Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-04-27
HONE, FARM AND GARDEN.

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Kettles may be cleansed of onion and
other odors by dissolving tea spoonful
of pearlash or saleratus In water and
washing them.
Potato Pancakes.-Take large pota-
toes and ped them, then CRATE them on
coarse Crater To one gallon of pulp, add
two teacupsful Of sour milk, one teacuptul
of fsur, three eggs and one tesspoonfui
of soda, add salt, stir well, and bake same
as buckwheat cakes.
Many farmers for an extra dollar or
two, sell their hest calves 70 the butcher,
and raise such as are not so valuable, and
think they gain by the practice; but the
few dollars they think they made, would in
many cases be worth at the milking age
Of the stock, if the best had been kept,
more than thirty dollars, instead of dol
laror two.
"A woman has no natural grace more
bewitching than sweet laugh. How
much we owe to that sweet laugh! 1t
turns the prose Of our life into poetry; it
filings showers of sunshine over the dark
some wood in which we are travelling; it
touches with light even our sleep, which
is the image Of death, but gemmed with
dreams that are the shadows OF immor-
tality.
The Horticultural discourages the cul-
tivation of Lima beans as a profitable
crop. A year ago they were worth $40 to
SIS per bushel; and rs q natural conse-
quence thousands of farmers and garden
ers rushed into their culture, neglecting
several other products in the expectation
of suddenly accommodating wealth by
| means of this new source Of profit Be-
fore the close of last year they sold as low
as So to IS per bushel.
There are many ways OF boiling po-
tatoes, but only one best way, and this Is
| the formula Let each mess be of equal
size. Let the water boil before putting
the potatoes in. When done, pour off the
water and scatter in three or four table
spoonfuls Of salt; cover the pot with q
coarse cloth, and return it to the fire for Q
short time. In five minutes take out and
serve. Watery potatoes are made mealy
by this ocess.-Erchange, .5....
Sore Mouth in Sheep.-Sheep fire.
quently become sore in the lips, from
| feeding on St Johnswort and other foul
plants, or from unhealthy blood. One OF
| the best flock masters whom We ever
| knew, gave US this as his method OF cure
Take fine saltpetre and mix it with pig S
foot or other soft animal oil. With a
| lather of CASTLE soap wash Oft the scabs
from the sleeps lips and annoint the parts
affected with the mixture above specified.
| Another cure for sore lips in sheep, is to
wash with a steep Of gold thread in water
-Amnrican Stock Journal. 49,,
In his treatise on the grape vine, Mr.
Mohr, a German author, says that the
main parts Of good grape vine in sum
mer, are the stem, cane, shoot, or branch
The branch lasts about six months, from
May to October, when it turns brown and
becomes cane The cane lasts for twelve
months, from October TO October, when
it chan ges to stem The stem lasts as
long as the vine-from twenty five to hun
dreds OF years The shoots of canes will
bear fruit the coming year. The shoots
from the stem require one seasons growth
to form buds to bear fruit the year after.
4 The London Cottage Gardener relates
i an experiment which shows the advantage
of keeping the leaves of plants free from
dust. Two orange trees, weighing respec
lively eighteen and twenty ounces, were
I allowed to vegetaie without their leaves
being cleaned for year; and two others
weighing respectively, nineteen and
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sponged with tepid water once a week
The first two increased in weight less
than half an ounce each, while of the two
latter, one had increased two, and the
other nearly three ounces. az.
House plants should have the benefit
of an abundance Of fresh air every mild
day in spring. The soil, in the pots OF
boxes, should be kept loose and little
moist; too much water is injurious. The
water should not be colder than the tenn
perature of the room in which the plants
are kept. Rain water Is grateful TO plants
Of every kind, 1t contains ammonia which
stimulates their growth. An ounce of pull
verified ammonia, dissolved in gallon o.
water, VIII make spring water even more
beneficial TO plants than rain water
Liquid manure contains alarge proportion
| of ammonia.
i A correspondent Of the Country Gen
aeman disapproves Of using two-inch sole
Z tile for draining an orchard, as the fbroui
roots Of the trees, within three years aftel
draining, enter the joints, and clog thu
bore completely. In examining tile which
were three feet below the surface, he pulled
out masses of fbrous roots which ha(
completely barred the water. He thinks
that the least ODJectlOndDlc KIM OF uIalI
! for an orchard Of bearing trees, which I'll
the entire ground with roots, Is the old
fashioned blind drain, well secured at thu
top by small stones, and such other ma
terial as will prevent the earth over thu
drain from breaking through. = y.
Many discouraged mother folds hel
! tired hands at night, and feels as If sh;
had, after all, done nothing, although sh,
has not spent an idle moment since sE;
rose Is 1t nothing that your little help
| less children have had some one 20 CONT
to with all their childish griefs and joys
Is it nothing that your husband feel
"safe when he is away TO his business
because your careful hand directs every
thing at homer Is il nothing when hi.
business is over that he has the blessed
refuge of home, which you have that day
I done your best to brighten and refine
Oh, weary and faithful mother, you little
know your power when you say, II have
done nothing" There ID book In which
q fairer record than this is written oveI
against your nArne.-EEhps9e.2 ss<
Let Us Have Garden.
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