Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-11-03
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.
ALL plants grow stronger and ripen bet.
ter when the air circulates freely aroma
them, and the sun is not prevented from an
immediate influence
DEPEND upon yourself; riding upon the
shoulders of another is dangerous and
foolish. If you are not cast off into a dis.
agreeable place, you might be let down in
q very ugly manner, when you least expect
IT is said that good way to polish
plaster of Paris castings, is to coat them
with melted white wax, and then place them
before fire until the wax is absorbed;
considerable polish can then be obtained
by friction.
SORGHUM CAKE--Take on teacupful of
sorghum, a teaspoonful Of vinegar one tea.
spoonful of melted butter, and little salt
stir this thick with flour, almost thick
enough to knead. Dissolve teaspoonful
OF salaratus in teacup Of boiling hot water
add this, and stir quickly, then bake
DISTANCE FOR APPLE TREEs-The
Western Gardener recommends setting ap-
pie trees fifteen feet apart each way II
says there will be no trouble for room for
ten or fifteen years, and when there is, the
alternate trees may be removed 1t be-
lieves the fruit will pay for the extra trees
many times over, while they will also serve
as protection from sun and wind.
CHARLES L. SHARPLEss, of Philadel-
phia, writes the Country Gentleman that
his cattle never did better than last winter
when they had the following feed: fifteen
pounds of hay for each, fed five pounds at
time at morning, noon and night, eight
quarts OF meal in two feeds, and four quarts
of carrots daily The meal was composed
OF one part corn, one Of wheat and three
of coarse bran.
STRAwBERRIEs-Hear and Home saws
strawberry plant requires year to estab-
lish itself If set this fall, it will not Weld
fruit any sooner than if set next spring.
In fall planting, We have the season in our
favor, and can do more and better work.
1t is folly to set strawberry plants now and
expect crop next spring. The crop will
come the spring following, whether we set
in October or April.
FALLEN LEAyEs.-Leaves make good
bedding, though they are not remarkable
absorbents. When turned to mould in the
manure-heap, they are invaluable for al
most any growing crop. Instead, there
fore, Of letting them be blown at the winds
will, as they fall from the trees on these
autumn days, rake them together, and de-
post them in some convenient locality, in
readiness for subsequent use, as suggested.
Picked TOMATOEs-To one peck of
green tomatoes, add eight onions and six
green peppers; cut them in Slices and
sprinkle thoroughly with salt; let them re-
main over night. In the morning drain
off the juice, cover with vinegar boil five
minutes, again drain off the liquid to pre-
vent fermentation. add one cup of sugar
with mustard seed and spices, place in a
stone jar, and cover with good strong vine
gar.
AS a remedy for the inconvenience re-
sulting from excessive perspiratiOn OF the
feet evinced in the softening and peeling
off of the outer skin Especially between
the toes), German physician recommends
the application of tannic acid or tannin, by
which the outer skin or epidermis is con-
verted into kind of leather, without OBJ
structing the pores, through which the
Precipitation still passes readily.
HAVE THE Hoes A Coop BED Farm
ers waste food by not insuring perfect ease
and comfort to their fattening animals, and
this remark applies as well to neat stock as
hogs. The same grain fed to two pens of
spring pigs of the same litter and of the
same number-the one lot having a clean
yard and comfortable nest and the other
living in mud -hole, and sleeping on the
cold earth or on something more disagree
able-will, in the one case, add in weight
at least twenty per cent moro than in the
other Give the pigs clean yard and
clean, soft bed, if you would get the worth
of your grain.-Hearth and Home.
ELASTIC AND SWEET GLUE.-Good COM
mon glue is dissolved in water, on the
water bath, and the water evaporated down
to mass of thick consistence, to which
quantity of glycerin, equal in weight to
the glue, is added, after which the heating
is continued until all the water has been
driven of, when the mass is poured out
into mOlds, or on marble slab This mix
ture answers for stamps, printers rollers,
galvanO plastic copies, etc. The sweet
glue, for ready use by moistening with the
tongue, is made in the same way, substi-
tuting, however, the same quantity of pow
dered sugar for the glycerin.-IScientJfe
american.
AN IRISH STEw.-Take two pounds of
small thick mutton chops, with or without
fat, according to your taste; take also four
pounds of good potatoes, weighed after
they are pared, slice them thick and put a
portion Of them in a layer in stew pan
season the mutton well with pepper and
place some of it on the potato; cover it
with another layer and proceed in like
manner with all, reserving plenty of the
vegetables for the top; pour in threequar-
tiers of pint of water and add when the
stew begins to boil an ounce Of salt Let
it simmer gently for two hours, and serve
it very hot When the addition of an
onion is liked, mince it and stew it over
the potatoes.
HENRY WARD BEEcHER writes: "Tc-
bacco is the one best remedy for all stings
of insects. Wet it so that the juice shall
start, and place it on the place stung, and
in one moment you are all right again.
Last season a little grandchild, walking in
the grass near bank, fell upon a nest Of
hornets and the hornets speedily fell upon
her. She was sadly stung in some eight or
ten places. Her screams brought the nurse.
She, too, screamed. Everybody ran out of
the house. What's the matter.' and
What's the NATTER" sounded from half q
score of frightened mouths. Tobacco was
at hand. Little wads of it were wetted,
hound on the SnOta st,1nO and in ton min