Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-21

A correspondent of the Mirror ant
| Farmer mentions late cut hay as cause
Of cattle gnawing boards and bones.
Soda Biscuits-Three pints of flour
one pint Of milk, one-quarter pound o
butter, three teaspoonfuls Of cream of tar
| tar mixed in the flour, one teaspoonful O
soda mixed in the milk.
A correspondent of the Canada
Farmer recOmends the use Of hemloch
Boards, nailed in v shape, opening down
as good substitute for tile in draining
wet lands. When covered all the time
with wet meadow clay or muck, boards
last long time. A sod is laid over the
paint where the butts of the drain boxes
meet.
Tomato and Okra Soup.-A leg OF
beef put on with six quarts of water at
nine o'clock, boiled slowly, skimming of
all the grease as it rises; at eleven o'clock
put in five dozen okras, leaving out the
stalks and cut in slices; six dozen toma-
toes, taking off the skins; six onions, one
tablespoonful Of salt; let it boil until
three o'clock.
"A Wisconsin correspondent of the
Northern Farmer writes: ain many
cases where wheat has been fed to stock,
gr,at injury has been done, owing to
blasted or smutted grains, which, it will be
seen, is very poisonous. The founder, or
OVER. feed of wheat, is the worst possible
founder We have known pigs killed in
a lew hours from eating it.
"A correspondent of the Horticultural
hays that fine low standard for a hang
ing basket is the Chinese Primrose (Ps1-
ba,tla Sinensis), bearing white or crimson
flowers. Soil-two parts garden mold,
and one part sand. Water often, but
slightly. Raise from seed, or division of
the root in sandy soil Take Offsets from
old roots in May, reset them in the fresh
soil, and keep the pots in the shade till
September.
Bleaching Muslins- Take twelve
ounces of chloride Of lime TO ten pounds
of cotton; dissolve the lime in two quarts
of soft hot water; boil the cloth in suds
water, then rinse il /; strain the lime into
sufficient quantity of water to immense
the cloth in; let it remain in from ten TO
twenty minutes, then rinse the cloth well.
Be careful that no particles Of lime get
through the strainer. have never failed
with this.-EDchange. aIaf
I'm the proceedings Of the Montgome.
~ County (Ohio) Horticultural Society,
reported In the Gardeners Monthly, Mr..
Mumma gave statement Of his mode of
protecting plants in winter, by means of
cut fodder. After trying many substances,
he prefers this. A machine cuts the stalks,
and grinds them fine. Being used for his
domestic animals, he easily obtains any
desired quantity for winter mulching. He
applies it after 1t is thrown out OF the
stalls A double handful sufflces for q
hill Of strawberries.
-Stewed Beef-Housewives who are
in the habit of using only steaks and
roasts, make ~ great mistake. A capital
dish may be made out of the "chuck," as
the butchers call It, or the neck, when
well prepared. Select piece Of meat as
large as the demand Of your table may
require, wash it well to remove all the
blood or soil from the outside, have your
dinner pot perfectly clean, salt and pep
per the meat well, lay it in the bottom,
and cover it with water boil 1t from two
to three hours, or till 1t is thoroughly ten.
der; add half an onion, sprinkle of sage,
thyme or summer savOry. lfthc meat be
fat, let the water all stew out half hour
before it ID put on the table, and when
your meat Is Drowned well ON the lower
side in the gravy, turn it over and brown
the other side. When ready, take it up,
add . little -four thickening to the gravy,
or, If you have "a dredge-box, shake the
-four into the hot gravy and brown 1t I;
then add boiling water, and you will have
q dish equal and, to my mind, superior to
the common roast beef upon boarding
house tables. Care must be used to turn
It; and equally necessary 10 good judy
ment in having It thoroughly well
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