Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-06-15
HONE, FARM AND GARDEN.

1t is said some remarkable cures of
cancer have been eifecned by the use of
decoctien of the common Ted clover drank
as tea and used as wash.
Kennedy for Crib BITING. -Mr. j.
Carter writes the Rursl Ne,o Yorker tn It
if those who have CRIB bring horses will
nail sheep skin, wool side up, wherever
there is a chance for the horse TO bite, he
will not do very much Clubbing in the
stable. HIS father has tried it success
fully.
To Iron Velvet Acknowledgment the
under side slightly, and draw it backward
and forward over hot stove-pipe until
the velvet Is quite dry. A still better plan
is TO lay wet piece of cotton cloth on q
h Il fat iron placed upside down, and while
the steam is rising from it, to draw the
under side of the velvet tightly backward
and forward over the wet cloth.
Care of Lawns. Now lawns very
early the first moving, or at every sub>e-
quent moving the lawn will look brown !;
thin sprinkling of salt is good for the
lawn, just enough salt to see the grains on
the surface about a quarter of an inch
apart. An over dose will destroy the
grass. Frequent rolling is one OF the best
ways to get close sod When coarse
weeds get In the lawn, hand wedding is
the best remedy. Flower beds in grass
plats or lawns should have the edges cut
with spade to prevent the grass or clover
from spreading over them Household.
-Bed-bugs.-5cald your bedsteads in
the hottest soapsuts you can apply; II
there are traces of bugs apply kerosene
with small paint brush; it is a sure cure.
Tenants Of houses are often annoyed by
bugs, and cannot tell whence they come.
Perhaps the BORDERS Of the wall paper
might divulge their source, or the corlices
of their windows disclose their haunts
Again apply Kerosene and they will no
longer trouble you. Carbolic acid can be
substituted, but its odor is, IL anything
more disagreeable than that of coal OIL
Exchange
| "A correspondent Of the Neto England
| Ft,rmer says that it may benefit some one
! for him to say how he treated his cabbages
last summer to destroy the cabbage worms
| After trying many ether things without
success, he took pail Of scaldirg water
aud pail of cold water, then he poured
about one quart Of the hot water upon the
cabbage head so as to hit every worm, i'm
mediately applying about two quarts OF
cold water To the cabbage. 1t killed the
worms but did not il jure the cabbage
But the cold water must be applied imme
diately after The hot, 10 prevent the cab
bage from being cooked.
How 10 Cultivate Sweet Fota' foes. AS
| soon as your plants begin to grow, tax,
them up and grout them that is, dill
their roots in IN nd, and transplant the m il
- tZx..l e.. In H. tyt
heat enough can be secured 10 insure tn, Ii
growth. Eight or ten days before plant
| ing, lift, grout and transplant a +, Conc
tiCle; put ON the sash day or so, if Lee
essary to insure growth and then expose
them fully to harden off giving protection
when there Is danger from frost Ii any
! Of the plants begin to vine while in th'
| beds, nip them, snd hen the ground out
side is warm enough, but no sooner. grou
the plants agaia and set them out la lhi
way if properly handled, potatoes may b,
| obtained three or four We, k earlier thar
| from planting direct from the ho'-beds
| From this you Can best Judge wheth,r IL
your climate they Can DE probably grown
--kGcltange
Upon the sheet of learning 10 Farm
correspondent Of the Country Gen te'adi
says: ~ hen will the p ople leara tia
good farmer cannot be made OF the iinI
Der perfectly useless in other prof ssio s
Ami WHEN will the common sense applie'
10 the learDilg Of others, be applied 4
this deepest and highest OF all trades9 |
Is undoubtedly true that n young mn "
the rigat st zap can b-gil farming f.
himself without q knowledge OF the busi
ness, and by study and application, maxi
a perfect success oi it; but the same ma,
be said of other trades and professions
Experience is dear school, but fool
will learn in no other Will you net tbei
counsel our young men leaving the city O
the pursuit of some Oiher vocation, fl
! this noblest calling, to go at il in suci
manner as right speedily TO be able u
master its difficulties