Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-01-05
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

Potato Yeast.-Two large cups grated
potato, one half cup sugar, the same OF
salt, stir well together, pour one quart
boiling water, and stir briskly over the
stove till it boils. When cool raise with
yeast cakes.
Gold Water Cookies-Three cups of
white sugar, one cup of butter, one tea
spoonful Of soda dissolved in tea-cup of
cold water, nutmeg and caraway seeds.
Bake quickly. These are superb cookies,
very rich and nice looking.
Apple Shortcake.-Par and slice tart
apples enough to ill two round pie plates,
then make a crust Of one teacupful of
cream, salt and soda roll an upper crust,
put on and bake; when done turn bottom
upwards put on sugar enough to taste !;
then turn again and SO on. To be eaten
warm.
"A New Way of Cooking Potatoes
Wash and wipe the potatoes dry Place
them in a cast iron fiat bottomed pot on
the back Of the stove, covering the kettle
with close fitting iron or tin cover. The
steam of the potato is sufficient moisture
for them. They will cook in an hour and
ten minutes, and are very nice and health
ful.--Laacs Of life.
z9-X. A. Willard gives it as his opinion
that hundreds of thousands of pounds OF
cheese have been lost during the past sum
mer by the lack of attention to the tenn
perature of curing rooms. lie believes
progress had been made during the past
few years in this department, but much re-
mains to be accomplished, and the princi-
pal Improvement must lie in securing a
proper and uniform temperature OF the
cheese while curing.
The practice of milking but once each
day, says the Hearth and Home, where
COWS give but little late in the year, is a
bad one. They shrink much faster, and II
Young, the habit Of not "holding out " is
found to the owners subsequent cost.
They should be MIXED, as long as they are
MIXED at all, twice each day, and If well
fed and well stabbed, the process may
safely and profitably be continued up TO
within six weeks OF their calving.
-Arnica for Gargct.--.A correspondent OF
the Maine Farmer advises an inquirer for a
remedy for gargct, TO give the COW one
teaspoonful of the tincture OF arnica in
bran or shorts three times day, and battle
the bag thoroughly with it as often. Re
duce the arnica for bathing one-half in
warm water, and battle with the hand. |
have COW that has been troubled with
the garget for more than four years In
that time have given her over five pounds
of saltpetre, without much effect Last
spring tried arnica as above directed. and
the COW has not had sign Of garget since"
instrument for Relieving Clicked AMI
mals.-Wet, roll, and sew together strip
of sole leather Of the desired length,
and wide enough to be about an
inch in diameter when finished; then
get the tinman to rivet on to each end OF
the leather tube, pieces Of lead 80 as TO
form an oblong hollow ball, soldered to-
pether, about an inch and half In diane.
ter. with one hole at the end of the ball
and two or more holes in its side, through
which the creature may breathe or gas es
cape. and you will have a flexible rod of
sufficient strength to effect the purpose.
One of the end balls should be left little
fiaring, something like a funnel, to Fit
more firmly to the obstruction in the throat,
40 that either end could be used as seemed
most efficient--Am. Stock JournM.