Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-12-28
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In very cold weather the mouths of
| horses are often injured by contact with
frosty iron bride bits. Rub, before using
| them.
The Ohio Farmer thinks it important
to feed some straw every winter, as it
seems to have beneficial effect on most
| animals; it also thinks horses not at hard
work do better on cut straw with little
grain than upon hay and grain.
Ground Rice Griddle Cakes. Boil a
quart of milk rub smooth a teacApful of
ground rice, in a gill or two of cold milk,
and stir it into the boiling milk; add a
little salt, and while it is scalding hot,
stir in flour enough to make the right
thickness for baking. When cool, add a
teacup of yeast and four eggs. Let it
rise light
"A correspondent of the Hortculturist
disapproves of removing suckers from
small fruit trees while the trees are in
leaf, as it checks the roots and the whole
tree. The right time for taking them off
is early in the spring before the buds
swell This treatment refers to suckers
on small trees. From large ones they
may be taken at any time without appar-
ent injury.
To Remove Mildew.-Wet the cloth
which contains the mildew with salt wa
ter; rub it well with white soap, then
scrape some fine chalk to powder, and
rub it well into the cloth; lay it out on
the grass in the sunshine, watching it, to
keep it damp with soft water Repeat the
process the next day, and in few hours
the mildew will all disappear.
1t is said that radishes may be grown
at any season in the following manner ::
The seeds are to be soaked for twenty-four
hours, and then placed in bags and ex-
posed to the sun. They will begin to ger
inmate in about twenty-four hours Then
set them in box of wcll-manured earth,
and moistcn from time to time with luke
warm water In five or six days the rad
| ishes will attain the size of small onion.
To grow radishcs in winter the box must
be placed in warm cellar; covered with
a top, and the soil moistened every day
with luke-warm water
I received new idea, says a cores
pendent Of the Boston Cultjrator, in regard
to smoking hams LET them remain
frozen and wrapped in papers through
the cold weather. In the spring smoke
the barrel by gradually burning under it,
inverted, a bushel of cobs then rinse the
barrel in warm water, to be used in max
ing the brine. For one hundred pounds
of meat, use ten pounds of salt, two quarts
of molasses, two ounces of saltpeter, with
water enough to cover the meat. Scald
the brine, skim it, and put it with the
hams, packed in the smoked barrels.
Treated in this way the hams have the
taste of smoked meat, without smoking,
and will keep, like other salt meat,
through the summer
We suppose that nine out Of ten house
keepers will contradict us in the statement
that they do not know how to cook Il
dish of oysters. By the ordinary routine
either the oysters are stewed and shriyeled
out of any semblance of themselves in
shape, size, and flavor, or else the soup
and thckening' has raw taste. Here
is the right method : try it once, and wei
warrant you won't need telling the second
time. Pick the oysters out Of the juice
with a fork, as dry as possible; stew the
Juice, thickening the milk or water of
which the soup is to be made, until thor
oughlv cooled; then drop the oysters in,
and Just as the cooled soup begins to show
signs of simmerine, empty out altogether,
oysters. luscious enough to make you
think you never tasted the real article De
fore Western Rud.
"A distinguished Paris physician says:
AZ believe that, during the twenty years
have practiced my profession, twenty
thousand children have been carried TO
the cemeteries, a sacrifice to the absurd
custom of exposing their arms. Put the
bulb of thermometer into a babys
mouth, and the mercury rises to ninety
degrees. Now carry the same to It's niue
hand if the arm be bare, and the even
ing cool, the mercury will sink to hity
degrees. OF course, all the blood that
flows through these arms must fall from
ten to forty degrees below the tempera-
ture of the heart. Need i say, Wheh
these currents of the blood how back 10
the chest, the child's vitality must be
more or less compromised Ana need
add that we ought not to be surprised at
its frequent recurring affections OF the
tongue. throat, or stomach llnve seen
more than one child, with habliual cough
or hoarsencss, entirely relieved by Simply
keeping the hands and arms warm"
Pumpkins among Corn.--A cores
pondent of the Country GenheH'an says:
Corn AS we all know, is warm climate
production, and needs all the warmth OF the
sun it can get. Where the land is rich,
pumpkin vines will almost cover tue
rround, and consequently the suns rays
Cannot shine on and warm the ground,
which is so necessary to a good growth
Of corn. This year, by way of expert
ment. plowed up four acres OF moder-
ately rich land and planted two acres IN
corn and pumpkins in the usual way, ana
the rest half corn and pumpkins separate.
The first grew well until the vines began
to run, and then it seemed almost 10
stand still: the stalks were large enough
but II did not ear well, while that without
the pumpkins was the best piece OF corn
in the neighborhood. About two-thirds
was good for seed, while there were more ore
than enough pumpkins to pay for the