Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-10-06
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

GINGER SNAPs.--One pint Of molasses
and one cup Of butter boiled together
when cold add one third Of cup Of
ginger, one tablespoonful OF soda, flour
enough to roll. Roll thin and bake.
CARBoLINR is said to destroy all insects,
and, in d weak solution OF water, will
prevent flies from teasing horses, If they
are washed with il, care being taken not
TO get it into the eyes. Pennyroyal,
stopped in water, used as q wash, VIII
produce q similar effect.
WHRN q horse refuses 10 eat, he should
not be made TO do any more service that
day, for 1t may be known that he is tired
out or sick. Il Is baroarous to compel a
horse to perform labor when In such
condition that he refuses grain, yet 1t is
often done, and by men, too, who think
they are merciful.
PEARL BARLEY PtBBHEe.-BeHH one
and half cups Of pearl barley in an
earthcrn pipkin or homlny boiler, i've
or six hours or until very soft. To three
cups of this boiled barley, add two cups
chopped apple, one cupraisins previously
s,ewed for half an hour, and one half cup
of currants, the juice OF one lemon, and
one cup sugar. Mix thoroughly, put into
an earthern pudding-dish and bake in a
moderate oven one and half hours.
A Coop WORD FOR THE CRow.-A cor
respondent Of an English paper, advocat.
ing the protection Of the crow, states that
having shot crows In corn field, he open.
ed their stomachs, expecting to find them
full of wheat. On the contrary, he dis
covered that they contained large num-
Der Of caterpillars, whose ravages upon
the crop were quite evident Before
farmers become perfectly ruthless In their
destruction Of birds round their farms, 1t
pertinent and ascertain which are their
friends and which their enemies.
SoRGHuM.-The Soryo Journal gives
tho following advice as 70 gathering and
housing the canes AFTER the cane has
remained upon the ground about two
days, provided no rain has occurred, the
blades will have become wilted, and then,
without further delay, the cane should be
hauled from the field, and II no. immedi-
ately ground, stored In sheds or barns,
and perfectly protected from rain. Thus
cured, and thus secured, the cane will
keep sweet and fresh until Christmas.
Should any portion OF the cane get wet
in the field, this should be hauled to the
mill and ground without more delay. 1t
Is best not TO store cane that has been wet,
even though thoroughly dried afterward."
SWOLLEN UDDER-The Toronto Gl0bs
says: Swollen bag, or Inflammation Ofthe
udder, Is usually treated best by cold ap.
plicatons. Apply broad web OF cloth
around the COW, and cut holes in 1t 10
keep out the tcats, then place some tow
between the cloth and the udder, and
keep IL constantly moist with cold water.
Give good dose Of purgstive medicine,
as three quarters of Q pound Ct Epson
salts, dissolved In three quarts Of water.
When the swelling subsidies, hand-rub the
udder several times a cay, and give inter-
nally one drachm Of the iodide Of potas-
SUM daily for eight or ten days. The
COW should be kept In cool box or stall,
and not exposed to the hot sun.
DESTROYING WEDs.-In many fields,
the fence corners are full OF rank, coarse
weeds. The potato and corn fields on
some farms arc no better, and IL Is not
economy TO allow this mass 70 fall down
and rot on the same spot where II has
grown, but it should either be gathered
together and burned or placed In the |
rot-heap. We prefer burning, as the
seeds will then be destroyed, and manure
made from weeds Ia seldom OF much value.
1t only requires little forethought or
calculation On the part Of the farmer TO
find time for attending to these little mat
tiers at the proper season. There are
farmers who always manage TO keep every
thing In order, and do not work nearly as
hard TO do it az others, whose places are
IN the widest confusion, the difference
being the result Of calculation.-He0rth
and Homo.
MrLDHw ON RosRs.-A correspondent
OF the Cottage Gardener gives the follow |
ing cure for mildew on roses: Rub
own In gallon OF soft water one pound
OF soft soap, with the solution syringe |
the upper and under surface OF the foil |
age, and the mildew viii disappear as If
bY magic. Mr.. Rivers recommends .
cure in SCOT Perhaps soap h more clean
~; 1t II, ! am sure, = enectual-though
I do not for moment doubt the cmcacy
OF scotland an outlay Of ono shilling
will clean one hundred plants from every
vestige Of the disease, If properly spilled.
I find it useful TO syringe the trees with
clear water, next day, 70 rid them OF the
whitish deposits which fxee on the edges
OF the leaves after the application OF the
solution. There ID no necesdty 70 cut OF |
the blossoms the solution could only |
damage these IN proportion TO the force |
With which i III them, and = contact |
WITH the mildsw y 81 thA& y required, 10
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