Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-06-08
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

"A good way to get sick IS to 60 shop
ping every day in the week, eat ice cream
and cakes for dinner, drink strong tea for
supper to strengthen the nerves, and fret
the balance of the time because you
haven't sufficient means to buy all the
fancy goods displayed.
1T is said that in many places in Utah
no land will be put under cultivation this
season on account Of grasshoppers. The
people have not the see to sow and they
have about as little faith as they have seed.
A bishop, who some years ago was we'll
TODD farmer, reports himself and the peo-
pie of his district utterly destitute. The
reports from other settlements are as
bad.
To Destroy Moths.-Saturate rags
with spirits of turpentine, roll up tight
with whatever you wish to preserve, and
inclose in an old linen cloth, so that there
is not crevice or crack by which the
miller can get in to lay her eggs, and you
are safe. Occasionally drop little in the
bed clothes boxes Git will do NO harm to
woolens, even if it falls upon them), and
cover up closely. So says an exchange.
The prunings and vineyards should
the vineyard or grape vine border, and
plowed into the SOIL They will be bene-
fetal by keeping the land open for the
roots Of the vines to spread, and also by
supplying the ingredients which the plants
require. The most successful grape grow
ers make it point to use all the prunings
in this way, with the exception of that
part which is reserved for cuttings.
"A writer in the Canada Farmer says
that one mode of heading off the borer is
to rub the trees over with common soap
soft soap will do very well-early in June,
just before the beetles lay their eggs.
Another mode suggested is to plaster over
the trunk of the trees with thick mixture
of COW dung and clay; this is said TO pre-
vent the egress Of the insect and cause il
to die underneath. This will also prevent
the beetles from depositing their eggs on
the bark.
-Fricasseed Chicken-Cut up the
chicken, and boil with slice OF two of
pork, in sufficient water to cover, till quite
tender Fry some pork, and, when cooked
little, drain the chicken and fry with the
pork till quite brown. Then take out, ard
pour the broth into the frying pan, with
the pork fat, and make gravy, thickened
with Drowned flour; season well with but
ter, and put the chicken into the gravy.
Be sure and have the fat quite hot when
the chicken is put in, SO it will brown
readily.
-Corned Beef-The London Queen
SAYS ITO those who have worn down
their teeth in masticating poor, tough corn
beef, we will say that carbonate OF soda
- ,,l, 70 tt.a ayfi Ent
the steaks the day before using. into slices
about two inches thick roll over them a
small quantity of soda; wash off next
morning cut into suitable thickness, and
cook to notion The same process will
answer for fowl, mutton or any fresh meat.
Try it, all who love delicious, tender dishes
of beef"
To Prevent Horses Kicking in the
Stall.--Give them a wider stall, or turn
them loose in a box STALL If neither is
convenient to do, or fail to cure, take q
piece of trace chain, about two feet long,
and fasten one end Of it, with strong
strap. to the foot with which they kick.
Or put surcingle loosely around the ami
NAL. and pass a cord from the kicking foot
through the girth, around the head in front
of one ear and behind the other. Make
the knots so they will not slip tight and
give length for necessary motions.-RuraI
Neso Yorker
Tomato Figs--The Scientific America'1
says the following recipe for making toma-
to figs is said to be excellent: Collect
lot of ripe tomatoes about one inch in diane
ter, skin, and stew them in the usual man
ner; when done, lay them on dishes, nat
ten them slightly, and spKead over them
light LAYER of pulverized white or best
brown sugar; expose them to summer
sun, or place them in drying house; when
as dry as fresh figs, pack in old zig or small
boxes, with sugar between each layer III
properly managed, the difference cannot
be detected from the yeritable article.
A correspondent of the Western Po-
| 1aolOqist, who writes from Buchanan
County, Iowa, says that he never fails TO
have a good crop of peaches every year,
| by a simple process OF protection which
| he employs. He cuts of the young tree
| sixteen inches from the ground, and allows
the limbs to shoot out on each side below,
| like the rods of an umbrella. by weights
or stakes he keeps them down In horl'
zontal position, so that the stump is Ike
| the hub and the limbs like the spokes OF
| a wagon WDeel lying upon VIC Siouha'
About the middle of August he cuts
back one third, or one-half the new
wood with pair of pruning shears, and
late in the fall covers the whole with corn
stalks. In this way the buds are saved.
French Mode of Frying Potatoes -
! Cut then in whatever shape you wish,
above bowl OF cold water, so that they
will drop into it, Then drains and wipe
them dry This must be done quickly SO
as not to allow the potatoes 10 become
reddish. Have coarse towel ready, then
turn the potatoes into colander, and i'm
mediately turn them into the towel, shake
them little, and quickly drop them into
hot fat When done, turn them into a
colander, sprinkle salt on them, and serve
hot. If you wish them light or swelled,
leave the potatoes in the colander only
about half minute, then put them back
in the very hot fat, stir for about minute,
and put them again in the colander. IL
the fat is very hot, when dropped into II
e.. .ho oacnnd time they will swell