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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1875
Page
7
Experiments show carbolic acid as the most effective remedy against insects and vermin on man and plants. For small plants, dissolve an ounce of carbolic acid crystals in three quarts of warm water and shower the solution over the plants. One application suffices for the time, with occasional repeats needed to keep pests away.
Directions for using Paris green to kill potato bugs. Mix one pound Paris green with ten pounds flour. Apply by pouring through a punched wooden funnel from an old fruit can as you walk beside wet vines, making one shot per hill.
A Practical Farmer writer advises using air-stacked lime at dawn to deter cabbage pests and cautions on cabbage disease. Carbolic soap syringes kill leaf eating pests on eggplants peppers and more. Charcoal from corn cobs boosts fowl health and egg output. A horse headstall issue is addressed by securing and wetting stall floors or strong neck ropes. Mam and Eggs combines ham with eggs in a browned pan dish.
A historical recipe describes preparing a fruit gratze by mashing fruit, sieving, boiling with sugar, adding soaked sago, and cooking into a pudding. When cooled, unmold and serve with cream or custard.
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