Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-10-20
HOE FARM AND GARDEN.

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ITO Make Old Kid Gloves New
Make thick mucilage BY boiling hand
full of fax seed add little dissolved
soap; then when the mixture cools, with
. piece of white flannel wipe the gloves,
previously, fitted to the hand; use only
enough OF the cleaner TO take of the
dirt, without wetsing through the glove.
"A eentleunan In tho New York Farm
ers' Club says: 81 think among other
things, l have proved this, that calves
ought never to be fed together. Each
should have mess separate, as no two
drink alike. Some drink faster than
others, therefore get more than IL for their
good, while the others do not get enough.
I think it does psy to watch them closely,
snd see that they get just enough and no
more"
Coffee Cake.-One cup Of strong cot
fee, two cups Of sugar. one cup OF but.
ter, three cups of hour, five eggs, one hall
pound of raisins, one.haH pound OF cur.
rants, one teaspoonful OF soda dissolved
in vingar. Beat the butter to 2 cream;
add the sugar and yolks well beaten !;
spice to taste; stir in the aour with the
fruit mixed In it; lastly, sdd the whites
beaten to . stiff froth. a
"A correspondent of the Horticatwr-
ist says that he succeeded perfectly in
grating q scion OF the tomato upon the
potato vine. He cut about one,third OF
the potato short of, just above leaf,
base. The cion being shaded from the
sun was every day sprinkled with little
water. and It took readily. In the fall
the tomato was loaded with ripe and un-
ripe fruit, and had grown to q large size.
Cream Pie.--Boil three-fourths of q
cup of butter in one half pint OF water |;
while boiling, stir in one and three fourths
cups of -four. Take from the fire, and
stir FIVE unbeaten eggs slowly IN with
half tesspoonful OF dry soda. Drop on
buttered pans, half the size you want
when baked, and bake Is or 30 minutes.
When done, split she,n. and MI with the
following mixture: Boil one pint OF
milk, and while boiling, stir In three we'll
beaten eggs, one cup OF sugar, and one.
Western Rural
The American Stock Journal saye /:
I" In teaching young horse to drive well
do not hurry to see how fast he can trot.
Keep each pace clear and distinct from
the other; that is, in walking, make him
walk and do not allow him to trot. While
trotting, be equally careful that he keeps
steady at his pace, and DO not allow MN
driving should be kept snug, and when
pushed to the top of his speed keep him
well in hand that he may learn to bear
we'll upon the bit, so that when going at
high rate of speed he can be held at his
pace, but do not allow him TO pull too
hard, for 1t IL not only unpleasant, but
makes it often difficult to manage him"
The Pomologist says that there is no
shrub, plant, or tree, that pays more gen.
erously for pruning than the currant.
Yet few ever touch II with the pruning
knife, while they use 1t to excess on the
well-developed fruit and paying crops, .
manuring and mulching, and judicious
system Of pruning, IL I'll important For
mulch there is nothing better than chip
manure or leaf.mould from the forest.
The borer IL becoming q serious draw
back upon the growing Of the currant.
As remedy there 10 nothing 90 efectual
as close pruning and burning the trim.
mings.
The following method Of keeping
cattle in q stable supplied with water, Ia
recommended by the Agrtcultursst -
"Provide q small, fixed trough foot or go
square, and six or eight inchesdeep for each
stall. Let these be exactly on level, and
connect them by means OF pipe opening
into each one, with barrel which is fed
by another pipe leading from the water
supply. This last pipe must be furnished
with faucet and floating ball valve, 80
adjusted that 1t will keep the water In the
barrel at the level required for the small
troughs. Whenever an animal drinks,
the water in the barrel and In the other
troughs Is lowered, and the floating ball
valve admits corresponding amount OF
fresh water for the supply pipe"
Sweet Pickles.-.There are many recipes
for making q sweet pickle Of fruit, all Of
which are complicated and tedious. The
following, which will answer equally for
damsons, plums, cherries, apricots and
peaches, serves every purpose OF hne
favored, handsome pickle, OF good keep.
ing qualities, and has the advantage Of
giving but little trouble: Prepare your
fruit as for preserving, stoning It, and TO
seven pounds Of fruit take three and one
half pounds clean brown sugar, one pint
of vinegar, and one ounce each OF CHINA
mon in sticks, sprig mace, and cloves. Put
fruit into jar, roll the vinegar and spices
together, and pour IL over the fruit, let
ting IL stand for two days. Then pour
the vinegar off again, put it on to boil,
and when hot pour in the fruit and boil
all together until they are clear and trans
parent. This does just - we'll Is the re-
peated scalding usually recommended
Exchange.
keeping Dahlias through the Winter
When the frost has killed the stems Of
dahlias, the tubers should be dug mp aud
put in some place where they will dry for
few days, or even . week or two Will do
no harm. The stalks should be cut OF to
within six or eight inches OF the roots,
but in no case divide or remove any single
tuber, because the eyes or buds from
which Towering stems will be produced
next season are situated on or near the
point of junction between the old stem
and tubcrs, and not elsewhere, - on the
potato. When the tubers are sufficiently
dry to allow the soil TO be easily brushed
of, they sheuld be packed loosely In lar.
rels or boxes, and very dry sand poured
among them until all the open spaces be-
tween the roots are filed. II IL usually
necessary 70 prepare the sand expressly
for this rurrrnae and fhOsA who have