Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-12-29
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.


The Boston Journal Of Chemistry IS
authority for the statement that borax Is
the best cockroach externiinator as yet dis
covered To- eaa+alai9 ~ sas7
Lemon Pie.LOne lemon for two pies:
Crate the rird and pulp up fine, taking
care not to get the least bit OF a SEED In.
Take one and one halls cups sugar, broken
with the yolks of four eggs, one and one
half cups of sweet milk. and two tea
spooYiflls corn starch dissolved in the
milk. Bake with one crust. Beat the
| whites of four eggs with pulverized white
sugar, for putting spread over the PIE, re
turn to the oven, and brown lightly.
TO Iron Velvet Ribbon.-Dampen
the under-side slightly. and draw it back
ward and forward over a hot stove-pipe
| until the velvet is quite dry. A still bet
| ter plan-though in winter 1t is not always
as convenient-is to lay wet piece of cot
| con cloth on hot tlat-iron placed upside
down, and while the steam is rising from
| it, to draw the under-side of the velvet
tightly backward and forward over the wet
cloth.
| Vinegar for Ink stains. One of the
editors of this paper was last week so I'M
| lucky as to spill quantity of ink over a
fine pair of slate colored pantaloons. He
supposed the garment was hopelessly
ruined, until one Of the ladies of his family
suggesting that vinegar might remove the
stains A quantity of ordinary vinegar from
the table cruet was at once applied to the
cloth, and vigorously rubbed in with a
sponge. When the cloth was dry most OF
the stains were entirely gone, especially
where they had been thoroughlyrubbed.-
Hearth and Home.
One marked difference in English and
American farming is forcibly presented by
a correspondent of the Country Gentleman
in the statement that an English tenant
farmer, liable to be dispossessed of his
place on six months notice, buys corn
brought 5000 miles with which to fatten
animals. doing this chiefly for the sake Of
the manure, while an American farmer
owning the land he works, will sell even
his hay, and feeds no animals for the pur
pose of enriching his own land.
The Ohto Farmer says that not one
farmer in fifty realizes the value of pota
toes for stock They are not only gooe
for horses and cattle, but for hogs, calves
and poultry. 1t then gives an experiment
made by r. A. Hunt, of Euclid, Ohio, al
follows: While thirty-six quarts of carrots
were fed, thirty-two pounds of milk were
received daily; with the same amount, one
half potatoes, thirty-six pounds of mill
were given; and while potatoes were fec
alone, forty pounds of milk were received
The roots were cut and fed raw, three time
day, in messes of twelve quarts each.
To Cure Foot Rot-An old German
shepherd informs an exchange that he ha
never failed to cure even the worst case o
, foot.rot by the following treatment: Trim
, away the hoof so as to expose all OF the al
. fected parts Apply, bountifully, salv
composed of powdered blue vitriol ant
hogs lard Euvelop the foot in piece o
old rag of any kind, secured by strin!
, tied lust above the hoof. This is to keel
. out the dirt, and to contine the salve to tn
, diseased parts. Four or five days are sui
, ticient to effect cure. We should ado
that all diseased animals should be sepa
rated from the flock, and kept so unit
recovery is assured.
Waterproof Backing.-A CORE
spondent of the Country Gentleman says h'
obtained the following recipe some years
since from manufacturer of waterproof
, boots in Liverpool, England He ha
tried it on boots both in salt and fresi
3 water. He uses it on harness and finds
makes good backing Two days after i
is applied to the leather, the leather viii
receive polish from ordinary backing
Take an old pair of India rubber shoes
: (boots or any old India rubber); cut then
up and pull off the cloth lining; put tn,
rubber in about a pint of meats foot oil
2 and set it on the stove until the rubber i
entirely melted, stirring it once in while
and don't let it boil or burn. 1t will taxi
about two days to melt the rubber. A
J soon as the rubber is melted stir in one
half pound of beef or mutton tallow, ant
I one half pound of beeswax. If it is no
black enough you may add little lamp
black. To apply to the boots: Wasl
them clean of mud and backing; whel
they are nearly dry apply the waterproof
all over them-if the weather is cold worl
near the stove The best thing to use il
applying this backing is ones hands, an,
considerable elbow grease, to rub it we