Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-12-07
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

cheese-that is, If it is not too old. 1t says
! good cheese is even more nutritious than
! eggs. Americans use cheese as a relish,
but rarely as an article of nourishment.
! The English working classes use bread
and cheese very largely as an article of
diet
YEAST AND BREAD.--Take one cup of
warm water and flour enough to make it
as thick as fritters, and set it over kettle
of warm water one day. The next day
add half small teaspoonful of soda or
saleratus and let it set over steam till it
rises and foams, then add flour, knead
the dough and let 1t set an hour or two to
rise, then bake.
SIMPLE REMEDY FOR CRouP.-A lady
correspondent of the Maine Farmer says
the following is an effective remedy for
Group Half . teasroonfui of puivcrized
alum in little molasses. lit is simple
remedy, one almost alwayFsat hand. and
one dose seldom fails to give relief. If it
should, repeat it after one hour.
CHARCOAL OR EARTH FOR Hoes Hogs
that are put up to fatten, as well as store
hogs, should have some charcoal or earth
given them occasionally. We have found
it good plan to dig "a few sods from the
consume with much relish. In state of
nature, the hog, which roots for his living,
must necessarily take into his stomach n
large quantity of earth. 1t is advisable to
allow him to do this when penned up. -
Hearth and Home.
Economy IN FArTENrNG ASIMALs.-It
has been proved by experiment that the
more rapidly an animal is fattened the less
80 Il, &,
mere vitality. Thus, an animal can be
more cheaply fattencd by consuming ten
bushels Of corn in two months than ii four
months were occupied in the process.
Liberal and abundant feeding is the most
economical and saving of time in produc-
ing the same result is gain in the profit.
CHILDREN's Sonar Book is well to
save childish pictures and wood-cuts Of
various kinds tmany of which give children
an excellent idea oil placesl and paste
them into an old ledger or copy book.
{, They help pass away many childish
hour and are ut once innocent and at
traCtive With the help of questions from
their elders, they aid children to think.
Such books may he made very interesting
and valuable with a little care, and in af-
ter years viii be referred TO with much
pleasure.
RATS have an unaCCOuniahle fondncss
for the taste of phosphorus, and To this
fact may be attributed the origin of many
mysterious fires. These rodents build
their nests of miammablc materials, and
take to them any stray matches they can
find lying around loose. This accom-
plishcd, they undertake to crafty their
appetites by nibbling the coated ends Of
the matches, which are at once ignited,
when the nest is set in blaze, and the
destruction of the house, or perhaps the
ship which contains IL, follows
RuRA. LIFE--Statstics teach ms that
farmers live longer lives than any other
class who perform labor of n mechanical
kind, and that they are excelled in Ion
gevty only by those who work with the
brain occasionally, as preachers, orators,
and public speakers. And the probabli-
ty is that considering the healthfulncss of
their employment and the general freedom
from annoying cares and anyieties which
they enjoy their lives might become rela-
lively the most enduring, did they eXer
else more care in choosing their diet and
in preserving themselves from sudden
chills during the most trying season of
their labor, that Of harvest 1t is then
blidi Iu'St tbUiFutl hiS'ab'S Which
are sooner or later fatal to them.
PAsTURING WINTER GRAM. 1t is much
too common custom to turn cattle onto
the fields Of winter grain at the present
time, This is q very unadvisable practice.
Feed is short, certainly and the stock
need all they can get. But what occurs
TO the grain? A considerable portion Is
pulled up by the roots and devourcd. An
other portion is destroyed by the poaGh-
ing of the ground, and the filling Of the
holes made by the feet Of the cattle with
water when the winter rains come. Then
the needed protection the heritage affords
TO the roots is wanting, and the crop can
not Withstand the severe frOsts, from
which it is no longer sheltered. The re
suit is short crop, for which the spring
rains are blamed, or the heavy showers in
May or June, which knock off the bios
som, or the hot sun which blasts II, or the
nudge which sucks its juices, and many
other things; all Of which are probably
innocent, and the real blame attaches TO
the former who allowed bis cows to eat
of the fall growth II IL very rarely in
deed that grain needs To be eaten off; and
If such should be the case, calves, sheep
or pigs, well hinged, are better than cows
or heavy stock. - Hearth and Home.