Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-09-08
HONE, EARn AND GARDEN.


to shake his head violently, and the OBJ
struction will be speedily dilodged; L
necessary, repeat the operation, but the
worth remembering. M
Tomato Soup. Chop fine one quart
Of ripe tomatoes, and boil them ID
minutes add while boiling, the quarter
Of : teaspoonful Of soda, and stir until the
efiervesence ceases; then add two crackers
rolled fine, add one pint Of sweet milk
boil 10 minutes longer, and season with
butter, salt, and pepper-either black OF
cayenne. t
The Massachusetts, Foughman says
| if fruit growers will but take the trouble
TO remove the windfalis from beneath the
trees, and feed them to swine, very
great check may be placed upon the irt
crease of that great pest to apple grower,
the codling moth. An examination pt
the fallen fruit will discover in each (p-
pie maggot or white worm which istne
Larvae Of the moth.
-Hoven In Catt!e.-Thc american
Stock Journal says broom handle y the
best remedy for hoven. 1t should te put
| into the mouth of the animal as q bit Is
put inJO horses mouth, and made secure
| by strap or cord around the head, back
OF the horns. ANY other stick viii do as
well. The motion Of the jaws in attempt
| ing to get rid of the obstruction allows
the escape of the gas from the stomach.
There are two very effective ways Of
disposing OF stumps-not quite so effect
ual as the puller, but very handy when q
puller cannot be readily obtained. Bore
a number of holes and fill them again and
again with sulphuric acid. This eats
away the wood and hastens decay. An
other is to fill the hole with petroleum or
kerosene till the wood is pretty well
soaked, and then the stump will burn OF
even with the ground.
The Boston Journal of Chemistry says
that manure is never so valuable as when
it is fresh. 1t then holds in association
not only all the fixed soluble substances
natural to the solid eXcrement, but much
that is OF great value found only In the
liquid. It is in condition to quickly
undergo chemical change, and the gaseous,
ammoniacal products secured are double
those resulting from that which has been
weathered in heap out of doors for sew
eral months.
"A correspondent of the Florist and
Ponaologist, writing on the subject of thin.
ming fruit, says that fortnight or three
weeks after the fruit is set, is suitable
time for the first thinning; q second
might take place In another fortnight
and the third or final one. should be after
stone fruits are stoned, and when apples
and pears have grown to about one sixth
of the full size. No set time can be laid
down for the process the size and condi
ton of the fruit determines the time
The following table Ia convenient, al
showing the respective weights of differ
ent kinds OF seeds, fruits, vegetables, etc.
per bushel
Hemp sees, fb-. ....44 Onions, ms. .......... 81
Dried apples, rs..... ~ Castor Deans, Dds q
Dried pescbes, Ds..... 3s Malt, RS ...,,...s 81
Coarse salt. Ms florn, In ear. lbs n
Fine salt rb......... .s5 Corn Neal, ms. ..... ~
stove coal, lbs 80 Bran: bs; ..:.,... y
How to Make Hominy-The I've in
which the corn is boiled must not bt
strong; it is better to be weak and boi
it longer. Three hours are long enough
to boil 1t in I've. Then pour it out into q
tab In which 1. paiio two Of vster
Drain it off and put on enough clean
broom, and stir, and scrub, and waeh the
| Cdu Win ~ Ulichiys Oo .bAS tAtSC VI
four times, after pouring off and adding
clean water. Then let 1t stand half an
hour in the last clean water poured on 1t
There ia no need of putting the hands
about it at all while washing and rinsina
it, not even when you take it out OF the
tub, which can be done with saucer or 9
skinner. If the weather is cold. drain
the water of, and let It stand out all nigh
and freeze; then it won't take any Longer
to cook 1t than to cook mess Of beans
Boil 1t slowly; salt it little, and that no
until you arc about taking it of the fire
Leave plenty of the water about II II
which it was boiled. -Exchange.
of the farmers vocation, Dir. Greeley
says in his ''Notes:" "There Is no othel
business in which success is 30 nearly
certain as in this. OF one hundred mel
who embark In trade, q careful observe
reports that ninety-f fail and, while
think this proportion too large, am sur.
that large majority do, and must fail
DO enormously overdone If ten men en-
deavor to support their families by mer
chandise in q township which afford
adequate business for but three 1t is certain
that majority must fail, no matter how
1 JuufSiOAS sASA saA"AAOGS Va uc" "a VI
their living. But you may double the
number of farmers in any agricultural
county ever traversed without neceseari
ly booming one to failure, or even abridg
ing his gains. If half the traders and
profe ssional men In this country were tc
bctake Themselves To farming tomorrow
they would not render that pursuit one
whit less profitable, while they w0uld
largely increase the comfort and wealth OIL
the entire community; and, while good
merchant, lawyer, or doctor may be
starved out of any township simply be
cause the work he could DO well is al
ready confded to others, I never We,
heard Of temperate, Industrious, intelli
gent, frugal, and energetic farmer who
failed to make living; or who, unles:
Frustrated by disease or disabled by casu.
atty, was precluded from procuring a
modest independence before age and de.
crepitude Invested him Of the ability to
labor"
Saving Seed