Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-03-02
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.
From careful experiments made by
physician of Lyons it has been ascertained
that the old remedy Of warm water is the
best solvent of accumulated wax IN the
ear, being superior to olive Oil, gycerine,
etc.
To Make Old Kid Gloves New.-Make
thick mucilage, by boiling handful OF
flax seed: add little Dissolved soaps then,
when the mixture cools, with piece OF
white flannel wipe the gloves, previously
fitting to the hand; use only enough OF
the cleaner to take off the dirt, without
wetting through the glove.
The New York Tribune says: IL
cattle are we'll fed with roots and some
| meal, the grubs that burrow under their
| hides and give them so much uneaslness
will not grow. They are most annoying
TO young animals which have only common
hay. A rich and varied diet is the best
preventive of many ailments, as, satin
Scripture, to him that hath shall be given;
and from him that hath not shall be taken
even that he hath
A market gardener of Lake County,
Ill, says that he has the most remarkable
success in the use of salt upon his tomato
plants. He applies it at various times our,
ing the season, and in every case Its erect
is marked in the increased growth OF both
| plant and fruit. In some cases, he lays the
roots of backward plants bare sprlnkles
them with q tablespoonful OF ordinary bar.
rel SALT and covers with soil. Plants treated
| in this way take an immediate start, and
develop fine fruit
A correspondent of Hearth and Home
says that George Henning, OF Saratoga,
| New York, sows his tomato seeds in Jan
uary and February, and when the plants
| are five or six inches high, cuts OH the
| tops Just above the seed leaves, ana sets
them out as cuttings in properly pre-
pared hot bed, where they take root and
grow. In April they are transplanted to
cold frames, and finally set out in the open
ground. 1t is claimed that by this treat
ment the plants bear earlier and are more
productive than when treated in the usual
way.
An English cultivator of the rose says
that few persons are aware of the magni-
tude to which the rose may be grown rs a
standard, or the splendid effect it may be
made to produce on lawn or pleasure
ground. Yet, with stem sufficiently
strong, and system of careful and patient
training, there can be no reasonable doubt
but that the standard roses could be grown
to the size and form of the ordinary eX
amples of the weeping ash, having the
branches all produced from the top OF q
single stem, and flowing downward on al
sides, thus forming very ornamental OBJ
ject on lawn.
Gold Veal.-Mince the veal very fine
with little ham, a tablespoonful OF -four
1 Al. ,tnra
scalded for five or ten minutes to remove
the coarser flavor, and then chopped fine
sweet herbs, and pepper and salt to suit
the taste. Butter deep pie-plate set 9
small cup in the center and fill the plate
all round the cup with the mince meat
Bake to delicate brown; then remove
the cup and fill its place with some nice
sauce-apple, cranberry or jelly, or, if you
please, some scolloped oysters. Beef
lamb, or chicken prepared in the same
way is very good.
To Preserve Potatoes method
as recommended by the Board of Agri
culture. is to die, in q very dry spot
trenches six feet wide and eighteen inches
deep; spread straw, to pile the potatoes
nto the shape of the roof of house ant
TO cover tight and close with straw 81,
inches thick, and then with earth fiftecr
:. or Gig hteen inches more, f1atted regularly
and firmly and sharp at top, raised from
three to five feet above ground Ii there
should be any approximations NJ moisture
dig a trench at a few yards OIL deeper than
that i'm which the potatoes are laid The
drier they are when thus packed up the
safer they will be.
"A correspondent of the Maine Farmer
saws, in reference to advice that had pre-.
viously been given not to apply kerosene
oil to cattle for the purpose OF killing lice
~ avoided the use of kerosene for this pur-
pose for several years, fearing it might be
injurious, but for the last three years /
have used nothing else with our large
stock of cattle, and should be very un-
willing to give 1t up. As often as the
stock are known to be troubled with lice,
each creasure is carded all over quite
thoroughly, frequently dipping the teeth
of the card in the OIL Two or three APP
plications are sufficient. No remedy that
| have ever tried is so convenient, and
none more harmless or effectuaL"
Medicine for Horses-I see frequent
prescriptions for horses of various doses,
in larger and smaller quantities Don't
some men ipjure their horses by giving
them too much medicine? l know an
owner of many horses, who keeps medi-
cine on hand at all times in large quaint
ties, and frequently doses them sick or
| well. Yet his horses are not 80 well as
mine In the long run, and give no med
icines. / bought a fine horse Of this man,
and he assured me that he could not live
unless l had him regularly doctored. !
| did not believe in any such nonsense, and
never give him any He has good food
fed to him regularly, and grain in mod
crate quantities keep him in nice
clean stable, never allow him to be driven
hard. and never overwerkea, and he has
not been sick for years. The fact is, dos
ing horses with medicine is only an I'M
successful attempt to reconcile healthy,
sound condition, with hard feeding, hard
driving, aud abuse generally. Cor. Coun-
fra GeDEe,gaHn