. California agriculturist and live stock journal. Agriculture -- California; Livestock -- California; Animal industry -- California. 187 California Agriculturist and Live Stock Journal. will vanish as if by magic if api^Ued with the softest cloth. Those troubled with ants in their pantries may rid themselves of the torments bj- get- tin;:; a dime's worth of corrosive sublimate and put in a common spice bottle with alco- hol to dissolve it, and fill the cracks along the wall of each shelf, and wherever the vermin may gain a foothold. It saves the necessity of plates of water for sugar-bowl and
. California agriculturist and live stock journal. Agriculture -- California; Livestock -- California; Animal industry -- California. 187 California Agriculturist and Live Stock Journal. will vanish as if by magic if api^Ued with the softest cloth. Those troubled with ants in their pantries may rid themselves of the torments bj- get- tin;:; a dime's worth of corrosive sublimate and put in a common spice bottle with alco- hol to dissolve it, and fill the cracks along the wall of each shelf, and wherever the vermin may gain a foothold. It saves the necessity of plates of water for sugar-bowl and such things and only needs renewing once a year. Santa Cbuz, July, 1875. Taking It Mrs. Kate Hnnnibee says: One of the most disagreeable companions on a hot summer's day is a hot stove, and yet how many women who i-ead the article feel compelled to spend many out of every twenty-four with this black, fiery kitchen partner. Is there no escape ? Suppose the kitchen door ojiens on an anii>le porch, witli a roof over it, and a honeysuckle in front of it, or a grape- vine, or a hop-vine, or morning-glories, or flowering beans a trellis and shutting out the ardent rays of the Buu. What a nice place that would be for carrying on the various activities of a Bummer's morning. One could wash there, spread the ironing table beneath the growing grapes, set the dinner table there, shell peas, stone cherries, and do a thousand other things in the open air â while keeping an eye on all that goes on in the kitchen. If there is but a step from the house to the ground, two or three larger trees justat the door are bet- ter even than a porch. We lived in such a kitchen once, and spent all the pleasant summer days in the open air. The cradle had a little awning over it, there was no clatter of shoes on the grassy sod beneath no slops on the floor, no furnace heats, nothing but rural peace and quiet shade. It does not occur to a great many women that there is any
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