Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-02-17
USEFUL RECIPES, ETC.

THE following is said to be sure cure
for chilblains: Wash the feet clean in
warm soft water: when dry, battle them
in strong solution Of cOpperas and rum.
Any other liquor win answer, but rum il
better.
THE Wester1 Rural thinks the first
thing to be seen to in setting an orchard
or improving one already set, is to have
the soil thoroughly drained. Drains may
be made In the center of the spaces be-
tween the rows
A C0RRRsPoNDRNT Of the Country Gen
RensGn finds that one bushel of cut corn
stalks will be eaten clean by each Of his
cows, whereas each would eat parts Of and
waste the remainder of four bushels uncut.
He feeds the cut cornstalks wet with ship
Stunts mixed with it.
How TO MAKE SoFr SoAP.-Boil TWEEN.
ty-fve pounds of fried grease in two pals
Of strong lye. Next day add another
pailful of hot lye; also on the following
day, II there is grease on the top of the
soap. Afterwards add pailful of hot
water each day until the barrel is filed
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A NEW YORKER says that cows should
be sailed every morning, and if in the
stable, before foddering, but never after
taking water. This is the practice of the
best stock keepers in Switzerland, and he
thinks much preferable to sailing them
once or twice week, or to keeping it
constantly within their reach.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Western Ru.
raj thinks that the ground is the best bed
for hogs, as he thinks it warm enough,
and valuable disinfectant. To prevent
the hogs making distinct beds, he advises
laying down fiat stones, or making pave
ment of small stones, and then covering
them with four or five inches of earth.
He presupposes good house, built of
brick or stone sides.
MANY persons, IN preparing potatoes for
cooking, pare off thick slice from the
surface. Professor Blot, in his lecture on
the potato, says the skinning process is all
wrong, as the strength of the vegetable
lies near the surface-the starch growing
less abundant as the center is approx
mated. The starch near the surface con-
tains the nutriment, which is not more
than seven or eight per cent, the balance
being merely water.
To BEAUTIFY THE TEETH.-Dissolve
two ounces Of borax in three pints of boil
ing water, and before it is cold add one
teaspoonful of the spirits of camphsr, and
bottle for use A tablespoonful of this
mixture, mixed with an equal quantity of
tepid water, and applied daily with soft
brush, preserves and beauties the teeth,
extirpates all tartarOus adhesion, arrests
decay, induces healthy action of the gums,
and makes the teeth pearly white.-Er-
change.
THE successful management Of farm,
especially in this age of progress, requires
thought not less than hard work. Some
thing more needs to be done than scatter
the seed and reap the harvest. What to
plant, in order to be tolerably certain to
obtain good price for the product /; in
what soil, as to quality and rotation of
crops; and just when to cultivate, and
with what implements, to secure the best
results-all these things need to be con-
sidered. The comparative leisure Of win
ter is the best time to think of these
questions. Now is the time to lay out the
spring campaign, and to prepare the
meansfor prosecuting it vigorously W Gin
cinnati Chronicle
How TO Go TO BED IN COLD WEATHER
DO 1t in hurry if there is no fire in
the room, and there ought not to be un-
less you are an invalid. But if person
is not in good health it is best to undress
by good fire; warm and dry the feet
well draw on the stockings again; run
into the room without fire jump into bed,
cuddle up with head and ears under cover
for minute or more until you feel little
warmth; then uncover your head; next
draw off your stockings, straighten out,
turn over on your right side and go to
sleep. If sense of chilliness comes over
You on getting into bed it will always do
an injury, and repetition increases the ill
effects without having any tendency to
"harden' you. Nature abhors violence.
We are never shocked into health. Hard
usage makes no garments last longer
Or. HaA.