Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-11-10
HONE, FARM AND GARDEN.

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HONE, FARM AND GARDEN.
Alum water it is said, will draw the
sting out Of burn ~ SO a
-Crullers.-Thrce tablespoOnfuls OF su-
gar, three tablespoonfuls of butter, three
eggs, three tablespoonful of milk, half
teaspoonful Of soda-very small.
Drops Cake. One cup of butter, two
cups Of sugar, four cups of flour, six eggs;
Stir the butter and sugar to cream, ada
the eggs well beaten, then the flour. Drop
on buttcred tins and bake quickly.
Mr.. Willard says, in the Rural Nsso
Yorker that in feeding whey to pigs, bran,
ship stufTs, or some kind Of meal should be
mingled with it, stating that good quail
ity Of pork is made when this is done,
while when fed on whey alone the pork is
soft, watery and of inferior quality.
-Dandruf may be caused by wearing
close and heavy hats or caps, by the appllca
ton of oils or dyes to the hair, cOnflning
the hair too closely to the head, by exces-
sive brain labor, BY uncleanliness, or by
all these causes combined. To effect cure,
wear the hair short, let the head covering
be as light and well-ventilated as possible,
avoid all applications Of grease or dyes,
exercise the brain less and the body more,
and wash the head thoroughly two or three
times a day in cold water, and follow each
washing by . vigorous rubbing with the
balls OF the fingers The better the gen
ersl health is and the stronger the diges.
ton, the less tendency there will be to this
disease, as well as to all others.-HeraId 81
Health. .s.eesste
Peppers for Fowls.-For many diseases
| of fowls, owners are in the habit of feed
| ing grains Of black pepper, and red pep
| per il also administered at times with the
food Of fowls, but we did not know until
recently that they would feed upon pep
pers Of their own accord. A friend who
recently spent some time in Spanish Hon.
duras, where capsican or the red pepper
grows a. a perennial, forming quite high
bushes, says that he often saw from his
window the ordinary barnyard fowls fly
up into the growing p PIPER plants and
strip them of foliage and seed pods, eating
them with avidity. The fowls there
seemed exceedingly healthy and prolific
layers. Is 1t not probable that more
capsican fed to our chickens would be to
their benefit ?-Erchange.
Hen Manure men understand
the extent of their loss when the droppings
| from even score Of hens are allowed 10
waste One-rcason Of the value of this
excrement is found in the fact that the
urine Of birds is solid, and is voided
mingled with the other excrements. In
consequence, the phosphate OF lime, urate
of ammonia, and other saline compounds,
are found in highly concentrated state.
The usual analysiso Of guano gives ammonia
about IA per cent, and phosphoric acid not
far from IS per cent. Hen manure contains
about 9 per cent of ammonia and several
per cent Of phosphoric acid. For guano
we pay from three to four cents a pound In
gold, and yet we think little and seem to
care less about the waste that is constantly
going on when every particle that falls
| from our hen-roosts is not saved and com.
osted,-Heayth md Home.
Suggestions TO Corn Raisers.--The
! Country Gentleman says: The common
practice in the Northern States is to cut
| up corn close to the ground rs soon as the
grains have hardened and the leaves begin
| to become dry. Ii is important for the
sake of preserving the fodder in good con
| dition, to set the shocks evenly and firmly
so as to escape injury from storms and to
dry well before husking. When they in
| cline TO fall over, the fodder is nearly
ruined and the ears water soaked As
most corn fields are already cut, II will
now be good operation to pass along each
row regularly, and TO set up and bind firm
! ly all shocks that have begun to incline on
topple over If they are large, this rear.
rangemcnt may be easily effected If they
are small, two may be placed together
| Two men will 60 over large field i'm a
| day, and save ten times the value of their
wages
Comparative Value of Straw.--The
Boston Jouraal Of Chemistry says The
order in which the different kinds of straw
stand relatively as regards nutritive value
may be presented thus Dat straw, barley
straw, wheat straw, rye straw. Unques-
tionably it will be for the interest oil
farmers in most sections to diminish the
amount Of straw used for litter and increase
its use for fodder In many of the North
ern States rye straw is of equal value with
the best quality of timothy, as il is used
largely for bedding horses in towns and
cities. OF course, where straw commands
| such high prices, and II Of such ready sale
II would be absurd TO feed 1t to animals.
We must not be. understood in these re.
marks as holding TO the view that any kind
of straw can supersede the use Of good
hay and grain, but rather that il contains a
sufficient amount of the elements Of nutri.
ton TO make il a valuable substitute for
thasa ,,a,,a1iy more cost Iv nYnItsxfs