Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-08-18
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

bite of dog. It must be Immediately
applied to the injured spot and kept there
| till the poison has been completely drawn
out.
To REMOVE SILVER SrAINa-One of
the best ways is to wash the spots with q
concentrated solution Of sulphate or chic
ride of zinc, and rub the worst places
with metallic zinc Then rinse in pure
water and complete the washing with
soap. Ink stains can be removed in the
same way.-Scentits american.
GRASS SEED FOB A LAwN.-William
Saunders, of Washington, D. @, In the
Hosticsskuriss recommends the following
mixture Of grass seeds - producing the
most permanent lawn: One bushel Red
Top; two bushels June grass; one quart
Timothy; two pounds White Glover.
HHBRIDIzING AND CRossING.-In speak
ing of fruits and flowers these two words
are frequently COMPOUNDED, or used as if
| synonymous. A cross is from the union
of two varieties Of one species; while
| by brid ia the result of two varieties of
separate species
Cur WORMS. Parish Steele, of Ten
nessee, writes the Journal Of Horticulture
that his experiments this year show that
handful of dry sawdust placed around
the roots of plant will effectually pro-
tect 1t from cut worms His experiments
have been on q pretty large scale and he
has failed in no instance.
A CORRESPONDENT Of the COUNTRY
Gentleman says Dr. Holmes, formerly of
the Maine Farmer, held that suckers
should never be removed from corn, as
there would be no means of fructifying
the ears on stalks that we're late in coming
in silk, if the suckers were removed;
while if they were left such stalks would
be provided for.
RINDRRPEsT.-It is said that q Russian
remedy for rinderpest, consists in taking
the skin Of an animal that has died with
the disease, wrapping a hundred and
twenty pounds of salt In it and placing it
for whole night before large fire. The
| salt thus medicated is given to healthy
cattle, which are inoculated and have the
| disease in mild form, recovering in a
day or two and becoming proof against
the infection.
THE Central Illinois correspondent of
the Country Gentleman gives the follow
ing means of guarding against the worst
effects of drouths a. Undertaking,
trench blowing, or blowing six or seven
inches deep: 2. Fall blowing. or blowing
| as early as the last half of March. 8.
Sowing and planting, if not in March, at
the earliest practicable hour. A. Sowing
and seeding thinly, and clean and careful
system of cultivation"
A CHEAP FILTER The Manufacturer
and Builder gives the following directions
for q simple filter to purify cistern water:
Place on the perforated bottom of box
| piece.of flannel, and on this some coarse
! ly-powdered charcoal, then some coarse
river sand, and cover the whole with
sandstone broken into small pieces. The
great bother with all filters is that they
| require cleaning or renewing constantly
| say once in week or two, 1t depending
upon the quantity and nature of the water
passing through them.
DIR. LIE BARON says, in the Prairie
Farmer, that if all truit-growers would
unite in putting the remedies for the cod
ding moth in practice, this moth might be
exterminated. He gives the remedies as
| follows: Put bands of hay or rags around
the trees and in the crotches for the
worms to make their cocoons every 10 or
IL days. Second, gather up the wormy
apples and destroy them a. fast as they
fall, or keep hogs in the orchard to do this
work. t
In layering the rose, the Chinese, who
are famous cultivatOrs Of this flower, select
a strong shoot at tho commencement of
August ana cut slit through the stem
just below an eye, having first stripped
off the leaves. A rebble ID placed in the
slit to keep it open, ANTI handful OF fresh
moss II tied around the eye and Kept con-
stantly moist. Roots soon sNiKe into the
moss, and the layer may soon>D removed
to another location, or potted Wthout re-
moving the moss, The moss unjust be
buried in the soil when first applied TO the
layer.
MELoN.BUas AND PAR1s-GRxxN.--Ps{is.
green is rapidly becoming universal XII
all for bugs. Colorado p0tato-bugs depart
very suddenly when this material IL ap-
piled to the plants, and we are now receiv.
| ing many letters from correspondents who
have used 1t for destroying other kinds of
insects 1t Il said to be sure death to the
melon and cucumber bug, and we advise
ouI subscribers to give it trial on the
vines while young, but not after the
melons begin to ripen, inasmuch a. Paris
green is 9 rank poison. It should be
mixed with flour, and then applied in
small Quantities carefully sifted over the
vine- Hearth and Home.
To DEsTRoY HOUSE FIA6s.-It- is per.
l maps mol generally known tl8t Ol6cK pep.
| per, not red, IL poison for many insects.
The following simple mixture il said to be
the best destroyer of the common house
fly extant: Take equal proportions Of
fine black pepper fresh ground. and sugar,
say enough Of each to cover ten cent
piece moisten and mix well with spoon.
ful of milk "a little cream il better) keep
that IN your room and it will keep down
the flies. One advantage over other poi
sons is, that it Injuries nothing else; and
another that the flies seek the air and
never ole in the house the windows be-
ing open.-A&choA0s. if,e
6lNoL1 EYn on WHoLn PorArons.-
| We have always advocated and prac-
ticed the plan of cutting potatoes into
small pieces for seed. The result Of many
Of our own experiments has shown that
there vas more danger of using too much
seed than too little. The reports that
have reached ~ in the last two or three
years, Of the great yield Of most Of the
new and high,priced sorts, which have
invariably been cut into very small pieces
when planted, are conclusive proof upon
this point A neighbor has Just given us