Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-08-11
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

A CORRESPONDENT of the Country Gen.
tlsman, formerly of England, thinks that
cheap labor alone cannot explain the large
profits of English farmers, and says they
can only be accounted for by the great
amount Of live stock kept and fed, thus
producing great quantity Of plant food,
producing in turn, heavy crops.
THx Country Gentleman, In answer to
an inquiry, says that orchard grass may
be sown at the end of summer or early in
autumn, provided the season happens to
be quite mcist-otherwise, and more gen.
orally, early In spring-at least one BUSH
ell per acre two, better. It will grow in
quite thin or open woods If the surface
can previously be made quite mellow BY
narrowing.
T. j. BUsBY, of Lancaster, Ohio, writes
to the Ohio Farmer that he has given soft
soap TO his pigs at the rate of table
spoonful to pig-for the hog cholera,
with very satisfactory results On the Sec
ond day an examination Of their drop
pings showed stringy substances, which
he thinks were the skins of worms. He
put soft soap into the swill for his other
hogs and it improved their appearance.
As proof of the statement that strych-
nine and chloral are mutually antsgonistic
In their properties, writer in the Lon
don Pharmaceutical Journal reports that q
dog of his accidentally took some meat
with strychnine on IL, and he did not
know 1t until the dog began to show the
spasms CHARACTERISTIC Of strychnine pois.
oning. When the dog was apparently
dying, 1t occurred TO him to try chloral.
About two thirds of dram were admin
istered, and the cure was very speedy.
ORANsE MARMALADE.-Cut the orange
in quarters, turn out the pulp, and put
the peel in water for twenty four hours.
Change the water several times; turn the
pulp from the skin, and pick out al the
pips squeeze all the Juice you can; boil
the peel until tender turn it out and let
It drain, then cut 1t crossways, very thin !;
and to every pound of fruit put two
pounds of sugar, and to every pound of
sugar put quarter of pint OF water.
Let the syrup boil, and skim 1t; then put
the fruit in, and boil very slowly for one
hour and Q halls Resss.
To DESTROY WnLOwa-A correspond
ent of the Caroline Farmer says: Farm
ers who have willow trees on their mead
ows acknowledge them great pest. To
destroy them, any time In May or June,
cut loose the bark about five or six feet
from the ground with . drawing knife or
sharp Ratchet. Then strip the bark down
to the ground in strips of two or three
inches broad, leaving them fast to the tree
ct or near the surface Of the ground. Let
the trees remain thus till the latter part
of the summer or early in the fall, when
they may be cut down. Some OF the trees
will die previous to cutting, others viii
remain green throughout the summer.
But whether alive or dead when cut, you
will rarely if ever see stalk from the old
stock. .aI fsl kaH
A NAN in Wheeling recently drsnklhee.
~ Of ice water At dinner, and was soon
other instances are announced of death
ing down large quantities of ice-water ID
one Of the most pernicious into which
the heated season leads men. II they
escape death, they are sure to iniure the
stomach and shock the system TO q danger.
GUS degree. But the chief danger Il in
sudden and rapid drinking. Large GUAM
titles Of Ice water may Be taken II the
drinking 10 done gradually. The safe
way wonld be to take . MP at . time.
There 10 positive and serious danger TO
the most robust person In rapidly drink
ing more than half q tumbler full of leo
water, or very cold water. DR.. Hall tells
Of robust soldier who reached 8 spring
on the mountain ide when he vas r.
tigued and his blood was heated, and who
drank only small quantity Of water, but
gulped it down suddenly. he died in Q
few minutes Afterwards.
A LATE English paper has IN elaborate
article entitled Beer scientifically and
socially treated" The writer shows that
the common people Of that country drink
ehiefv beers and alea which have ham