Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-09-07
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TO keep Bugs ont of Peas-When
ripe and shelled, pour boiling water on
them, and let them stand in the water not
less than I've minutes; this will kill the
germ OF the bug and not in the least in
Jure the germ Of the pea, as have proved
from years practice-RurG Nep Yorker
Rose Cuttings One of the hes. meth
DDS Of securing the succ IS Of these, says
recent writer, is to stick the cutting
about an inch deep into clean river sand
with prop -rly prepared soil about an inch
below to receive the roots as soon as they
strike. The clean sand prevents the roots
from rotting. A correspondent of the
Hoillculturist succeeded with this when
every other mode failea-and says he does
not lose one in twenty.
DIR. Lisle, of London, says that he
has cured 81 cases Of cholera out of Is by
administering solution OF five parts
sulphate OF copper TO one hundred parts
of distilled water, about thirty drops of
Sydenham's lau ianum, and four ounces of
sugar and water. DR.. Drouet advocates
solution of castor Oil in collodion being
applied with brush to the abdomen. The
mixture forms water proof, film which
prevents Precipitation, and vomiting and
cramps are instantly arrested.
The Canada Farmer says, after talk
ing about the worms: sour advice is,
break up and fallow your infested fields,
blowing often, and burning up the rub
bish, and encouraging in every way the
farmers best friends, small birds Make
it an absolute law of your households that
not one Of them is to be shot or stoned ;
get your neighbors TO do the same, and be
lieve us, bot many years will pass before
You will find your insect plaques enor-
mously diminished"
Loss is almost certain to attend long
delay in threshing out grain after it has
been gathered from the field. Stored in
the barn, it is subject to the ravagcs of fire
and vermin, and if in the stack it is sub
| ject to injury from the same causes, and
in addition to these, liable to mold and
dampness, or to be scattered by the tenn
pest. There is no time when grain will
thresh more easily than when it comes
from the shock, if properly cured, and at
no time will it be in better condition
for storing or for market.-hCctange.
The Florist and Ponaologist recon-
mends the following mixture for mildew,
scale, red spider, etc, upon greenhouse
| plants and hardy shrubs: Flour Of sui
| phur, two ounces worked to paste with
a little water; sal soda, two ounces; cut
tobacco, half an ounce quicklime, the size
of ducks egg; water, one gallon. Boil
| together and stir for fifteen minutes, and
let it cool and settle. In using it, dilute
| according to the character Of the plants,
which are to be syringed with water after
the application.
Hardening Cucumber Pickles.-A
correspondent of the Country Gentlem0n
says: Alum will harden cucumbers. To
g gallon Of vinegar, add one ounce of pow
dered alum. If the vinegar is put into
bottles tightly corked, and set in a kettle
Of cold water, with hay or straw between
them to keep the bottles from knocking
| together, ard allowed to remain over the
fire until the water boils, then removed,
and kept in the kettle until nearly cool,
the vinegar will keep perfectly clear when
used for pickles; but it should b. added
to them cold. Shreds Of horse radish root
will prevent all pickles from molding.
"A correspondent of the C0untry Gen
tlemGn, writing from Hamilton County
Ohio, SAYS the system Of sll good hoe
raisers in that region is to pasture tn
hogs on clover during the summer II
presents, AZ the advantage Of his plan, The
statement that an acre OF ground III clover
will pasture five hogs four months, and
that il will take the corn from half an acre
to feed them at the same time. The cult
walton Of the corn he counts equal TO the
other half acre. He further cl5ims that
hogs fed on clover are in far better COndi.
| ton than if fed on corn as they are larger
| framed, healthier, and eat better and also
/ states that the land is enriched by the clio
yer pasturinR.
| 1t seems to be great puzzle to some
persons how to get rid Of noxiOus weeds
| There is one certain method which never
fails if it is properly and persistcntly put
into practice, viz keep all the leav, s and
stems cut close down to the surface. 1t
makes but little difference what kind OF
! instrument is used for this purpose,
whether it be hoe, pillow or cultivatnr, only
let them be used SO frequently that the
plant can get no opportunity for breathing
as it were, through its leaves. There is
70 species of noxious plant that will live
for any considerable time without leaves
and this peculiar characteristic should be
taken advantage of In their destruction
Even Canada thistles and toad fax will
succumb under such treatment.-Rurd'
New Yorker.
Sowing Wheat after Oats.-This il
a very common rotation, but unless care IL
taken to thoroughly eradicate the oats self
sown during the harvest, there is great
danger of serious injury to the wheat
One blowing will not do this; two at least
are necessary. Three plowings we are
certain will pay. Part Of field that We
plowed three times gave us at least one
third more wheat, and not blade of oats
was to be seen; but where two plowinge
only were given on the remainder of the
| field, the oats were thick enough to seri
ously interfere with the wheat. Therefore
our practice has been to give three plow
ings whenever It was possible, even though
1T deferred the sowing week or ten days
later. Wheat will do well sown after the
18th Of September, but it should not 80
| later than the Goth. We would rather
have it in the ground before the middle OF
the month, believing that the more roots
the plaot il able to throw out, the better
the chance of tillering in the spring
Hearth and Home.
Ounce Preserves The orange ounce
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