Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-10-13
HONE, Farm AND GARDEN.

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HONE, Farm AND GARDEN.
The best way to clean jewelry. it is
stated, IL TO wseh it In soap and water,
and then lay in oxwood-sawdust, which
gives 1t an elegant polish.
Green Corn Frittera-One pint
grated corn, one small cup butter, one
egg, teaspoonful salt, one tablespoonful
flour, q little pepper. Drop on buttered
pan and bake or fry ten minutes.
Sponge Cske.-Beat two eggs in q
large teacup; fill it up with sweet cream
and add one teaspoonful of soda, little
salt and two tescupfuls of flour. Flavor
it to suit the taste. Bake quick, as that
Is the secret Of making good sponge cake.
Cleaning Silver plated Articles
White metal articles, electro plated with
silver, should be cleaned with the greatest
caution. The use of soap gives 10 the
articles leaden appearance. Iftarnished,
rub them with little fine whiting wet
with water; then wash with clean, soft
warm water. Dry carefully, and polish
with fine whiting on piece OF soft
leather
Mock Oysters One dozen raw ears Of
corn grated; after grating, scrape or
wiring all the milk from the cob; half q
tablespoonful of flour, season with pepper
and salt; beat the yolks of three eggs
very thick and stir into the corn; whisk
the whites to q stiff froth and add the last
thing. Drop desertspoonful at time
on hot griddle, and fry of q light brown
on both sides.
Eggs will only keep few days in
salt; and the salt in which they are kept
should not be used sfterward for the same
purpose. To preserve them for two or
three months, grease them all over with
melted mutton suet, and then wedge them
close together (small end dswnward) in a
box Of bran, layer above layer. The box
must be closely covered. Charcoal is bet
ter than bran. Keep them in the coolest
part of the house.
"A correspondent of the Ohio Farmer
attributes much Of the failure in modern
fruit-growing to the drying up Of water
courses and ponds, which used, in former
times, TO generate fogs, which bad very
beneficial effect on growing fruit. partly
by furnishing chemical composition of
electricity, and distillstion of vegetable
vapor in hot weather which serves as u
stimulant and protection Of the fruit.
Bulbs which have done towering are
sometimes neglected and left in the ground
until damaged by frost. This carelessness
is frequently the cause Of the loss OF
choice bulbs, AS soon as the tops have
wlthered, hyacinths, ha,fhardy lilies, cro-
cuses, gladioli, etc, should be taken up
and kept in q moderately dry place until
the planting season. Seeds OF flowers
should be collected and put up carefully
in paper bags correctly labeled. Seeds Of
hardy ANIMALS, biennials and perenniale
may be sown in the fall.
"A correspondent Of an English agri.
cultural paper says that friend Of his
gives small quantity Of oil cake TO ami
mails grazing, for the purpose of improv-
ing the pasture, and with remarkable ef-
feet. The pastures are email, aud one or
two bullccks more than they are ealcu-
lated to carry are put on each. The lot
then have daily allowance Of four pounds
of oil. cake each. This ut cost OF about
two shillings per week, entirely altered
the face Of the pastures from what they
were three years ago, while the improve
ment in the stocks more than pays ex-
pense.
Cure for Lockjaw.-A correspondent
of the Scientific american recommends
turpentine O. Q cure for lockjsw. He
says: "Let any one who has had an at-
tack of lockjaw take small quantity OF
turpentine, warm 1t and pour 1t ON the
wound, no matter where the wound is,
and relief will follow in less than one
minute. Nothing better can be applied TO
severe cut or brulse, than cold turpentine;
1t will give certain relief almost instantly
Turpentine is also sovereign remedy
for Group. 6aturate piece OF flannel
with 1t and place the flannel on the throat
and chest, and in every severe case three
TO five drops on lump of sugar may be
taken inwardly. Every family should
have bottle on hand"
Destroy tho Csterpillars. - The
drought seems TO have been peculiarly
favorable TO insects of oil kinds, and we
have never known them to be % numer.
Gus as they are this season. There 10
scarcely q shrub, tree, or weed that 10 not
infested with some kind Of caterpfllaYs,
and II all are allowed TO pass into their
winter quarters undisturbed, we may ex-
pect still greater number next season.
We have captured in Cur own garden
within the past week over twenty dit.
ACACHt oPCSACss oAO We p1CouAAiO sAoS -
many, or even greater number, might
be found upon almost any farm. These
pests should be destroyed wherever and
whenever found, and II is better 10 do It
now while In the caterpillar state than TO
wait until next spring, and then under
take to kill the butterflies and moths. A
few hours spent in killing caterpillsrs this
fall may ave our gardens from being dev.
astated next summer.-H0yA and Home
"A great deal of damage IL done TO
fruit trees every year, at the time Of
gathering fruit. Large branches are
barked, small ones are broken, - In the
violent shaking Of the trees, nth spurs
are broken OF Selling fruit on the trees
generally results In great injury to the
orchard; Tor the buyer, In most Gases,
does not care how much damage Il done
TO the trees, and his object h to gather the
fruit IN the most expeditions way. Thsee
y generally moro damage done II eather.
Ing unIips fruit than In taking OF that
Which . fully znatured for IL former
adhsrss % firmly 70 TIE spafs that some