Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-10
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

To Wash Flannels.-Never rub soap
upon them. Make suds by dissolving the
soap in warm water Rinse in warm water;
very cold or hot water will shrink flannel.
Shake them out several minutes before
| hanging to dry. Blankets can be washed
in the same way.
This is the opinion of an exchange:
1--WE are clearly of opinion, that soils
which are made up of less than fifty per
cent. of sand, drained and plowed twelve
inches in depth, finely pulverlZed and ma
nured, will bring fair crop any year, be
the weather wet or dry"
"A correspondent Of the Mobile Register
says that common sense teaches That after
a plant has exhausted itself in the produc-
ton of crop, 1t needs recuperatlon.
| Therefore, as soon as the rawberry crop
has been removed, everything calculated
| to deprive the plant of its legitimate food,
must be destroyed, and an additional sup
ply provided. X move, pillow, or spade in,
| all grass; cultivate thoroughly, apply
| good dressing Of some appropriate fertilizer,
| keep the ground mellow, and clip off all
runners as fast as they appear. The
reward will be a heavy crop the ensuing
season.
Protection from the Sun.-Our expe-
renee gathered in the hay and harvest
field has taught us that the protection OF
the back Of the head and neck from the
suns rays is imperatively necessary. A
white pocket handkerchief fastened TO the
back part of the inside of the hat, and al
lowed to hang down and cover the neck,
will conduce much to the weaTer g COM
fort. The handkerchief, loosely hanging,
is stirred with every breeze, and causes
continual current Of air around the back
Of the head, which will tend to relieve or
prevent many tiresOme headache that
would otherwise interfere with the iabors
of the day or the nights repose.-Hearth
and Home.
Speaking of the health of animals, the
american Agricultarist says THE sick
| ness and death of stock constitutes one of
the greatest losses and discouragements of
| the farmer The immediate cause of their
death may be beyond our control, but
in nine cases out of ten, the disease, If we
search back far enough, might be traced
| TO dyspepsia, arrangement OF the bowels,
and general debility. Improper and ir-
| regular feeding, overwork in hot sun,
going too long without water, and then
giving too much, are among the causes OF
bad digestion and general i'll health. And
tlcSe are unueT our COutTOl.
TO Prevent Cow Sucking Herself
| My experience has taught me to take
two oxbows, saw off one three inches
shorter than the other; fasten them to-
gether with two pins on each side, one foot
long, six inches apart, and two cross-plns
under the neck to hold it on the forward
cross pin eleven inches below the bend OF
the bow, and just above the lower side
- na III nj, h irnhac haInu tho
sidepins, and fourteen inches below the
bend-these pins being thirteen or four
teen inches long. A head should be on
one end, and key hole in the other This
yoke can be put on or taken OFT easily, and
the COW will never suck herself when she
has it on. 1t will not hinder her from graz
ing nor doing well.-RuTal Neo Yorker. |
How to Cook Green Corn.-Corn
ter, and by itself alone. Not in salt water, |
for the salt hariens the corn and not, on |
any account, boil the ears of corn with pO- |
tatoes, as so many do, for this greatly in |
lures the taste and goodness of the corn, |
and also hardens it. 1t is well known that |
the skin of the potato holds a poison |
which is freely given to water, rendering |
il unfit that corn should be boiled in IL.
Perhaps you will think this unimportant
and unnecessary, but | have eaten In hun
dreds of families where corn was cooked
in no other way except with the potatoes,
and very much impaired in quality and
wholesomeness. | have also seen corn
cooked on The cob where meat and yeget-
ables were boiled, but think that very
few are guilty OF such bsrbarism as that.
Ohio Fd msr.
To Revive Faded Black Clothes.
Boil three ounces of logwoOd in quart
of vinegar, and when the color is extracted,
drop in piece of carbonate ofiron the size
of large chestnut; let 1t boil five min.
utes. Have the articles TO be restored
well sponged with soap and hot water; lay
them on the table, and brush the nap down
with sponge. Then take the dye upon
the table, and sponge them all over with
it, taxing care to keep them smooth, and
brush downward When completely wet
with the dye, dissolve a teaspoonful OF sal.
eratus in a teacup Of warm water, and
sponge over again with this, which sets the
color 30 completely that nothing rubs on.
They must not be wrung or wrInkled, but
carefully hung up to drain. The brownest
clothes may be made perfect black In this
simple manner So many people have
AIDED garments, that this recipe may be OF
service in restoring them to lively color.
- Western Rural.