The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-10-04

AGRlCu'I.l oral.
THEY are getting to cure tomato vines for
fodder. They are cured when green and
juicy, and put in the barn for winter feed, to
be fed occasionally, or as roots are.
SITTING to sew by candle light by table
with 3ark cloth on it, is injurious to the
eyesigKt. When no other remedy presents
itself, spread sheet or white paper before
you.
A WESTERN paper describes brandy man.
ufactured from watermelons, and proh ounces
it excellent. Incorporate people would think
this was the next thing to Extracting sun
beams from cucumbers.
SOME of the market gardeners near the
city Of London, it is said, apply from sixty
to eighty tons of manure to their ground, par
ticularly where great crops of cabbage are
produced.
PEOPLE very commonly complain Of indi-
gestion; how can it be wondered at, when
they seem by their habit of swallowing their
food wholesale to forget for what purpose
they are provided with teeth.
TOMATO PREsERvEs-The skin should be
removed, and the tomatoes sliced thinly and
stewed in sugar as any other preserves, u.s.
ing the very best kind Of sugar, pound for
pound.
To RELIEVE CHoKED CArrLI-A CORES
pondent of the Rural Nesc Yorker says that
he has tried pouring half pint of melted
lard down the throat of the suffering animal
and has never been known to fail in giving
relief
To PRESERVE GRApEs-Pick when in full
bloom, fully ripe, in dry, warm day lay
the clusters carefully in boxes holding thirty
pounds, with layer Of paper between each
layer of grapes, cover, and put in q cool,
dry cellar, and they will keep till May.
GRAPE JAM-Doil grapes very soft, AMI
strain them through sieve. Weigh the
pulp thus obtained and put pound Of su.
gar to pound of the pulp. Boil it twenty
minutes, stirring it often. The common
wild grape is much the best for this use.
BLOOD SpAvIS.-The following is given
as sure cure for blood SPAWN: Common
poke-root cut into slices and boiled in urine
till it becomes quite strong. Battle the
parts two or three times a day until a cure
is effected. It should not be used too strong
or it will take the skin off.
CoTToN.-This staple. which grows in In.
dia and Italy, has also been successfully Gull
tivated in parts of Illinois and Indiana The
Egypt specimen Of the former State is q
very white, short-staple cotton, and will grow
from $50 to 2e0 pounds Of clean cotton TO the
acre
CUTTING OFF TEArs.-"F. o. W." desires
US to answer through the Agriculturolist what
to do with double teat on one Of his heif-
ers. Twist q piece Of small wire round it
sufficiently tight to obstruct ell circulation.
In ten or twelve days the teat will drop of,
aud new skin will form over the scar. THIS
should not be done, however, when . COW
gives milk, as the wound would be kept from
healing over by the flow of the milk, before
a scab could form over it.
CALIFORNIA WINE.-The public have been
most egregiously humbugged by what is sold
under the name Of California wine 1t has
been advertised by physicians to the sick.
and by clergymen at the communion table
as the pures, wine 1t turns out that the
article is usually made in Boston or New
York-very seldom in or around the ''Gold
Diggins,, andis as vile compound Of vii
famous drugs as was ever gulped down by
humbugged community.
A SINGLE grain of barley was planted by
an agricult1ralist in the Isle of Man in 1862
and in the same year produced three hum
dred grains These were sown, aud the
second years produce was about half pint.
These were again sown, and the third years
produce was fourteen pounds, which being
again sown, have realized this year abo.,t
seven bushels, covering space of about
fourteen yards by FIVE. Thus have there
been produced in four years, seven bushels
of barley from single grain.
We know not Of anything attended with
more serious consequence than that of sleep
ing in damp linen. Persons are frequently
assured that they have been at FIRE for
many hours, but the question is as to what
sort of FIRE, and whether they have been
properly turned so that all parts may be ex-
posed to the fire. The fear Of creasing the
linen, we know, prevents many from unfold
ing it. 50 rs to be what we consider proper
~ 3lCcu. Oul ne6uQ - more important
with gentleness there need be no fear Of
neatness.
BLANcHIsG CELERr.-Seeing lately some
remarks on the different modes Of blanching
celery, am reminded of q plan l saw in
Oxfordshire on August last. 1t WAS simply
placing drain pipe upright, and allowing
the plant to grow up through it. My friend
in whose garden saw it, assured me that
! he not only had his celery blanched much
better. but it was ready for the table earli-
er. That the latter is the case, can affirm
from my own observation, for the plants
saw growing in the pipes had already grown
above the tops of the pipes, while those
treated in the ordinary way, were not half
as high.-Cottags Gardener.
Corn MoLAssEs.-Mr. Thomas Randolph
. farmer Of this county. residing between
Worthington and Cascade informs US that he
has tried the experiment of making molas-
ses from sweet corn. He says it is superior
to that made from sorghum or imphee. The
corn stalk yields as much molasses as the
sorghum. He promises to send US sample
when we shall have the quality tested by
judges, and report their decision. If it sus-
tains Mr.. Randolphs opinion, it will be Of
no small consideration to our farmers, as
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