Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-03-03
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD
usEFUL RBCIPEs, ETC.

YARN AND uVU0EuVuU
USEFUL RECIPES, ETC. 9
THE Nasns Farmer recommends giving
pigs good rock salt twice week.
II the combs and legs Of hens are rough,
they are old; il smooth and Timber, they
are young. - stJe
A SOUND discretion is not 30 much indi-
Gated BY never making 3 mistake, IS by
never repeating II. 81
LAND is often injured for years by plow-
ing while wet. Better miss one crop than
hurt the land, but better still prepare 1t IN
win be but little trouble In the spring,
even In wet easons.--kzehSn0s.
MnNDMs KsrTLEs.-n IN lron kettle
has hole u the bottom of i drive in 2
plug OF lead and hammer Il down on both
sides. II kept covered With water It Win
NOT melt Or make . cement with sixs
parts Of dry clay and one Of iron filings,
made into paste with boiled linseed oil.
CHAa v. RILEY, entomologist, cautions
those who would use carbolic acid to de-
stroy insects, against using the crude
(cresylic) acid, the latter being the pure
acid. However much diluted, he says, it
kills plants as we'll as insects. "Carbolic
acid mixes well with alkalies, but not with
water, and it can only be used as q sapo.
naceous compound" jca9~UifafIt b = -.
Four correspondents of the Country
Gentleman unite in the statement that an
application of coal tar to seed corn is the
best preparation to prevent birds pulling
up the seed. The tar should be heated be-
fore being applied, or else placed on top of
the seed, and boiling water poured on.
They give from four tablespoonful to q
half pint of the tar a. enough for bushel
of the corn,
Ina lecture before the Connecticut
State Board of Agriculture, on parasites,
Prof Verrin said that the bed-bug Is
nocturnal and gregarious in ito habits, and
hence easy to get rid Of It loves home
and returns when possible every night to
the same haunts. They lay eggs with q
lid on the top, about 100 each, and 90
few dozens in q season will stock house.
They are allied to the louise. Six parts of
petroleum to hundred parts of water is a
simple remedy.
THERE is great deal OF intemperAnce
besides that of tobacco, opium or brandy.
Men are dissipated, to oye rtax their system
all day and undersleep every night. Some
men are dissipated by physical stimulants,
and some by social, and some by profess
siOnal and commercial. But man who
dies of deEtriuna, trennens is no more q
drunkard and suicide than the lawyer,
minister or the merchant that works ex-
cessively all day and sleeps but little at
night-Beech<r. .f,..5.. a.
IF. G." writes tho Country Gentleman
that sod is preferable for corn; that he has
found little difference in the crops on
ground plowed in fall or spring, but pre-
fers blowing in the fall on clay land; that
it is much the best plan to draw out and
spread the manure as soon as the ground
is plowed that snow will not hurt the
manure in the least. II the land is to be
plowed in the spring he still thinks it
better to draw out and spread the manure
in the Notwithstanding it as made.
BEETs-The culture of the beet is said
to be worth more to Q country as fertil-
izer than the productdirectly derived from
the treatment OF the root, the waste pulp
proving more valuable than the sugar. It
is fed to harmed cattle in large quantities
It is stated that in France, where the bust
ness has grown to enormous dimensions,
the increase in cattle on account Of beet
pulp is wonderful. In the district of
country surrounding the city of Valen-
clennes, where, before the production of
beet sugar, seven hundred oxen are the
total amount, eleven thousand five hun
dred are the total amount raised last year.
But this is not ALL This enormous in
crease Of stock has so much advanced the
fertility of the land that one hundred and
ninety.two thousand bushels more wheat
are raised in the same district per annum
than were ever raised in previous years.
~ y. Com. bulletin, gae 49, 4
THE best liquid bee feed can be made
from good white or brown sugar and
water. The better the sugar the better
the bees relish 1t. 1t should be boiled. 1t
is useless to skim off the scum if you boil
it long enough. 1t should be, when cold,
about the consistency of honey. There
can be candy made OF sugar which is de-
LIQUID feed. The following Is recipe for
making it, taken from Langstroth: Add
water to sugar. and clarity the syrup with
eggs; put about teaspoonful of cream
Of tartar to about twenty pounds of sugar,
and boil until the water is evaporated.
To know when it is done, first dip your
finger into cold water and then into the
syrup. If what adheres is brittle when
chewed, it is boiled enough. Pour it into
shallow pans, slightly creased, and when
cold, break it into pieces of suitable sizes.
Four pounds Of candy will, it IL said, sus-
tain colony having scarcely any winter
stOfes.- ErchGnge. 81 $50 FL tA 0Ir
4aal8 Preparing to Farm. ,,qq
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