Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-05-03
FIELD AND FAMILY.

The man who produces the largest
Weld TO the acre cultivated. with the least
expense, and increases the fertility of the
soil, is the most scientific farmer, how
ever ignorant he may be of the TACT.
ANcHovIEs are generally put on the
table in a glass dish full of water but for
the sake Of economy they can be taken
from the bottle and washed in glass
bowl at the table, one by one, as they are
wanted.
Corn STARCH SPONGE CAKE.-Whites
of six eggs, one and half cups OF sugar,
one-half cup of butter, one and one-hali
cups of flour, one-half cup Of milk, one
half cup of corn starch, one-half teaspoon
soda, and one teaspoon cream OF tartar.
A PIECE of red pepper, the size OF your
finger nail, put into meat or vegetables
when first beginning to cook, Will ad
greatly in killing the unpleasant door
srisinS therefrom. Remember this for
boiled cabbage, green beans, onions,
chickens, mutton, etc.
NEVER allow bed comforters to get
pressed down in any way for they are not
SO nice and warm have them tied IN
stead of quilted so that they can be easily
! taken apart when they need washing, Ii
! thew are used between two quilts they
will keep clean several years.
You cannot fatten hogs on raw pota-
: toes. They contain only about fifteen
: per cent. of solid matter. The rest is
r water. Corn contains about eighty-nve
, per cent. of solid matter. Therefore the
r fifty or sixty bushels of corn will make
more pork than the 200 bushels Of pOta-
D toes. Besides this, the cost OF raising
e the acre of DO atoes, including seed, Will
e be three or four times the cost OF the acre
] of corn.
: A FRENCH agriculturist, after trying
J. every method known to him for the de-
e struction of ants infesting his fruit trees,
; succeeded in effecting his purpose in the
l. most complete manner by placing a mix.
II ture of arsenic and sweetened water in a
e saucer at the foot of the trees. For the
1t larger species he made use of honey In
n stead of sugar, and in few days time he
? claims to have exterminated them com
{. pletely.
j, VELVET CAKE.-Whites OF SIX eggs
~ two yolks, one cup butter, two cups su
81 gar, four tablespoons flour, one-half cuI
lie sweet milk. Use nearly one paper corr
u starch. Beat butter and sugar togethel
1T to a cream add twoyolks of eggs lightly
re beaten, then the milk. Mix one teaspoon
OF of baking powder with the flour and sti
&c in, then the whites of eggs beaten to
DE- froth-lastly corn starch. Flavor witt
vanilla. Bake in patties or its falls.
WHEN mice get into frames. as the.
often do, they produce fearful amour
y of mischief in few days, If not destroy
~ ed. This may easily be done by mlxin
NJ sugar and butter or lard smoothly togeth
ia er in which little stryclInine is incorpc
rs rated, spread this on thin slices of bread
III and cut into small cubes and distribut
sc them among the plants, and, at the sam
v time, place vessels of water in some cor
10 venient place where they may drink. o.
M if preferred, the phosphorus compoun
Al sold by druggists for this purpose may B
III used, but we have always had the best su,
cess with the first named mixture.
ne either case care must be taken that chi
nu dren do not have access to the prepare
" bits of bread.
NC WIND-GALLs, so called, are produce
re from strains of the tendons, and are moi
,ar or less observable in nearly all horses.
,1 ordinary cases they do not produce lam
rs, IS ness, constitute unseundness, nor unfit Il
rot animal for work, and yet it is difficult
oh not impossible to remove them. Vine
~, the tendons are exposed to pressure
n friction, and especially about their e.
~ tremities, they are fabricated by mucol
~ fluid. From extreme pressure, yiole
action and strainiDg OF the tendons, al
sometimes, perhaps, from predispositit
i'm the animal, the little sacs centainiI
this mucus are injured. Inflammation
ge, sues, and until this subside there may,
some lameness, but afterward, unless TIN
attain great size, they do not interfe
,. with the action of the animal. They m;
: be temporarily reduced by means of fla
mel bandages, with pads resting upon Z
l, engagements. Wet the Dandages wi
dis vinegar, with little alcohol added. hi
-, tering the parts is more effectual, but ca
rci not be recommended. Firing the pal
h to will remove the unsightly appearance,
the reason that, the skin will be draw
Use. t;obtIv over fine narts. hut this will not
'e' sist the animal, but only cover up
able blemish, or rather contract the skin on
it. Except upon very valuable horse
10 will not pay you to operate.