Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-09-08
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

| A MASSACHUSETTS farmer says he can
| inter his COWS on steamed feed for one
6ird less expense than ON dry feed, and
let one fourth more milk. This results
tom five years experience.
PROF. LINDLHY says that pruning,
when well directed, Ia one of the most
Useful, and when ill-directed one of the
| most mischievous operations that can take
place on p plant. The best season for
pruning IL mid winter or mid summer. 1t
is, however, the practice to perform what
is called the winter pruning In the au
tumn.
TINE Small Ffui. Recorder says that 1t
is very beneficial to cut off the entire top
Of the strawberry plant after it Is done
bearing. If this is done the plant com
mences new growth Immediately after,
and by fall becomes o rank luxuriant hill.
Strawberry plants are much weakened by
ling on the old dead leaves and fruit
TIE Germantown telegraph gives the
following method of storing celery Tor
win.er. Sink barrels in the earth 80 that
the tops are two or three inches below
the surface, and then I'LL them compactly
with celery, without any soil, but with
clos, compact covers upon them, so as to
excuce moisture, and then couple Of
inches of soil BY this mode it may be
KEEP well until late in the spring.
A CORRESPONDENT of the american
Agricultursst picks and stores his squash.
es il September and has them SQUAD till
the blowing June. He says, "Gather
the squashes for late keeping between
September LIST and 10th, taking only those
thatgrow near the root; put them on the
| shel1es where they are 70 be kept, and
keeI them dry and cool
| WASH FOR HoRsEs-A writer in the
| Prdgse Farnser says: IL will give you
/ b receipt that Is almost invaluable to per
4 sons who have horses with sore or CALLED
shouders Sugar of lead, n or; good
fnegsr, I gill; allG;phol. gin Put in q
mart bottle and I'LL up WIN stions d.
cotton Of black oak bark; when black
,ak bark is not to be had, white or req
lax bark makes very good substitute.
shake well before using, and bathe the
parts intended TO cure, or t0ughen, tbiee
times per day. IL Ii excellent 10 nafoeh
Acolts' shoulders when f1rSt commencing
work"
How BoNEs ARE GRoUED.-Bone mills
are made with several pairs OF cast iron
rollers arranged one pair above the other
| The bones pass between the upper ones
and are coarsely broken; then IN sue
cession through the others, which reduce
them more and more until they are nne
enough. These mills are expensive, ano
no farmer can afford TO grind bones IL
| small quantities A much cheaper
method of pulverizing bones consists 10
using stamp such as Is employed BY min
ers in preparing quartz for the amalgamss
ing .procesA
| To PURIFY DAIRY UTENSILS Stand
| nm end. in q convenient place for use, an
onen.e nded vessel of suitable dimension
for the size of the dairy, say from half
barrel TO hogshesd. In this slake some
good quicklime, enough 70 make thil
whitewasn when filed full OF water, snd
cover 70 keep out dust and dirt. Int
lime will settle, leaving saturated soiu
ton Of lime over 1t, as clear as spring
water. After using the milk pans, ec,
wash them as other utensils are WASHED
and rinsed; then dip them IN the sdjoin
ing cask Of lime water, giving them
quick turn, 20 that every part become
immersed therein set them TO drain ant
dry, and the publication II complete, with
ont any scalding process, from the new
nan 70 ne WORKOUT one. The lime In thu
clear vater instantly neutralizes the acid
| ity o. the milk yet remaining In IL.
cracks or seams, etc., Of the milk vessci
70 destroy which the process Of ecaidfne
lha been performed. In the csse Of vefJ
sasll dairy, or OF one COW, the clear wats1
\ mav. II preferred, DO dipped out for thu
l tiaIc being and poured gently back again
i the hme purifying the water and keeping
i 4 rood "a summer. OF course there WI
b 3 lit1le waste from evaporation, whicl
win . nnads up by adding clear water :
Nd She lime settled in the bottom 9
IL en1k keeping up the strength Of ~
eo1f1 IA sOfuti0n. Lot sny one wn'
1sads and doubts T. tfio:sZ: amp'y .: