Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-07-14
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.


USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.
MoULTrNa fowls should have few
nails placed in the water furnished for
! their use. The rust occasiOncd by the
nails renders them less liable to disease.
A NEW ENGLAND farmer gives the fol-
lowing az remedy for film On an AMI
malls eye: Pound and rub alum into
powder, making it IS fine as flower. Fill
q common goose-quill partly full with it,
and from that blow it into the eye. But
if the eve is bruised by blow, that is an
other matter, and the alum would proba-
bly, dc. no good.
| A CORRESPONDENT of the Oneida Dis
patch says: ITO destroy the currant
worms, 90 out ct eight or nine O'Clock IN
the evening and jar the bushes 90 as TO
throw the worms on the ground. DO this
three successive evenings when the worms
make their appearance. This will finish
body will do 1t for three successive years,
it will destroy the race"
CURIOUS HANGING BAsKRT.-Procur .
large sized turnip and scrape the inside,
| leaving thick wall oil rOund; fill the
cavity with earth, and plant in it some
clinxing vine or morning glory. Suspend
the turnip with cords, and in little time
the vines will Irvine around the strings,
and the turnip sprouting from below
will put forth leaves and stems that will
turn upward and curl gracefully around
the base.
TEE Nassachusetts Houghman, In reply
to an inquiry - to whether ashes will de-
compose bones, says: "The bones should
be pounded as finely as possible; then put
into tight tank and the ashes put upon
them from time to time, and kept moist
by drawing out the I've 4 ON the bottom
OF the tank, and pouring 1t upon the
ashes" 1t thinks that this process will
result very satisfactorily in decomposing
bones.
A CORRESPONDENT of Iiltons Journal
of Horticulture says that in all cases where
grating wax is generally used, it is better
to apply instead clay paste, tempered
with fresh COW dung, to make it more ad-
hesive. The least excess of tallow or oil
in the composition of the grating wax is
very deleterious-it kills the wood as deep
as il strikes in, besides it is thus worse
than useless expense, and Is very tedious
in application.
THE Cannda Fa,mer says that the at
tacks of the apple tree borer may be pre-.
vented by washing the whole trunk OF
the tree up to and including the forks OF
the main branches, with soft soap, or a
solution of potash. The alkali kills the
eggs or young grubs rs soon as Matched.
Insects are endowed with wonderful in.
stincts, and it is very doubtful whether
the parent beetle ever deposits eggs on q
tree that is covered with strong alkali.
:, w. ID. GENTRY, of Nashville, says: "As
telegraph operator and type-setter, l
would say to the public that, If in making
the letter (capital writer's would put
under it the telegraph character repre-
senting that letter, which is two dots,
thus, ;. operators and many type settlers
, would be enabled to distinguish from J,
and avoid many annoying errors; and il
the public generally, and especially school
teachcrs, would adopt the suggestion, the
misfortune suffered by ell who write the
English language would be removed"
FRIED BRrAD-Put into common bis
cult pan heaping teaspoonful of butter,
md let it melt and spread over the pan ;
a zen take enough slices Of bread (stale
-. rwers a. well a. ANY, to cover the bot.
e. of the pan, and make q mixture to
dirs A. lem In by heating we'll eggs and
nnwf. 9 in milk enough to soak the bread;
season with = little pepper and salt
make ~. bread quite moist; then lay in
the huttsr md fry brown on one side, and
| If too so. Z turn, put them in the oven
| to brown ON he top.
Iramv noisn Is swallowed, drink in
stantlv hsf A "a % OF cool water, with .
hesnine ts.en CON ul each Of common salt
and ground n,,stan ! stirred intoit. This
yomits AZ socu rs II !. caches the stomach.
But for fear sem.e Of Il We poison may re-
main. swallow the whi,'e Of one or two
eRes, or drink : cup Of strong coffee
these two being sntidosA' for greater
number of poisons than any other dozen
of articles known, Y, it'll the advantage OF
their being always II hand; If not, pint
of sweet oil, lamp OH. drippings, melted
butter, or lard, are geO substitutes, espe-
cially If they vomit q ickly .-Amsr'con
Housewife
A REr1RED BAxxE.s RECIPE FOR
BRRAD.-Take an es4th< vessel, larger
at the top than at the both I'M, put IN one
pint Of warm water, one an half pounds
Of four, and half pint o malt yeast +;
mix well together and set ~ ~ IN warm
place until II rises and falls gain, which
will be In from three to i've hi 'urs. linen
put two large spoOnsful of 81 INTO Two
quarts of water, and mix with me ABOVE
rising; then put in about nine , ounds OF
flour, and work it well; let it ii 'e until
light; then make it into l0aves. N CIV ana
runny -four requires one fourth mo- 'e SAT-
than old and dry -four. Bake - 20 on as
light
PEACH LEATHER-Cr the peae hes.
and force through large colander o.
coarse sieve by rubbing until nothing us
the skin and pits remain in the aieve, a g
juice and pulp having passed througl
into . trough or receptacle. The akinA
and pits are thrown away, and the pulpy\
substance poured and spread evenly upon
planned boarjs with raised edges, to avoid
IL running Of, or large sheet iron pans,
which have been previously creased.
These are placed In an oven to dry. When
The preparation y salndeptly hardened, /
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