.
WJNTERJNG CABBAGE.
foadv: PropaHy Stored,: Cea-
- iiVmmttp Develop.,
One of the simplest ways of keeping
cabbage i to store -in an orchard; or
tome sheltered place, often alongside
a fence which has been made, tight by
liberai.nse of straw. The cabbages
.gether -aa . possible. - Two or three tiers
UUlUt W& UJ . mil, HIJf,r..y,
The whole is covered with leaver,,, salt
nIowlnr ont two or three furrows ten
or twelve inches deep on a well drain
ed . site, and,, placing , the heads , with
their stems up as close together' as
possible. Some prefer to lay them
4ut one or Jwo thick, while others will
""nlle them up two to two and a half
feet - high, -1riBginr-tnm-to a point.
cabbage hecses, , this beng t the best
way commercially for a large pan ox
When Once Intrenched In the Soil It
Is There, to Stay.
In describing the disastrous effect of
crown gall on. a most promising or
chard of Elberta peaches at the Geor
gia experiment station Hugh N.
Starnes writes in Farming as follows:
San Jose scale works openly and ob
viously, but crown gall is insidious. It
KgyjEora of crown gaxj.
works for the most part under ground
and is seldom in evidence until the soil
is thoroughly permeated and its work
of destruction complete. When once
intrenched in the soil it is there "for
keeps." . For it there Is no enemy. Its
very nature is unknown. No one can
say. what It is. Fungicides and germi
cides are equally ineffective against
It It laughs at "the mattock and -the
match." An area once infested by It
i- is : thereafter --valueless for : fruit grow
ing.
Moreover, its presence Is practically
universal. It may be found In almost
every nursery in America. -There are
a Jew., notable exceptions. . Each of
- ,
j Z.Z ,l 7 Z.
ed broadcast over the land, for untor
i-pbllc .eee-eeem to-
i Tpreetate't-iMtlaaty-
4Dw.esithwa.-iDjr.
wner loriaL Boppreeajun.,
.Sooner , or
later, however, , the nurseryman,, ;the
iscchardist and the legislator-; must
! wako to the dajiger and nnlte tte
jBffrt,to-.atiVEt bflld 4t la checkv-for
Iti i,,0nort, jtopWBch to bope that
, from .the Ulssieplppl valley labora
tory of , the tTnited States department
jof agrtcoltore-at St itaie Prof essor
Hedgcock extends the premise 'that the
form of crown gall ,inf retina; the jacb.
ipiwB, cherry,, apricot, almond, grape.
naoiMRT ana otner emau mua is not
! the - seme as nor lntercemtnunleable
'iwttb, the form, fonnoon the apple and
,pear,..The Utter, itself divisible Into
two oisonet types, .is aiso xerxunaseif
.TOtjr much less Injurious.
Corn' Selection.
A steady - increase In 'the n umber of
ears per plant borne, by Potter's Excel
sior .sweet corn has resulted, from se
lecting seed with that end In' view. '
In 1901, the fourth year Of the exper
iment, but the. first one In which suffi
ciently detailed records were kept , to
show the percentages, only 35 per cent
of the plants bore more than one ear.
; In 1905 90 per cent bore more than one
' ear, the highest number from a single
plant being thirteen.
Selecting seed from the lower ear
I TvrodiKvxi tat the atalk AM not irlve as
Stood results aa selection from the up-
-t " - .
"ut" .
. Wwu rr n,w.lnn1 -UHAl. IfllanH
""".j """""
pertinent Station.
The Coilard.
The southern, coilard. Is the. surest
and safest vegetable product known
te-the rardeser - and there ie a mar -
ket for coilarda In every town eoav
tafaUng business men who were coosr!
toy boys Texas Farm am) Banc. j
THE
HOUSE.
Treatment For the. Removal of BUek-
heade Helpful Hints.
