Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-10-13

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out at the same time. The soil is sandy
Cor. Prairie Farner.
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.
THE Rural New Yorker is in favor cf
heavy draft teams for farm use, as being
more economical than lighter ones.
TO KEEP INSECTS FROM SMOKED MEAT.
While smoking your meat with chips or
sawdust, put on the fire q few red peppers.
The fumes, it is said, will prevent all in
sects from attacking your meat.
THE Country Gentleman recommends
making chimney in the centre of each
making 1t by placing three rails or poles
foot apart.
IT is asserted that the bite of the cobra,
or any other poisonous snake or reptile,
can be cured by administering prepare.
ton of the gall of the venomous crea-
ture.
EARLY BRRAKFAsr-The earlier the
break fast the more work will be accom-
plished during the day, and the better
will be the health of the household. Iii
bad custom to work before breakfast,
attending to chores in the damp miasmat-
ic air.
Il WESTERN farmer noticed that almost
all the potato bugs In his garden had dis
appeared, and short time after he killed
large striped snake with his hoe, and
found that it was full of the Larvae of the
potato bug. 1t had about cleared out the
garden. He says he will kill no more of
those snakes.
DRIED BEEF GRAvY.-Slice two tea
cups OF dried beef very thin, add one
quart OF sweet cream let ii boil q min
ute or two, then thicKen with one table,
spoonful of -four, one egg, and q little
sweet milk, cheat well the thickening be-
fore pouring 1t in), and stir until done,
which will be two minutes Sweet milk
will do in the place Of cream by adding
butter. This is capital dish to serve with
baked potatoes.
In layering roses and other plants, It
will be found useful to srlit the layer at
at the point whence it ia desirable the
root shall strike, and to keep the cut open
by inserting bit of chip or shaving.
The soil should be freshened up and en-
riched by wellrotted manure before the
layer Is put down. In order to encourage
the young roots the soil should be kept
moist.
To STUPEpY BRBs-Put two tea spoon
fuls Of Oh oroform into cup; soak bit
of rag It; then put the rag in the box
or hive, Closing the entrance. The bees
will almost Immediately begin to drop,
and in less than ten minutes every bee
will be stupeded. They will recover in
about half an hour; but will not fully re-
cover their activity till next morning
Bee Journal.
SUGAR BIsCUIT.-Dissolve one quart of
white sugar in q tea-cup Of milk; then
stir in pint of lively yeast with sifted
-four enough to make a stiff sponge; let
it rise until very light, then work into
the sponge three quarters of pound of
melted butter, with sifted flour enough to
make stiff dough; work the dough thor
oughly, cut into biscuit, let them stand on
buttered tins to rise sift sugar upon each
and bake in quick oven.
HOUSEHOLD WEIGHT AND MEAsUREs.-
Wheat flour, one pound is one quart In
dian meal, one pound two ounces Is one
quart Butter, when soft, one pound one
ounce Is one quart. Loaf sugar, broken,
one pound is one quart. White sugar,
powdered, one pound one ounce is one
quart. Best brown sugar, one pound two
ounces is one quart. Eggs, average size,
ten are pound. Liquid Measure
teen tablespoonfuls are half pint
PRESERVATION OF MnK-The follow.
ing method of preserving milk is given In
. French technical journal as discovered
by MN. Grapin and Roger. To each litre
az piut) of new milk add ~ ounce Of
the bottle and place 1t for about four hours
In hnf mt al 70 {,1ot halo
1914 . Fahrenheit. When the bottles are
Withdrawn from the bath, dip them in
melted pitch, and the milk win keep for
long time without alteration.
In an article on guarding against
drought, the Country Gentleman says that
while, for limited areas or in certain local..
ties, irrigation may be practiced to sdvan.
tage, and while E.ulching is of much
value, the most ef1cacious preventives Of
drought will be found to be: Underdrsin.
ing; pulverizing by cultivation; . deep
soil, obtained either by deep blowing or
subsoil blowing a. the condition of the
land makes most advisable; . porous soil,
obtained BY blowing in yard manure,
clover. and other green crops; good TO
tation of crops.
Por Pu-TAke chicken, . piece Of
bel, vel, mutson OF pork, cut IL into
till several pieces, boil done, put In SALT, .
snail pisoe q red pepper, have 1t in .
largo kettle and considerable water.
Peal - many potatoes - you want, mix
dumplines Win buttermilk and salerstus
only, and cut - biscuit Have the Vster
boiling, drop In tho potatoes and dunn.
ing, cover the kettle and keep Il covered
md boiling 5orty.Ave minutes Tske n
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