Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-08-25
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

O6Ek IN AMI 0O00L S1ky EAe
AN Ohio hog -grower says that the fol.
lowing treatment will make the biggest
hog out of pig in twelve months: Take
two parts Of barley, two of corn, and one
of oats. Grind them together; then cook,
and feed cold. He says it is the cheapest
food, and that any pig of good improved
breed can be made in this manner TO gain
q pound day until year old.
BED-BUGs-A lady contributor to the
Western Rural writes: "Having pur-
chased q house some three years ago
where bed-bugs had apparently had their
own way for some years, and hearing that
kerosene would destroy them, tried II,
and with perfect satisfaction. 1t being a
log house, took feather and applied the
oil to every part where there were any
bugs and then to the bedstead. This re-
peated twice during the summer, and have
seen but two bed-hnGs since"
THE editor of the Horticultuyist recon-
mends mulch for fruit trees at the time
of fruiting, as the successful maturing of
fruit comes only from a steady supply of
moisture. Shade invites moisture, and a
mulch gives shade. Take two rows of
pear trees and mulch one and not the
other, and at fruiting time it will be found
that the mulched row will have much
finer fruit than the other, and the branches
and foliage Of the former will be more
healthy than those of the latter.
To PICKLE CUCUMBRRs-Get very
small cucumbers, wipe them clean, and
lay them into stone jars Allow one quart
of coarse salt to pail of water; boil the
salt and water until the salt is dissolved !;
turn it boiling hot on the cucumbers !;
cover them up tight, and let them stand
twenty.four hours. Turn them into q
basket to drain. Boil as much of the best
vinegar as will cover the cucumbers; wash
out the jars and put the cucumbers into
them. Turn on the vinegar boiling hot !;
cover them with cabbage leaves, and cover
the jars tight. In forty-eight hours they
will be ft for use. Pickles of any kind
are good made in the same way Western
Rural
How TO MAKE BLACKBERRY VINE
The following receipt tor making black.
berry wine Is furnished the Country
Gentleman by Charlottesville, Va, house
keeper: Gather nice ripe blsckberries;
mash them well in wooden or eartbern
vessel, strain and for every gallon of juice
thus obtained, add two quarts Of water to
the pomace. Let this stand several hours,
stirring occasionally then stain and mix
with the pure juice. To every gallon of
this mixture add three pounds of white
sugar. Place In any suitable vessel TO
ferment, substituting piece of gsuze
neatly pasted on for stopper. After
fermentation, loosely place the stopper in.
Rack of and bottle 1t in October.
To HARDEN A PoKER.-The FIRE poker
by constant use, becomes soft, and is gen.
orally more or less bent. This arises
from its being left in the fire and becom-
ing hot, then being put on the fender,
where 1t slowly cools : an operation which
softens the best steel When q peker has
thus become soft and bent, it may be
again hardened by making it hot again
two or three times, and plunging 1t every
time that it is hot into pail of cold wa
ter. The rapidly cooling Of steel makes
it again hard
MANY men are supposed to be self.
taught. No man was ever taught In any
other way. Do you suppose q man IL Q
bucket to be hung on the well Of knowl-
edge and pumped full! Man is . crea.
ture that learns by the exertion of his
own faculties. There are aids to learning.
OF various kinds; but, no matter how
many Of these aids q man may be sur
rounded by, after all, the learning IL that
which he himself acquires And, whether
he be in college or out Of college, Ia school
or out OF school, every man must educate
himself And In our times and our COM
munity every man has the means Of doing
it, HSchGn9s
RAW ToAArOKs-Thea almost universal
popularity Of the tomato has led TO
great variety of ways of eating It Proba-
bly, more are consumed raw than in any
other way. The manner of dressing them
varies greatly. Some use only vinegar
and salt Others, vinegar, salt and oil,
and others again, vinegar and sugar. We
often see them served with regular salad
dressing, but the general way Is to place
them upon the plate plain, and allow each
one 10 prepare them TO suit his own fan
cy. They are usually sliced with their
skins on, but those who are very particu.
lar about such matters scald and peel
them before slicing, and the slices are put
with pieces OF ice to cool them and restore
their 6YmneAA Tomatoes, when eaten
raw, show the qualities Of the different
varieties better than when cOoked.-Amsr.
tcc~ Aerieulturtx.
How no THAT KIcNHa Cowa-A
friend told ~ tho other day Of . method
Of treatment that he had found succeesful
In curing Gown Of the habit OF kicking
while being MIXED. i y . follows A.
the COW stands IN the s(ancheon, he puts
. ball-ring n h1 nose, throws 4 rope
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