;Take a. bath, all over, every day.
scrubbing-4het whole.; body with a
coarse washcloth or bath mitten and
a good soap,, rinsing thoroughly and
robbing hard, for 7the drying This
starts the blood circulating and
ALL OVER
helps to clear the skin. v .or six years, had sola it to. a
"Every night take a big basin rof showman for $50 in cash.;.. The peo
warnv water and two soft cloths,' pie were not at all sentimental, but
fojded; wet them nd lay first one, they didn't look upon the transac
and then the the on:the f ace until tion as just right,
the. skiitis soft and pink.;- Thistwill . , Next day as I journeyed along I
take half an hour at first;- then press stopped at the house of the widow
out as, many .01 me. oiackneaas as
possible where they come easily,
tiave a spoonful 01 bail aiconoi, nan
water, and touch each pore with a
drop as its contents are -pressed out,
but not before. . This helps to con
tract it. After this is done, with
the palms of the hands- rub a good
lather-.into , the lace, well rinse in
two or three clean warm waters and
then in cold, with a dash of toilet
vinegar in' it. - Wipe the -face dry
and rub in a lot of cold cream. In
the morning wash the face in- cold
water without soap and rub in more
cdld.iCream.-S'wipine. .S- .-any ? mat
BepeanntU blackheadpr van
ish. , ;.
Cautions. In Visiting Sickroom.
'CNoiri .vnntnrft: into a." sickroom if
you are in a viofeni "perspiration if
circumstances require you tnere, ior
the. moment your body becpmesrcold
it is in a state likely to absorb the
mfeotion.tand give, you the disease.
Never visit a sick person, especial
ly if the complaint be of a conta
gious nature, with an empty stom
ach, as this disposes the system
more readily to receive the conta
gion. ' In attending a sick person
place yourself where the air passes
from the door or window to the bed
of the diseased, not between the dis
eased person and any fire that is in
the room, as the heat of. the fire
will draw the infectious vapor in
that direction, and you would run
much danger from breathing in it.
Uses of Baking Soda.
A package of baking soda is a
helpful article in the home, as the
following will show. When one neg
lects to soak beans overnight before
baking them add half a teaspoonf ul
of baking soda to the water you boil
them in and in a short time they
will cook tender. A bad burn may
be speedily relieved by an applica
tion of soda dampened with a little
water. If the feet are sore or tired,
if mosquitoes or other insects bite,
if hives or prickly heat bother the
children, put a teaspoonful of soda
in a bowl of lukewarm water, and
bathing in it will afford pleasant, re
lief. Bathing the Eyes.
Few practices are more benefi
cial : to the condition of the , eyes
than is that of bathing them regu
larly, every night before , going . to
bed. Dust readily accumulates on
,the, lids : between the lashes and
causes them to smart, an excellent
method of cleaning them being the
old fashioned , one of dabbing the
lids with a piece of cotton wool dip
ped in - cold weak tea. -Woman's
life.
8oap B moves Mildew.
ixXilUcW IS CtlOXlJ XCllXUVVl UJ A uu- t
bing r, scoping a .UttU? .cornmon
yellow soap on the "tide and then
a httle salt and starch on that. Bub
oweU,and:put,i,th Bunshmer.or
soap,ithe.laiaen-previousiyr.wea
jud pply Balt-andlemon, .juicao,
pipe , clay, fuller's -earth or .finely
powdered chalk.., Expose ft for sev
eral hours to the atmosphere. ,
'-''" ' To Preee Treueere.
f After nishixl ihe trousers thor
oughly lay seam, to seam and damp-
en 1 with a sponge, or whisk broom
dipped in: water. Lay a; newspaper
over one leg at a tnne and press
with, a hot. iron. "When- thee paper
is scorched take a fresh one-1 The
result, is a e . crease, with no lint
and no ruined towels.
Iceland Mom Fer Threat Trouble..
I TVPash, boil half an hour, in,, water,
cover, strain, add sugar and, lemon
Juice, then bring .again to a boil, bo
great is the thickening quality of
the moss that ifc is estimated that
one-ouaxter pound of moss .will
make a gallon of clear, , transparent
jelly that may be flavored to suit
the taste.
Laundering Linen.
Fine linen should never be starch
ed. Clean it by washing thoroughly
u clean water and with pure soap.
The satmv sheen. SO beautliul, 18
' obtained by ironing it when it is
, iiim p. uuiiugub xxoou
indispensable lor Keeping linen in
I flroirl ooTirlitinn
I -
To Keep Feathers In Pillows.
