. "You ask!--I'll tell." A home and business companion of all things of every-day life .. . etting rid ofbugs, our informant being most confi-dent of its success in every case. To Destroy Flies in a room, takehalf a teaspoonful of black pepper inpowder, one teaspoonful of brownsugar, and one tablespoonful of cream,mix them well together, and placethem in the room on a plate, wherethe flies are troublesome, and theywill soon disappear. Fly Plaster is made by mixing acupful of molasses with a cupful ofglue of the consistency used by car-penters ; boil the two together a fewminutes, then spread i
. "You ask!--I'll tell." A home and business companion of all things of every-day life .. . etting rid ofbugs, our informant being most confi-dent of its success in every case. To Destroy Flies in a room, takehalf a teaspoonful of black pepper inpowder, one teaspoonful of brownsugar, and one tablespoonful of cream,mix them well together, and placethem in the room on a plate, wherethe flies are troublesome, and theywill soon disappear. Fly Plaster is made by mixing acupful of molasses with a cupful ofglue of the consistency used by car-penters ; boil the two together a fewminutes, then spread it on brownpaper, or old newspapers,— place itabout the house, the flies will come toit and will stick. To Destroy Rats and Mice, placesome chloride of lime at the entranceto their holes, then pour a little spiritsof salt or other acid upon it; the gasdisengaged being heavier than air, willdescend into the holes and destroythem. Chloride of lime strewed abouta cellar infested by rats will generallydrive them away, but the above mayalways be depended upon. A New Wheelbarrow. — We here. SEW WHEELBARROW. FARM RECIPES. 359 give an illustration of a new wheel-barrow. It is so simple, the engravingfiilly explains itself. It makes a verystrong, durable wheelbarrow, and al-most any one can make it. No ironstays of any kind are required, and nomortices or tenons to make. Thefarmer can make a wheelbarrow ofthis kind, any wet day, at a less ex-pense than he can repair one of theusual make. In fact it is easier,cheaper, and better, to make one thanit is to borrow one. To Drive Rats Away. —The fol-lowing is said by a New York man tobe a good plan to drive away rats: — The floor near the rat-hole is coveredwith a thin layer of moist caustic ofpotassa. When the rats walk on thisit makes their feet sore; these theylick with their tongues, which makestheir mouths sore; and the result isthat they shun this locality, not alone,but appear to tell all the rats in theneighborhood about it, an
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