Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-06-30
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

To CLEAN MATTING.-Put a double
| handful of salts into a bucket of cold
water wash the mating, small piece al
time, rub it well with coarse cloth
avoid treading on the mating until 1t is
dry
COLOGNE WATER.-Take one pint OF
alcohol, sixty drops of essence Of berga.
mot, sixty do. of lavender, sixty do. of
lemon, and sixty of orange. Cork up and
shake well, and 1t is fit for use. This is
cheap. and as good as any.
A CORRESPONDENT OF the american
AUjculturist, in illustration of the en-
durance of the thoroughbred horse, says
one ridden by him during the war was,
at one time, on duty "a hours, carrying
weight of not less than 200 pounds, al.
most absolutely without food, and wstered
not more than three times, yet he came
into camp by no means exhausted.
A CHOICE PUDDING.-One quart OF
sweet milk. one pint of bread crumbs,
one teacup OF sugar, butter the size OF q
hens egg, yolks Of three eggs, a handful
Of faisins, favor with lemon. Bake half
an hour Then beat the whites of three
eggs, with two thirds OF ateacup OF sugar,
pour over the pudding and bake slightly.
IT is said that radishes and turnips al
ways do better when planted In new
ground, or at least ground where they
have not heretofore been. Old gardens are
the worst places in the world for radishes
You will rarely obtain any sound ones.
Clay mixed with the old soil vitalizes 1t
greatly and will produce good radishes.
A WRITER to the American Institute
Farmers Club gives the following method
To expel sheep ticks: feed sulphur. II
not only keeps them of sheep, but drives
them. I feed 1t with salt well mixed In
equal parts at the rate of three pounds Of
sulphur at one feed to 100 sheep. Then,
afSer Ave days, give another dose, the
same o. the first. Before begin dosing,
let them get sslt-hungry."
Tokill cock reaches, mix equal quaint.
ties of red lead and Indian meal with mo-
lasses, making 1t about the consistency of
paste. Il IL known TO be certain exter-
minst0r of cock reaches. A friend who
was troubled with Thousands upon thou
ssnde OF them, rid his house In . very
few nights by this MIXTURE Put II upon
iron plates and set II where the vermin
are thickest. Be careful not to have any
article Of food near by where you Get the
MISUNDERSTANDING.
SHEEP DIPs.-Sheep dips, containing
arsenic or other metallic poisons, should
be used cautiously and not In excessive
quantities; and although arsenic.l dips
are probably more powerful than the dips
which contain NO mineral poisons, yet the
latter are TO be preferred for more reasons
than one. Several cases Of death amongst
nocks and herds afesrep0rted In England
a. the result Of the use Of sheep.diPping
mixtures; but these have been dips into
which arsenic, &c, entered largely.
WHxs Nor TO EAr.-Never eat when
very much fatigued; wait until rested.
Never eat Just before you expect TO en-.
aaee in any severe mental or physical ex.
ercise. Never eat while In Q passion, or
while ulder any great mental excitement,
whether OF q depressing or elevatiDg
character. Never eat just before taking
bath OF any kind. Never eat just be-
fore retiring for the night Never eat be-
tween regular mesls.-Herald Of HsalM
To Gun FELoH-To cure this pain
full thing, or rather to check 1t or nip 1t
in the bud, the London Lancet, high gu
thority. avs there is nothing like the fol-
lowing: 1As soon as the pulsation which
indicates the disease is felt put directly
over the spot q fly blister about the size
Of your thumb nail, and let 1t remain for SIX
hours. at the expiration OF whick time,
directly under the surface Of the blister,
NAV be seen the felon, which can be in
SANITY taken out with the point OF
needle or . lancet"
A Hmr WoRTa NNDISG.-h j rasp-
berry and blackberry. canes set out this
spring Vhould be cut down 70 within six
inches of the ground, II not done when
set out II WIN insure the growth OF the
new wood, and they viii come into nne
bearing order next year; whereas should
the canes Be allowed TO remain only par.
italy pruned, - other bearing WOOD
there may Be small crop OF poor fFuit,
end only about half crop next ysar.
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