14 FAMILY RECEIPTS. 



TO DESTROY THE FLY ON TURNIPS. 



Lime sown by the hand, or distributed by a machine, 

 is an infalhble protection to turnips against the ravages 

 of the fly. It should be apphed as soon as the turnips 

 come up, and in tlie same daily rotation in which they 

 were sown. The lime should be slacked immediately 

 before it is used; if the air be not sufficiently moist to 

 render that operation unnecessarj'. 



TO PRESERVE GTRAIN FROM VERMIN. 



To preserve rye, and secure it from insects and rats, 

 nothing more is necessary than not to winnow it after 

 it is threshed, and to stow it in the granaries mixed 

 with the chatf. In this state it lias been kept for more 

 than three years without experiencing the smallest al- 

 teration, and even without the necessity of being turn- 

 ed, to preserve it from humidity and fermentation. — 

 Rats and mice may be prevented from entering the 

 barn, by putting some wild vine or hedge plants upon 

 the heaps: the smell of this wood is so otTensive to 

 these animals that they will not approach it. 



TO DESTROY SLUGS ON LAND. 



Procure some fresh lime, and after throwing as much 

 water upon it as will reduce it to a powder, sow the 

 lime in a hot state upon the land that is overrun with 

 vermin, at the rate of about 12 bushels to the acre. The 

 lime should be sown towards the wind, and falling upon 

 them in a fermented state, will instantly kill them. 



DA3IAGED HAY. 



In the year 1790, which ^tas remarkable for the quan- 

 tity of rain, that fell during the hay season, the farmers 

 suffered great loss from the thousands of heads of cattle 

 which perished from eating damp hay. This fact ought 

 to put farmers on the guard against any similar effects 

 at the present time. The efficacy of salt in curing hay 

 is now almost universally known; but the best advice, 

 perhaps, v/hich can be given, is to be careful as to the 

 (juantity given. 



