Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-02-10
HONE, FARM AND GARDEN.

HONE, FARM AND GARDEN.
"A correspondent of the Rurol Nev
Yorker pronounces fried pork fAt a. good
~ anything he ever tried for sore teats on
cows.
The Gsrmantosen Telegraph insists
that 1t has found none of the new varieties
of potatoes equal to its old Avorite-the
White Peach Blow.
1t is stated that by allowing articles
coated with iron rust to remain . short
time In kerosene oil, the rust can be read.
ily removed by Afterwards rubbing for .
few minutes with cork.
The veterinary editor of Wakes Spirit
of the Times recommends the following for
scratches in horse Take sulphate Of
zinc, one drschm +; glycerine, two ounces;
apply every morning"
I'm feeding potatoes and turnips to cat
tie they viii sometimes get potato or
turnip lodged in the passage to the stom'
ach, in which case q common flexible
wagon-whip, pushed gently down the
throat, will remove the object and give
instant relief.
The most speedy method of making
cider into vinegar is said to be to not fill
the casks more than half full, with the
bune lett out, which will expose the larg.
est surface to the air, and consequently
will become vinegar much sooner than If
the barrel be filled.
The Prairie Farmer says that in the
latitude of Alton, ILL.,, and further south it
| is right to cultivate orchards up to the
| time of frost, but that for points further
north the cultivation should be stopped
at least four or five weeks before early
frosts are to be expected.
| --Gapes In Chickens When you find
them showing symptoms of this malady,
YOU will find it most simple and success
| full remedy to mix with one quart of corn
meal one tablespoonful Of black mustard
seed, and feed them. They will be healthy,
have q vigorous and lively growth.
speak from three years experience, and
| without the loss OF one chicken.-Fdrm
Journal. sFT
| Lice and itch often infest cattle when
they are not in good condition. The best
preventive against these consists In giving
them plenty of good food, and warm, well
ventilated shelter. A good remedy is to
feed small quantities Of sulphur, say two
tablespoonfuls week. This keeps the
skin loose and the hair smooth. Vermin
never trouble cattle If they are in good,
healthy condition. Poorly-fed, hide
bound stock are always liable to such dis
eases-Fds7n Journal.
The Country Gentleman thinks no sat.
isfact0ry, efficient and well established
remedy for the codling moth has yet been
devised. 1t thinks the moth is probably
| 5000 fo~,~n;do hlo ov,o,nVy tn thu 0nVla
than all others put together. The reme-
dies suggested are allowing swine or sheep
to run in the orchard, and Dr. Trimble's
method of winding hay ropes two or three
times around the trunk of the tree, under
which the worms crawl and form cocoons,
and where they may be destroyed at in
tervals of two weeks.
Sheep require about three per cent.
of their live weight Of hay or its evuiya.
lent per day. That is about three pounds
for sheep weighing in the neighborhood
of one hundred pounds. But it Is not good
economy to confine them to hay alone.
They do better on q variety Of food, and
roots of some kind may be regarded as
essential to their thrift. II regularly
supplied with turnips or other roots,
they will readily consume the stalks and
straw, and do well on them, while without
roots they require good hay.-Eschange.
An Ohio ounce grower has been very
successful for two years past with this
fruit His treatment of the trees Is very
simple: He spades the ground Of his or
chard every spring, and scatters peck OF
coal ashes around each tree. He finds
salt the best manure on the ounce, and
applies about one quart to the ground
under each tree after the soil has been
spaded, and another quart when the
ounces are about half grown. Last year
he sold three hundred bushels Of ounces
from his orchard of three-quarters OF an
acre.
According to DR.. Dio Lewis, the
habit Of chewing tobacco is very easily
got rid of The first day person would
get along very well, and would hardly
miss the stimuiant The second day the
mouth would be dry, the throat parched,
the memory confused, and the person
would hardly know what TO do because OF
restlessness and strong craving for some
thing. Go then and take q good sweat
or, what is better, Turkish bath. The
third and fourth day do the same. BY
that time all desire for tobacco would bt
gone.
If you wish to bake your bread OF
biscuit without dry, hard crust, you can
do 30 very readily. Just before placing
the bread in the oven, rub its surface with
butter or lard. This will close the pores
preventing the escape Of the gas which Is
produced by the yeast, and the escape OF
the steam which is produced by the mois.
ture of the heated loaf. Bread thus baked
will be almost crustless. Indeed, 80 long
as the moisture Is confined 1t will be diff
cult burning the loaf to any great depth
The large vacuities in the bread will be
less numerous, though, as the whole, 1t
will be more porous and therefore lighter.
l-Ezchange.
"A Psychological journal condemns the
practice Of boxing children's ears: 1--WE
had supposed, in this advanced age Of
civilization, that such barbarous punish.
ments were only remembered as relics OF
the darker ages. But it appears that the
practice is sufficiently common in some
sections of the country to call forth a
decided remOn strance Beside being q