Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-05-27
FIELD AND FAMILY.

GlELD AND AmkA1s
WIRE WORM REMEDY.-A CORES
pondent of the Western Rural has prac-
ticed the following for eight years
take good, sound seed, put 1t In quo o,
some other convenient vessel, take one anu
one-half pounds saltpeter per bushei, ais.
solve it and pour it over the corn iet ~
soak until the corn is swelled ready 10
snrout. and then plant. The worms will
not trouble it."
BREAD CAKE.-Three cups of dough,
very light; three cups of sugar, one cup
of butter, three eggs, a nutmeg, raislns,
one teaspoOnful OF pearlash dissolved IN
a little hot water. Rub the butter ana
sugar together, add the eggs and spice,
and mix ali thoroughly with the dough.
Beat it well and pour into the pans. 1t
will do to bake Immediately, but the cake
will be lighter If it stands short time to
rise, before putting into the oven. 1t is
an excellent cake for common use. 1t is
very important that the ingredients
should be thoroughly mixed with the
dough.
VEAL PATTIEs.-Three and q half
pounds of the best part of the lean and fat
of leg of veal, with one slice of pork, the
whole to be chopped very fine. Six Bos-
ton crackers pulveriZed, one tablespoon
full of salt, one of pepper, butter the size
of an egg, and one nutmeg. Stir well to-
gether with the hand; make in form of a
loaf of bread; roll in bread-crumbs. Put
bits of butter over the top. Place in a
dripping pan with little water, and bake
two and half hours. Basic often. A
handsome dish of cold meats may be
made in this way.
BREAD OF BROWN OR GRAHAM FLOUR
Measure one teacup of flour into the pan
the bread is to rise in, and on that pour
one quart of boiling water, and let it cool
till you can bear your finger in it L; then
add dessert spoonful of salt, teaspoon
full brown sugar, q piece of lard as large
as a walnut 1.-THE lard must be perfectly
sweet and nice), two tablespoonfuls good
yeast, and as much more flour IS you can
stir in with stick (; put in warm place
to lise all night; in the morning grease
well cast iron baking pan (sheet iron
burns too readily, pour the risen dough
into it, smooth it nicely on the top; bake,
in half an hours time, just one hour.
THE vegetable origin of the horse dis
ease is the subject of a paper in the
American Naturalist, by Mr.. Morehouse,
vi NcW Il OTk. TIC tliC IidtoCi
exuding from the nostrils of the affected
animals; and, besides the regular pus,
found no less than three kinds of vegetable
organisms, all in states of vigorous devel-
opment. One was a species of minute
These were In every form of development,
single drop. Another was an unknown
Of 1o..ex.0.T,fe olon a
of propagation and growth. The third
form was an unknown species, not hither-
to described. In order to prove that these
spores were floating in the atmosphere,
they were caught on moistened glass in
the atmosphere in the vicinity of the dis
ease. This brings the atmospheric and
vegetable origin of this disease nearer to a
demonstration but yet does not prove III,
as the atmospheric vegetable spores may
have simply found favorable indus In
which to terminate in the mucous matter
given off by the disease.
ASPARAGUS CULTURE AND MANURE
| have tried all kinds of manure for as
paragus plants, and all sorts OF treat
ment. Nothing, however, produced such
manure. We have often used horse ma
nQiCs WCll iObtCn, diiQ SoAb oAi0 voAAVtS
other applications. But the pure cow
manure, spread over the bed about three
inches thick, proved far the best. The
year before last we had most wonderful
growth, and, as we believe, entirely from
this caue. We always leave our stalks
until they are about one foot high before
cutting them; we fancy they are much
better, and we know We get three times
as much vegetable food fit to eat. If we
cut them just as they show above the
earth, and, to get sufficient length, point
the knife somewhat diagonally down.
ward, severing the plant about three in
ches under the soil, we only get an edible
portion of about two and half inches in
length, whereas if we wait one or two
days more for increased growth, and cut
just at the surface, we get nearly or quite
nine inches of excellent food, and we
think our bed yields more of this long
kind than the short, and that the plants
really thrive better. After the first cut
ting being thus delayed there Is no more
lost time, as all future growth, by being
allowed to flourish little longer before
cutting, comes in rotation the same as If
cut earlier; but, as before said, we think
better and more crop can be obtained by
this treatment.-C, IN Farmers Union.