Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-05-28
HOME, FARM And GARDEN.

Orange Cake.--Six eggs, one cup OF
butter, two and halt cups of sugar, one
Gun of milk, four cups of -four, one tea
spoousai of soda, two of cream of tartar.
Take two oranges-juice and rind-one
leuson. one and quarter pounds of pow.
dered sugar, whites of two eggs. Spread
between LAYERS.
Paving Horses.-A correspondent OF
the Farmers Union gives this remedy foE
having horses: Take piece OF trace
chain two feet long, fasfcn it to the leg
that he paws with, jus. above the knee
with hame strap, and let the cham hang
at the side of the leg; he will soon be glad
to keep it STILL"
Lotion of Acetic Acid for Badness
The following lotion is superior Tor a
shampooing liquid, for removing dan
druf, and as useful and pleasant appii.
cation for badness. 1t is, OF course,
moderately stimulating, and in those
cases in which the hair tollicles are not
DESTROYED, but have become merely In
active, it is likely to prove efflcaclous.
Take of acetic acid one dram; cologne
water, one ounce; water to make in all
six ounces. Country Gentleman.
The utmost tidiness and cleanliness
should be secured in the sick room. The
senses of the patient, rendered acute by
disease, make disorder and dirt ten-told
more trying than they are in health.
Every soiled dish or cloth should be al
once removed from the room, and no &C
Cancellations of anything disagreeable per.
miNed. We heard a young gentleman OF
refinement and culture say once that ne
| should have married such young lady
| if her brothers. sick-room, in which she
was nurse, had not been go unidy. Not
| however, from interested motives Should
the nurse abtaor untidiness, but because Il
! is in itself abhorrent. "Cleanliness II
next to godliness. Exchange.
The Dahlia.-The dahlia has come
before the people lately in the shape OF 9
| bit of history connected with the family
| of the Hollands of " Holland House. In
some memoirs lately published there Is
an account of its introduction from some
| other part of the world, its narrow escape
| from being eaten as vegetable, ETC.. and
| after this fortunate escape ii became the
parent from which all dahlias sprung. Ii
seems ftrange that so many curious
things bsve been in just this danger; the
potato, the tulip, and we don't know
what, all barely escaped voyage down
some human throat, and just IN time 70
render their names with us forever Dlest
1t would seem as If there must have been
a wondrcus disposition on the part OF our
forefathers to deyour everything that
came to hand. In these days people gen
orally take more care to know what they
are eating, and all is not fish that comes
TO their net.--Forney's Press.
Taking off the surplus water is only
advantage of underdrains. They also one
make q tenacious soil more friable ana
absorptive, and soil Is productive in
proportion to its capacity to hold water
by capillary absorption. Vegetable ma"
nure orclover sod plowed in will make a
soil friable for the time being but tile un-
derdrains are permanent improvement
Mr. Preut, the English famer, who keeps
no stock, but depends on commercial
manure to keep up the fertility OF his soil,
is Of opinion that his great success In
growing crops is AS much due to his very
thorough tile draining as to his chemical
manures. Ridging and trenching a gar.
den i'm the fall is great promoter OF
early vegetation in the spring, and almost
indispensable in many soils. The frosts
of winter make the clayey ridges permea'
BILE, SO tkat when leveied in the spring,
with light dressing OF compost manure,
seed may be planted, and only enough
tillage OF hoeing is required as will keep
the seeds in allowance y. Herald