Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-08-30
USEFUL AID SUGGESTIVE.

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SoArsups Il recommended as an excel
lent manure for grapevines. = IS
ALL plants grow stronger and ripen
better when the air circulates freely
around them, and the sun is not prevent
ed from an immediate influence.
RHnEDY ron BcRSs-Take CASTLE
soap; spread it on piece Of cloth thick
enough to exclude the air then wet the
cloth with cold water occasionally.
To PRKsBRvs EGos FOR ORE YEAR
One pint of quick lime, one Of salt, to
three gallons Of water; no care is needed
in putting in the eggs, as they will be
right end up, and will settle just below
the surface, il proportional rightly.
6P1CH CAKD.-F0ur eggs, one cup OF
sugar, one cup Of molaSses, ono cup. Of
buttermilk, half cup Of butter, one tea
spoonful Of soda, one tablespoonful OF
cloves. one tablespoonful of cinnamon,
two cups of Currants or raisins, one nut
meg; mix not very stiff.
ToMAT0Ks.-The thing with tomatoes
IL to give them all the heat you can, bat
little manure, and restrain their tendency
to grow vines instead Of fruit. Hence .
warm exposure, dark soil, and "pinching
in" both fruit stalk and vine, leaving .
rather small crop to grow, which viii be
sound and early and uniform in size, and
not coarse and overgrown. But you may
plant the closer. Do not train up on
poles, but keep close to the hot ground
Anchange.
CLEANING TINwARR.-No acids should
A. a. 49, pan
they attack the mettle and remove 1t from
the iron on which it forms . thin coat
We refer TO articles made Of tin plate,
which consists Of iron covered with tin.
Rub the article first with rotten stone and
. piece Of soft leather. Articles made
wholly of tin should be cleaned in the
same manner. In q dry atmosphere
plaAished tinware will remain bright for
. long period, but they soon become tar
nished In moist air.
PEACH JkLLY.-Cut Q dozen peaches
in halves, take out the stones, and peel
them. Into clear, boiling syrup, made
Of . pound Of white sugar, put the peaches
and kernels. Boil very gently for ten
minutes, lay half the peaches on plate,
boil the rest ten minutes longer. Then
strained Juice Of three lemons and an
ounce of isinglass dissolved and strained.
Fill the mould half full Of Jelly when
that is set, put in part of the peaches and
q little more Jelly, and when that is set
add the rest of the peaches, and fill the
mould with jelly. This makes an elegant
table ornament.
TRANSATLANTIC PIE PLANT.-The West
ern POmOsogist says: "We have cultivated
pie plant extensively for market, and find
after the first frost. If the stools are large
and require division do not dig them up,
but divide them as they stand with spade,
by cutting off or dividing through the
centre of the plant, leaving the part in
the ground undisturbed. BY this method
you will have q good crop the next spring
on those left in the ground, and the bal
anee you can divide up and reset and they
will bear q good crop the second year, but
not the first. We. have plants now stand
ing ten years, divided in the above man.
ner when they get too large) and each
year produce good crop. The ground
cannot be too rich, but must not be wet or
the plants die out"
PHOSPHORUS FOR CURCULIOs.-At re-
tmra, Society. Mr. Welch stated that he
nlaced q small quantity of nhosnhorus in
The crotch of a nInm tree That season
the tree was loaded with nlums. while
other trees had none whether II was
the unnleas odor which drove the cur
culioe awav or not. he did not pretend to
saw Mr. Price ssid that the wav Mr.
Keller kept the curculio away from his
trees was TO place damp oat straw under
The curculios did not seem to IKE the
smoke. Mrs. Bickham SAID that the plum
trees near her house, around which the
dish water and kitchen Stops were thrown,
were exempt from the curculle, while