Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-09-15
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Country Gen.
nemdn planted q few acres of turnips
which were large enough to begin to feed
the first week in July, when they were
fed to pigs, and no other feed given until
the last week in September No lot of
pigs could have done better, growing and
keeping in good condition all the while.
AT a recent discussion in Iowa, MI. Ar.
thur Bryant, of Princeton, ILL.,, an expert
enced fruit-gro wer, said that he consider
ed September and October the most suit
able months for pruning. Spring was the
worst season for pruning, for then the loss
Of the sap lessons the sugar OF the tree.
Trees which bear heavily one year are
especially subject to blight the next. He
bad no faith in DIR. Hull's theory OF root
pruning SIS specific for blight.
AN Ohio hog raiser advocates the sys-
TEN of pasturing on clover during the
summer. He presents, as the advantage
Eof this plan, the statement that an acre OF
ground IN clover will pasture five hogs
four months, and that it will take the
corn from half an acre to feed them the
same time. The cultivation of the corn
he counts equal to the rest Of the other
half acre He further claims that hogs
pastured on clover sre in far better con-
dition than if fed on corn, as they are bet
ter framed, healthier, and eat better and
also states that the land is enriched by
the clover pasturing.
NAMES, addresses, etc, may be printed
on fruits, by cutting from tough, thin pa
per the words proposed. This is pasted
upon the side of the specimen most fully
exposed to the sun. That portion Of the
frnit covered by the paper will assume q
different color from the rest OF the fruit
When the fruit is ripe the paper is remov-
ed, leaving the name distinctly visible
Upon suuashes and melons names may be
inscribed by tracing the letters with
sharp pointed instrument wounding or
puncturing the skin; over each incision q
little projection of the skin or pimple VIII
grow forming the required letters letters ee 81
1gures.
To CLEAN GILT JEwELkY.-Take hall
pint or boiling water, or a little lass,
and put 1t into clean oil flask. To this
add one ounce Of cyanide of potassium,
shake the flask, and the cyanade will dis
solve. When the liquor Is cold, sdd half
a fluid ounce of liquor ammonia, and one
fluid ounce of rectified alcohol. Shake the
mixture together, and IL will be ready for
use. All kinds Of gilt articles, whether
Birmingham ware or "Articles dc Paris"
which have become discoored, may be
rendered bright by brushing them with
the above mentioned fluid.
TABLE OF DRY MRAsURE.-A box 16
BY - inches square, and .2S inches deep,
will contain / barrel. A bog IS by "a
inches square, and IA inches deep, will
contain a half barrel. A. box 10 by IL
inches square, and 1G $40 inches deep,
will contain one bushel. A box IL by IL
2-10 inches square, s $40 inches deep,
will contain half q bushel. A box y by
8 4-i0 inches square, and s $40 inches
deep, will contain one peck. A boz 8 by
8 4-10 inches square, and 4 g 10 inches
deep, will contain half peck. A box
z by inches square, and $40 inches
deep, will contain half gallon. A box
by inches square, and A 2.10 inches
deep, will contain one quart.
A CORRESPONDENT OF the N. z Farmer
writes Not long since, | heard man
say that canker worms would not live
among pine trees. The idea was new to
nue., but on looking around within the
circle Of my knowledge, cannot disprove
it. In town adjoining Beverly, where
the canker worm eats very badly, there is
pine tree with.two apple trees standing
very near it, and while all the apple trees
In hat vicinity were ala4o-t entirely
striped; those near the pine were IN
touched. / have made frequent inquiries
and have not found man who ever saw
canker WORMS in the immediate vicinity
OF pine trees.
BENEFITS OF IRRIGATIoE.-In Colorado
lands which were thought heretofore TO
be worthless have been reclaimed by ir-
rieation, and now produce from forty TO
sixty bushels Of wheat per acre By
superior cultivation land has yielded
eighty bushels Of wheat peracre, hun.
Gred bushels Of osts, over hundred
and fifty bushels Of corn ia the car,
and other products Ia proportion. With
cspting Immediately on the banks of
s.reams There are 5000, 600 acres Of land
Ia Colorado which Can be irrigated &C
cording 10 government estimates.
NEW METHOD OF STAECHISG.-A
method of starcDiug articles OF linen, flax,
cotton, etc, lately patented IN France,
10 contact with sulphuric acid, diluted with
ono fouith TO one third its bulk OF water,
aud allowed 10 cool; or in immersing
them In concentrated solution OF chloride
Of zinc, and Immediately washing them
out in water. For the purpose Of remov-
ing all the ecid with certainty, ammonia
may be applied afterward. The fabric, in
this way, is not only starched thoroughly,
but thereby Is made 10 receive the color
Ing matter In dyeing or stamping much
more readily and permanently, and shows
a brighter Impression with less amount
of the dye.
DIsrHFzcTAgTs-The best and most
simple disinfectiDg agent known Ia chic
ride If zinc. II is easily made by dissolY.
ing zinc in muriatic acid, and can be APP
piled in q diluted state 10 cess pools, foul
and offensive drains, etc. Sulphate Of
zinc is also an excellent disiniectant, and
can be purchased Ut almost any drug