Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-03-21
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

To color slate color, boil yellow oak
bark in an iron kettle till the strength is
extracted. Take out the bark, then AIDA
very little copperas, and you will haves
pretty color at little expense.
"A new varnish for earthenware il
made by taking equal parts Of white glass
and soda, finely pulverized, carefully silt.
ed and mixed. This varnish is appliedin
the same manner as that in common use.
The advantage of it is this, that hs safe,
and can have none of the poisonous effects
that arise from the decomposition Of lead
varnish.
Mr.. Greeley says he regards farming
as that vocation which copduces most d.
rectly and palpably to reverence for hon
esty and truth. The young farmer, act
ing as a farmer, must realize that his sue.
cess depends upon his absolute verify and
integrity. He deals directly with nature,
which never was and never will be
cheated
The old wooden milk-pail is N!
properly being altogether discarded ~
wise dairymen. Tin pals are easily KEEP!
perfectly clean, and this is now recognized
as the chief requisite to success in making
good cheese or butter. AS soon as the
milk is poured from the pail a Thorough
scalding and washing should be given 70
it, and sweet and airy place should De
set apart, not only for milk-pails, but foI
all utensils used in the dairy. Any foul
odor or mold will affect, to certain e1'
tent, even tin, while wood will very read
lily absorb it.-HearM and Home.
TO make an oyster pie, cover well
buttered, deep plate or tina soup plale
answers perfectly-with puff-paste; ayaa
extra layer round the edge Of the pIale,
and bake it very nearly enough. Ina
done, fill the pie with oysters, seasonlh.
with nutmeg, pepper, salt and butter; Gus.
in little flour amongst them, and co'u
all with a thin puff paste. Bake quickly
when the top crust is done the oyses
will be done also. If to be eaten lv
serve as soon as baked, as the top cru"
quickly absorbs the gravy. If to be epea
cool, let it cool untouched, in the plate VI
pan. 1t is quite as good in this way ~
hot, and is excellent for picnics or W
travelling.
Now is the time when all good farm
ers look over their implements ana ni ia
chinery, that any needed repairs may "
attended to before the working season az ~.
tually presses them. All good farmers
have good shelter provided for tools VI
every kind, and in this case the EXAMINE ihs
ton is simplified, for, if kept from i .n'
weather when not in use, tools ana lm.
plements are always sound except a ira.,
ture is discovered, and when wanted als
always ready for use. Plows especlaalllyy
should be examined critically, since I'M !!
are among the first implements useu ,nt
spring, and it is essential that they DC Nv.
only bright, but sharp. 1t is very an aa:b
ing to spend half day in securing . .hsv
pillow in spring, at last to find thal s as
are SO dull that no good work can DC u0A'
with them. Western Rural.
"A correspondent of the HorfeaM Ss,eS
considers bones at one dollar per mum set
pounds the cheapest fertilizer he can as;nr
He transforms them by the fo lE Says
well-known and simple process: ding
a large water-tight hogshead sistbs
outdoors, near the kitchen. i N
spring l cover the bottom about slA il ,srg
deep with dry soil. On that pun =" md
Of bones of about the same dep.n, ,hss
cover them entirely with unleached a. ,ssa
On these another layer of bones ml.
ashes, and SO on till the hogshead - ali
l leave it then exposed to the rai unJue
summer and winter, until the nex1 sptthe
Then, on removing the contents " %
hogshead, I find nearly all the Donurder
soft that they will crumbie TO Pu;red
under very slight pressure, ana, I've 8
with the ashes and the soil, they sure.
nice little pile of most valuable - The
ready for immediate use. ANY oa,nrn
bones not sufficiently subdued, ! .welye
to the hcgshead again for another W."
months slumber.6