Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-02-24
HoHE, FAM AND GARDEN.

-. 80 q.
HONE, FARu AND GARDEN.
: As Z remedy for the inconveniencce
roealting from excessive perspiratiOn q
the feet evinced in the eofteninG and
peeling Oh Of the outef kin Especially
between the toes), 3 German physicaan
recommends the application 81 fannie
acid or tannfn, BY which the outer akin
or epidefmis Il converted into . kind OF
leather, without obstructing the pores,
through which the perspi5a&ion stil passss
readily. s .es IS
--The allowing method q grating, OF
rather budding. q said 70 IS pracacsd
formed at any season: Remove small
piece Of bark and wood, leaving ,
smooth and dat surface; to this slmilar,
piece containing the bud b fitted, and the
Joints are sealed with ccllodion. This
forms . Strong impervious cuticle, which
secures : Tree circulation Of the sAp on
the approach OF warm weather, and .
perfect union of.the partA
Newer whip your horse for becoming
frightened ct any object BY the roadside;
for II he eees stump, Q log, or hap OF
tan bark In the road, and while he = eye
ing Il carefully and about to pass 1t you
strike him with the whip, It b tho log, or
the stump, Or the tan bark that is hurting
him, In his way Of reasoning, and the
next time he win oct moro heightened.
Give him time to examine and smell OF ell
these objectA and use,the war bride 70
assist you in bringing him carefully to
these objects Of fear. Bring al objectst
II possible TO his nose, and let him smell
Of them, and then you can commence to
gentle him with them.
The collection and application Of ma
nure should 60 on continually, for the
grasses and cereals and al kinds Of cult
waited plants make an annual DRAFT on tho
soil for the ingredients which enable them
to build up their stems, foliage and seedA
No liquid or solid manure suited for en-
riching the soil, should be allowed to 60
to loss about the homestead. SOapsuds,
wood ashes, SCOT, charcoal, sswdust, ETC.,
may be applied to the soil with much
benefit to the crops Leached wood ashes
are very useful for top dressing grass
land, deepening the color of the plants
and increasing their productiveness, 80
much as to double the agreeable yield OF
hay whenever they are applied in suffl-
cient quantities. -Pairis Farmer.
"A correspondent sent to the New
York Farmers Club, for answer, thsques.
ton, what is the comparative value OF
corn and potatoes - food for stock! One
of the members gave the following an
swer to the question: "Dry corn con.
tains from eighty to eighty i've per cent:
of nutritive matter, . considerable part Of
which is nitrogenized and helps to make
red fesh, while the starch and sugar tend
to make fat. Average potatoes have only
some twenty seven per cent. OF nutrition,
and with the exception Of less than one
starch. In round figures, one bushel Of
bushels Of potatoes"
1t may be q matter of interest to some
of our readers TO state that girdled fruit
trees can be saved; and We see no good
reason why the same treatment will not
have the same effect upon all trees. The
experiment has heen tried with satisfac-
tory results. The method Is as follows:
To graft five or six scions, a. large around
- pipe-stem, and long enough to reach
over the girdled place into the tree. First
notch the live bark above and below the
girdle, then spring the shoots or sciOns
into these notches and fasten the ends
with wax. The principle 10 that the sci
ons grow rapidly and spread over the
girdled surface. We have been told by
gentlemen who gave this method trial
that he saved some very fine fruit trees In
this way, after they had been apparently
ruined by the gnawing of mice.-Es-
change.
The best food for horses affected with
the heaves, Is such as Is nutritious and sue
culent, and should be condensed into a.
small compass a. possible. Dry and
dusty hay IL injurious, and makes the AMI
NAL wheeze distressingly. Moistened
ground feed, potatoes, carrots, and ruta
bagss, are the best food for animals hav-
ing the disease, and if the water 70 drink
would be given TO the horse out Of cask
occasionally, II would materially lessen
ing horses afflicted with the heaves, and
neglecting to feed and treat them proper.
~, should be visited by Mr. Berg or some
other member Of that humane society,
and admonished that II II contrary to law
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Journal.
Whenever . warm day or two occurs
In winter, cellars should be ventilated. It
il . Practice Of many Of our farmers in
the Northern States 10 bank up their eel
lars, and close the windows in AL, leaving
no method Of ventilation or chance for
tho efluvia arising from decaying vege.
tables to escape, except through the rooms
occupied by their families. To such we
would ny, II some Of your children are
sick next spring with fevers, do not call
TIA dispensation OF Provnencs, or Icy the
blame on climate, but ask yourself how
many times the cellar was aired last win.
ter. A good cellar under house b often
quite . convenience, but when filed with
Vegetables, some Of which are In decay.
ing state, they become st0re-houses Of dis
ease, unless often and thoroughly venti-
lated An open mild winter q olten fol-
lowed By an unhealthy summer, and the
cause Of the la:tsr u usually found nearer
home than many people imagine.-HSarth
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