When making sofa or bed pillows
rub jfche wro:side of thsv tkkg
!. with a 'barif i dampened ikundry
bosd and the feathers will never be
able to force themselves through
the ticking.
' A LITTLE NONSENSE.
The Widow Who Wanted to Use Her
j, . ' Hubby For a Gatepost.
At the cabin of a Tennessee set-
tier where I stopped overnight .they
told me of- a widow ' living .three
miles away - who, finding 1 that the
body of her, husband had been pet-
rifled, after lying ;inthe ground for
named ior -a glass 01 water. 3 wnen
she learned where I had stayed over-
night she. asked ;
u i "Did they tell you about my dead
husband turning to stone t
1 ''Aid about my selling him to a
showman?"
"Yes." . ; ; . '.: ,
i "And they don't think it was
right?"
. i "Oh, thev didn't say as much." ;
. "But I know what they 1iave said
to others and how thev feel about it.
Mebbe it wasn't just the right thing
rto do. but I'll tell yon what's m my
mind. If I kin get an-offer from a
rich' man I'll marry -aarin, and the
first thine after that I'll buy Jim's
,body back and use it ior a'igatepost
and have him near me air the rest
of my life !"-iJhicago News. '
. A Week of Days. 1
.. Gyer-Old man Day has a full
week of children.
Mver-How's that?
Gver He has seven children, six
girls and a boy. , Thaf s , six weak
Days and one son Day. Detroit
Tribune.
A Terrible Thought.
"I want to be loved for myself!'
exclaimed the romantic heiress.
"My dear leddy," rejoined Baron
Fucash apprehensively, "is there any
possibility of this being a case of
mistaken identity?" Washington
Star. 1
Worried.
Farmer's Wife What is the mat
ter with my husband anyway?
Doctor I shall diagnose his case
directly.
Farmer's Wife (as the doctor la
bors with extraordinary care) Do
not make it too expensive, doctor.
Fliegende Blatter.
r Literary Note.
! "Draw up a,, chair and watch the
fire of genius blaze' he said.
"Where?".
fIn the stove. I've just put in a
crate of rejected poems!" Atlanta
Constitution.
. , A Foreg0n. Conclusion,
Rrst Artiat-That pretty, model
! h k BO t and Jeseried ia a
of Duzzlej
- Ra n nA ; tvtWotnrallv. Isn't
u Y,Ann.. tA W a rBer? Bos-
, V Hie Girth rows. ,
; Coekley i Notwithstanding all
the exercise DuUey takes he teems
ta get fitter :an6I fatter. . ' .
Joalriey xes. ' AU nis exercrse
seeni8 to go to waist-Philidelphia
The Secret Out.
iHerHewt fan Mrsi Smythe af
ford to keep three servants ? .-.;.,;,
. iShe-rJilyM dear, she plays bridge
frith them every, Monday and .they
Owe her money. London Opinion-
Only of Rioe.
. "What do you think of this cus
tom of throwing rice after newly
J married couples ?"
; "I don't think there is a grain of
sense in it." Baltimore American.
Insinuation.
Mr. Nuwed -Is , there anything I
can do to help you, dear?
Mrs. Nuwed (preparing dinner)
Poor Charley I Are you so hungry
' aa that?
Kansas (Jity Times.
Professional Enthusiasm.
- "What do you think; girls ( ' Miss
, x aaocc uoo gwi
Oh,' he' doesn't count. -I know
him. ' He is a dealer in antique bar
gains." Baltimore American.
Congenial. ,';'.
Madse Iknow one case where
thewife of a genius gets along isath
i him all right.
J Maxjorie Pshaw 1
genius too. Puck.
She must he
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1 "sist pnrrbasers to bnfld homes 00 them
! if desired. Address First Nationat
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BANKING.
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Corvals. Orecon, transacts a general I
conservative banking bnsinessl Loans;
money on approved security. "Drafts I
boogtit sad sold and money transferred
to the principal cities of the United
States, Europe and foreign countries.
for Job Work.
( jlor. Infants and Children.
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