Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-03-10
USEFUL RECIPES, ETC.

Neighborhoods should combine and
buy together good portable horse power,
and then have their wood piles cut up
with comfort and dispatch.
FARMS soon run down that cell all their
hay. Mr.. Mechi, the great English farm.
q, prefers that the products Of his farm
should 60 to market nm the foot.
A Hoa weighing less than two hundred
end fifty pounds may be more convenient
~ sMlded In fcFty-gallon cask Mled hal
fun Of water, than In tub.
Mock DUCK-A steak of beef well
beaten, rich stufl1ng, such as is used fol
ducks; spread it over the beet and roll il
into the form of . duck; then bake
Make . rich gravy with onions and pour
over it.
THosE who house their carts and wagons
in Rsbh Hoods barn-an out doors-ars
often seen travelling to the blacksmith and
wheelwright shops for repairs The hubs
Of wheels are made Of elm, which il poor
timber to bear exposure.
You had better not keep stock than al
low their manure to be wasted. 1t must
not burn up and fire-fang in great heaps,
nor be washed away by water drenching
it from the caves. The liquid portions
must be absorbed by something, and the
solid kept from heating and exposure.
A CURE FOR THE HoOPING-C oUeH.-
An NJ. d. writes to an exchange To one
ounce of the dried leaves of the common
chestnut tree add quart of boiling water
and when the infusion is cold give cup
full three times day, the last dose being
given when the patient retires. Aftel
fwAmfu. frs.r fhirf h ~, v>o
will be relieved, and then the dose may
be administered in smaller quantity.
TOAST AND CHEEsE-Cut q slice OF
bread half an inch thick; pare of the
crust. and toast it very slightly on one
side. Cut slice of cheese quarter OF
an inch thick, not so big as the bread by
half an inch on each side; pare off the
rind, lay it on the toasted bread, place on
! fat tin plate, and put in the oven for
ten minutes or so. Mix quarter of a
tea. spoonful of salt and mustard and
prinkle OF pepper stir it into the cheese,
Ind you will have delicious luncheon.
| SIDEwALKs.-A correspondent recon-
Aends the following as an excellent com
POSITION for sidewalks, and says it is not
Ihtented: Sand five parts, coal ashes two
hrts, Stacked lime one part, fine gravel
two parts. MIX cold, and add coal tar
cid or hot, until the same just becomes
sticky with it. Make the walk by ram.
ming down, or rolling hard six inches OF
gAvel. Then put on threc-inch layer
ofthe mixture, and roll or pound very
had-Scient,fc american.
The machinery for working in cork ii
shgularly curious, and yet exceedingly
SIMPLE Every edge-tool must necessarily
be 80 constructed as to operate with a very
siding or drawing cut of the edge. Corl
olnOt be worked at ell satisfactorily BY
mans of a crushing stroke. If one at
tenpts to white cork with pocket
knife, he finds than the edge must be very
shsrp, and the blade must be drawn
elgthwise, ten times the distance tina
tie blade enters. And even then the sur
face cut will be rough.
To mark or label q fowl, raise tn,
| chickens wing until you expose its con
nection with the body, and you will fine
a small surface entirely tree from feathers
take your penknife and just raise the ski
and insert few grains of gunpowder II
each incision you make-or you can stici
coarse needles into cork, points out
| forming small figures from one to nine
Puncture with these, and then rub II
India Ink, and you will have a mark il
appearance like what is often seen on tn
ARM of sailors. Gunpowder moistenet
| will DO to run into the punctures, if India
ink cannOt be procured.
Why do eggs spoils We find lining thu
shell a thin skin, which, when kept in ;
healthy condition by the albumen Of th'
egg, is impervious to air but If the egt
remains too long in one position, the yell
being heavier than the albumen, gradual
ly sinks through it, and comes in contac
with the skin-and having none of tn
qualities requisite for keeping the Skin
fabricated and healthy, the skin soon De
comes dry and pervious TO air, which pen
etrates through 1t to the yelk, causing thu
mass to rot. Therefore, the true plan il
to keep the yelk in its central position
BY dong this, the egg can be preserved
| for long time--EDchange.
How TO MAKE GRATING WAx.-Tak
| good, clean beeswax, Onc-thIrd resin
two thirds; melt together; boil one hour
enough work il with the hands until 20,
think 1t well mixed. If not soft enougl
u spread easy add little more wax. N
| B.-DuO your pCdCucS luIO plum bpIOuts
In budding take the double buds. Graf
your grapes into wild grape roots; yo'
win have grapes the next year withou
fail One is worth dozen OF those yo'
get out of the nurseries. have had then
to grow ten and half feet long the frs
year.-Cor. Cincinnati Gazette
REGULARITY IN FEEDING SHEEP.-Th
Practical Shepherd says: "All experienced
flock masters concur in the opinion tina
sheep fed with perfect regularity as t.
time and amount (making proper allow
ance tor the weather., will do better OF
rather inferior feed, than on the best, with
out that regularity. I prefer feeding
three times q day even in the shortes
days Of winter; but many good flock
masters feed but twice. II ted three times
1t should be at sunrise, noon, and al
hour before dark If but twice, the. las
feeding should be an hour earlier. Sheer
do not stand ut their racks and eat well il
the dark. 1t ID not very important at wha
period of the day grain or roots are given
provided the time ID uniform.
Ar q recent meeting of the Western
New York Farmers Club, q correspon
dent from Genese0 asked when and how
TO apply leached ashes to crops for thu
best results. Mr.. Quinby had used ovel
ten thousand bushels In the last tire,
vac "a and f0und them 1OOd for AL crCDi