Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-07-14
HONE, FARM AND GARDEN.

-Housekeepers know how quickly
lemons lose their flavor and rot. A simple
and inexpensive remedy 10 to place them
in q Jar filed with water, the water to be
renewed every day or two. By this means
the fruit can be kept fresh and sound for
several weeks.
Those who have favorite cut flowers
to preserve should change the water daily
in which they are set, and cut thin slice
of the stalks at every change. water
containing a small quantity OF camphor,
dissolved in spirits OF wine, will often re-
vive flowers that have begun to fade.
President Wilder says that not only
the form, but the color Of fruit Is i'm.
proved by thinning, for without light
fruit can never attain perfection. When
fruits are crowded, they are not only de-
prived of light, air, and warmth, but &C.
tually of room, 30 that the adjacent sides
Of two fruits are compressed and they fail
Of their full development.
A correspondent of the New Nnolan1
Farmer says that last year he saved his
onions from the maggot by removing the
earth from the bulbs with his fingers. be-
ing careful not to disturb the roots while
wedding them. A pint Of copperas dis
solved in pailful of soft soap, and when
thinned with water, applied to the onions,
is good to keep of the maggot and to pro.
mote the growth Of the onions.
IN. w. Palmer says, in the Westsrn
Farmer 81 saw Paris Green recon-
mended to kill potato bugs, and directions
for using the same bought half pound
and put it on about quarter of an acre,
and have not seen bug since-(one week
after applying the green.) ! think have
. better way to apply the green than any
I have seen described. put 1t into an
old salt sack and gave this slight shake
over every hill"
Fine Pancakes Take pint of cream,
eight eggs Qeave out two of the whitesl
three large spoonfuls!of orange-hower wa.
ter, little sugar and grated nutmeg |;
melt small quantity Of butter with the
cream over the fire, then add three
spoonfuls of flour, and mix well together.
Butter the frying-pan for the first; let
them run as thin as you can in the pan,
fry them quick, and send them up hot.
AT late meeting of the Little Falls,
N. Y, Farmers Club, Judge Grave, OF
Herkimer, stated that he sOiled . horse
from early in July until the grass ceased
to grow in the fall, from one-eighth OF an
acre of land. The land was in good CON.
dition and was seeded to orchard grass.
Each morning while the dew was on he
cut enough to last till the next morning.
Besides the grass, he fed but one peck OF
oats day.
Lemonade. who live where
fresh lemons cannot be obtained whenever
wanted, win find very nice substitute for
lemonade can be made by dissolving .
small portion of citric acid in water, da.
vored with good essence Of lemon, and
eweetened to taste. A quarter Of pound
will make gallons Of lemonade, and Ia
much preferable TO tartarsc acid, being
made from lemons themselves. 1t will
also take the place Of lemon juice in max.
ing lemon pies.
A very excellent mode Of causing fish
to perfectly retain its freshness for con.
siderable time during the hottest weather
and very long carriage cOnsists In making,
with bread crumbs and sufficient amount
of strong spirits of wine, paste Of mod
crate consistence, filing the mouth and
gills Of the fish with 1t, then wrapping
the whole in fresh nettles, and placing
outside On envelope of straw. Fish
treated in this way have been carried very
great distances during the hottest part Of
summer, In France.
Preserving Currants and Berries.-
Press and strain the juice out of quantity
of currants Then take, say, eight pounds
of fresh, stemmed fruit, and put with It q
quart OF this Juice and ten pounds of
sugar. "a pound or two Of raisins i'm
proves the fsvor.) Cook the whole well,
boiling 1t half an hour or SO. Then bottle.
This is pleasant sweatmeat. When de.
sired for eating with meats, some add
little vinegar and spices with the sugar.
Blackberries and Raspber.
ries.-Pick clean, put in porcelain-lined
vessel with one-fourth to one-half the
weight OF white sugar, and few spoon
fuls Of water, just enough at the bottom to
prevent burning. az these fruits furnish
Juice enough. Heat slowly for few
and % soon a. the sugar ID dis
solved, raise to- q boiling heat, and dip
into the warm bottle 30 a. not TO
break the fruit. Keep in cellar or other
pantry not subject to much heat-Amsyi.
can A0riculturtst.
The Mchiaon Farmer, Detroit, has
this about top dressing: Here IL farm
that few years ago would hardly raise
food enough on Ave acres TO keep single
head Of neat stock. BY means of tile
draining and top-dressing, the heaviest
crops ofclover and grass are now being
raised and . held Of clover that had been
sown last year promised crop that
would yield ct the rate Of two and . half
tons to three tons per acre from the
dst cutting. II was . solid mass Of vege-
tation that . mouse could hardly hnd 1ts
Wy into. The manure on this farm Il
Doeked ct al seasons when wanted with
he liquid manure ffosn the yards and
barnA and this = applied - top drea1ins
% the gTass neldA
-Raising Buckwheak-A correspond
mt Of the Germantown Telegraph after |
recommending that the ground n buck
wheat b twics plowed, with : sGnciant !