Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-01-18
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.


land is growing better every year.
THE .Amer4can Agricuhurist gives the
number of kernels in bushel OF wheat
as 66O, 600; equally spread over an acre OF
ground this would make the kernels lie
little over three inches from each other,
or give about ten square inches to each
kernel.
SI.oBBERING HORSES. daily for
two weeks or more, one spoonful OF iron
scales. such as may be taken from the an
vii block where horse nails are made. Mix
with oats or other feed Have tried it
with good success.-Cor. Rt,M Aeao
Yorker.
A HINT TO CoNsUMPTIvEs.-Ap hysi-
clan of no little experience says he has
known several consumptive patients cured
by observing the following rules: Live
temperately avoid spirtuous liquors, wear
flannel next the skin, and take every
morning half pint of new milk, mixed
with wine-glassful of expressed juice OF
green hoarhound
DIR. BALMANNo a London surgeon, has
successfully applied the magic lantern to
the study of diseases OF the SKIN. A
transparent photograph of the skin is
taken, and then placed in magic lantern.
A strong hydro-oxygen light casts the
picture enlarged on white sheet, and in
this way the smallest details are brought
out with astonishing minuteness.
FRIED HALIBUT the slices sea-
soned some hours before frying, as it will
be less liable to break in turning; when
ready to fry dip it in egg beaten up, ana
roll it in bread crumbs; then fry in hot
lard, or have three or four slices OF sweet
salt pork fried till quite brown and crisp,
and then fry the halibut in the hot lard
which came from the pork. Dish it and
lay the crisp brown pork around it,
A FRENCH physician, Dr. Paillon, an
nounces "a new cure for cold in the head.
| 1t consists merely in inhalng ammonia
through the nose. If the sense of smell
is entirely obliterated, the bottle should
be kept under the nose until the pungen-
cy of the volatile alkali is felt. The bot
| tie is then removed, but only to be reap
| piled after minute; the second applica-
/ ton, however, should not be so long.
This operation should be repeated rapidly
until relief is experienced.
! COOLING MILK.-M E. H. Stuart, Of
| Cedarville, n. Y, recently said: The
! idea of cooling or excluding the animal
| heat from the milk as soon as drawn from
| the COW, has not received its share of con
sideration by our dairymen. A great per
! centage of increase in quantity as well as
| quality of cheese would result could the
milk be properly cooled before inclosing
| it in the can preparatory to sending 1t to
! the factory. In my opinion, exposure to
! the air is far preferable to cooling with
water or ice. | have been in the habit OF
/ l,n hnt ls
rather slow and tedious"
GUM ARABIC.-It is well known that
solutions Of gum arabic soon become
moldy, and finally lose all adhesive prop
critics. TO prevent this it has been Gus
tomary to use creosote, carbolic acid, cor
rosive sublimate and other poisonous or
disagreeable agents, the cost of which, or
their unpleasant character, has deferred
persons from using them. We now see it
stated that sulphate of quinine will serve
the same purpose, without itself impart-
ing any bad Odor The addition of So
luton of few crystals of this salt to
gum arabic will prevent the formation of
mold quite as etlectually as carbolic acid,
and by analogy it is safe to suppose that
the same salt could be used in writing ink,
mucilage, and possibly glue.-RuraI NeD
Yorker.
ALL children, and most grown-up peo-
pie, have a ''sweet tooth" When Santa
Claus showers his sugar-plums, few can
resist the temptation to nibble. That this
nibbling is pretty extensively practiced is
indicated by the fact that in New York
alone there are more than four hundred
manufacturers of confectionery, sorrie of
whom make an average of four thousand
| ub ln
of sale are innumerable; almost every
block has its candy store, sometimes sew
eral Of them. 1t is pleasant to be assured
by those who have carefully investigated
the subject, that the use of poisonous ma
terials in coloring candies has greatly di-
minshed within a few years. Certain
fancy bonbons, made more for show than
for eating, are still colored with poisonous
materials, and adulterated with objection
able substances Purchasers should I'M
| derstand this, and sweetmeats of this kind
should never be given to children for eat
ing. While there is no doubt that some
kinds of candy are injurious, that which
is made from pure sugar, with no adulter-
alton, is usually regarded nowadays as
harmless, provided it is eaten moderately,
and at proper time. Candy should never
be allowed to take the place of substantial
food; ii should bear the same relation to
ordinary food as other condiments do
and the most wholesome time for taking
it is after a meal TO be nibblng at ii ali
day long will surely destroy the appetite
and injure the health, just as constant nib
bling of anything else would injure the
health. Candy would not have to bear
the blame of all the COLES and headaches
which befall children soon after Christ
mas gifts are bestowed did they not so
often carry pocketful of it around with
them. The common substances used for
aduteration are starch, terra alba and
clay and, unfortunately. some manufac-
turers who make pure confectionery make
also an adulterated kind, which they sell
to certain class of customers. AID adul-
teration may readily be detected by tax
! ing tumbler Of water and dissolving a
piece of candy in it, If the candy is
pure, it will completely dissolve; if one
OF the articles above mentioned is in il.
there will be precipitate. Although
starch is harmless, and terra alba land
clay, being insoluble, may produce no
harm when taken in small quantities vet