Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-06-23

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those who understand the business should
| to trim or graftit.-COr. BOston CM!ticascr.
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.
SOME one says truly that the best way
for man to train up child in the way
it should 60 is to travel that way himself
sometimes.
GREEN FLY ON RosEs-Strong tobacco
water, it is said, will destroy these pests.
A pound or two of tobacco put into bar.
three days, will make liquid that will
from tobacco soap will also answer.
GAS LIME IN CoMPosT.-One of the
best modes of using gas lime, it is said,
is first finely pulverizing it, snd then mix
ing it in the compost heap-say one-tenth
yard or stable manure, in alternating lay
ers of loan or turf Another way, to pull
verize it fine and spread it over the fields
evenly. at the rate Of fifty bushels, or less,
| per acre, some months before q crop is
| planted, or else on grass.
A WRITER in the Journal of the Royal
| Agricultural Society, describing the per-
manence of the action of lime, says that
he knows q piece OF ground containing
1866 acres, which formerly grew nothing
but heath. A good dressing of lime was
applied on the surface OF the sward which
has nearly doubled its value. This was
done several years ago and totally eradi-
Gated the heath. The lime to this day ap-
pears in full action, as its effects annually
testify, from the richness and sweetness
of the heritage, the texture Of which has
been entirely changed by the application
of lime.
RHUBARB VNKGAR.-The process for
ten gallons viii be-take Is ordinary sized
stalks of rhubarb; pound or crush them
| with piece Of wood in the bottom of .
strong tub; add 10 gallons of water; let
this stand "a hours; strain off the crushed
rhubarb, add 18 pounds of sugar free
from molasses, and teacupful of the
best brewers yeast; raise the temperature
to 65o or So 5. and put your rrows into q
11-gallon cask place it in q position where
the temperature will not fall below Coz.
In month strain off from the grounds,
returning it to the cask again, and let it
stand till it becomes vinegar Country
Gentleman.
CURE FOR Hoe CHoLERA-A CORES
pendent of the Louisville Courier Journal
furnishes the following as an infallible
remedy for Hog Cholera: dissolve
thoroughly one pound of coperas in three
gallons OF warm water, and apply the
wash about milk warm to the affected ami
NAL, by dipping into the solution or rub
bling upon 1t until the skin is thoroughly
wet. Whenever the skin of the hog be-
gins to look rough and scaly or of dark
Pnd h. ~
Do not wait until the more alarming symp.
toms vomiting and purging) set in. APP
ply the wash every day until the scales
are removed"
CoUGH AND HEAvEs IN HoRsEs.-A
western physician, who keeps several
horses, finds sunfiower seed valuable
remedy for cough and heaves. So useful
does he consider it, that he is careful to
keep q good supply Of 1t always on hand.
He claims to have cured marked case Of
heaves by feeding quart or two of the
seed daily, and when any of his horses or
mules show disposition to cough, q feed
of sunf1ower seed Is given at once, and
continued until relief is afforded. 1t lie
said that on the prairies where rosinweed
is abundant, horses never have the heaves
and that the resinous leaves of the plant
are dried and fed in moderate quantities
with beneficial results.
A HUsK Door MAT.-Take an inch
board the size you wish your mat; dres it
neat rule it each way, drawing the lines
~ inches apart, bore hole with "a
inch anger in each square; double piece
of broom-twine, passit through the holes,
one at time have the husks dampened,
take sufficient quantity to fill the hole
very tight, pass it through the loop of
Irvine, draw it through until the double
end of the husk is ~ inches long, draw
the twine out, and proceed in the same
way until all the holes are filed. Then
take sharp knife, and cut the double
husks, spread them apart, trim the uneven
side, tramp it down, and set it where it 10
to be used, either side up.
WE are judged usually by our public
successes, by the esteem of distinguished
persons. But the real test of character il
the feeling Of those before whom we play
no part. What does the nurse in the nurs-
cry think of US, or the porter in the store,
OF the butcher boy? If mans children
confide in him-if all whom he employs
at home and In his business feel that he d
full of thought and sympathy for them
as for brethren-if those who meet him
perceive the charm of his urbanity, and
q they draw nearer and know him better,
honor and love him moro and more, We
may be very SIRE that he has the nOblest
human qualities, whose influence viii DO o.
poasession 70 ~ forever.-0. W. Curtis.
THE Commissioner Ut Indian Affairs.
Ell b. PARKER, has communicated 70 Con.
gress IN enumeration ~ tbs Indians with