Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-12-22
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

Why is it that the best and largest po-
tatoes on the dish are almost invariably
spoiled by being little under-done, when
every one knows that the difficulty can be
so easily obviated? Always make rule,
in boiling potatoes, to assert them, and put
the larger ones in the pot few minutes
before the smaller ones are thrown in.
"A light, dry cellar is better for keep
ing half hardy and even tender plants than
pit. A good cellar having a large body
of air never freezes, while pit, however
carefully tended, may We find that &C.
raniums, Lantanas, Lemon Verbenas, and
all plants of that class, taken up and put
in boxes of earth, winter well In the cellar.
Agaves, Oleanders, Grape Myrtles, and
other things Of that kind, winter splendid
ly there-Hearth and Home.
let their sheep run where they please.
Nothing could be more costly. They
gnaw the clover crowns in the meadows
their way to fields of fall grain, that should
not be touched with the hoof of any
animal; and, what is worse, they get
rambling habits that they will not forget
when the spring opens Keep them in
pastures until snow comes, and then put
them into yard where they are to remain
until April or May.
IS. e. H., Waterbury, Conn, states
that the following method of preserving
cider has been followed in his family for
several years with uniform success After
the cider has worked smartly,' take out the
bung and pour in white mustard seed in
the proportion Of six ounces of seed to
thirty gallons of cider. Stir well, and re-
turn the bung, and it will be ready for use
in couple Of days. We have had many
applications within q couple Of weeks for
our recipe from persons who tasted the
cider late last spring which we put up in
this way year ago, which was sweet and
lively as at first"
The Rural Neao Yorker says that onions
are often injured by keeping them in too
warm place. They will seldom be in
jured by frost if kept In the dark and in
tight barrels or boxes, where not subjected
to too frequent changes Of temperature. 1t
is the alternate freezings and thawings
that destroy them and If placed in a po-
sition where they will remain frozen all
winter, and then thawed out slowly and in
a dark place, no considerable injury would
result from this apparently harsh treat
ment. Onions should always be stored in
the coolest part of the celler, or put in
chaff and set in the barn or some out |
house.
The acid of the cranberry is SO de-
ridedly beneficial in all bilious affections,
by its stimulating effects upon the liver,
hat attention to its culture should be en-
One acre Of land, suitably pre-
pared, will yield two hundred and fifty
dollars worth of cranberries. The cram
berry plant is beautiful evergreen and
grows thriftily it can be kept all winter
ind may be SO trained to grow from flower
pots as to be beautifully ornamental to the
oarlor and dining room through all sea-
IONS of the year. They will grow in any
ordinary room, without special attention,
md the berry will remain on the stem un.
IL tho Towering for another crop. It
farther north than any other |
Jerry, ripening on Bushman Island, on the
western slope of Greenland, in latitude
eventy-six.-HaEs Journal Of Health.