The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-02-14
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

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Two data are given from which to esti-
mate the value of fowl for the table OF
market. Al table fowl should be all breast,
with short. limbs and small bones; ais :,
fowls are in perfection for the table only
before they have attained maturity.
BAKED INDIAN PUDDING eggs;
quart of sweet milk large teaspoonfuls
of Indian-meal; nutmeg and sugar to the
taste. Boil the milk and scald the Indian
meal in it, then let it cool before adding
| the eggs. Bake three quarters of an hour.
| Eat with butter or sweet sauce.
SOME careful experiments have been
made recently ON the comparative yield of
fields on which coyere Tor uncovered ma
nure has been used. 1t was found that the
field fertilized with the covered manure
produced forty per cent. more potatoes and
nearly twenty-five per cent. more wheat
than the other.
PICKLE FOR SUGAR-CURED HAMs-A
very common pickle for hams is made by
dissolving one pound of coarse sa with
four ounces of sugar in as little water as
possible (sugar-house sirup may be substi-
tuted for the sugar.. This pickle is boiled,
skinned, and poured, when cold, over the
hams already well rubbed with salt and
packed in a, barrel.
SGALLoPED OYsTERS.-Put in the bot
tom of an earthen dish layer Of cracker
crumbs; on this layer of oysters, season.
ing with butter, pepper, salt, and little
lemon juice, or good vinegar then an
other layer of crumbs, and so on till the
dish is full, having crumbs ON top. Pour
the oyster liquor over the whole, and add
a cup of cream or milk; bake forty min
utes. We have given this receipt before,
but it is so good it will bear repetition.
IcING THAT WILL NOT BREAK.-Take
one pound of pulyerized sugar and the
whites of three fresh eggs, well beaten.
Mix them well together, and flavor with
the juice OF one lemon or add a teaspoon
full of strong cider vinegar. PulveriZe one
teaspoonfuS of wheat or corn starch and
add to it. Flour the top of the cake as
soon as it is taken from the oven, and put
on the icing with large bladed steel knife
into warm! water, and then smooth the
frosting with it.
To have early violets for bouquets and
baskets, nail four boards together and
place SASH upon them. Form a slight
bank OF fresh stable manure, covered by
some good compost, and plant in it few
sods of vioEets. It win not be many days
before you can cut plenty of these sswee
modest fiowers.' They will not endure
strong heat, nor do they enjoy dry air.
They succeed best with the temperature
merely high enough to encourage vegeta-e
ton, and pleny Of moisture, but not
enough toscause rot.
A METHOD of relief for choking ami
NAL, recommended in the Nep England
homestead, is to pour some melted lard
down the throat and then imnaetliatel
sieze and compress Che lliet below the.
obstacle. "a making efforts to Breathe.
the ssliierilEs creature nj iil most cases,
be enabled 10 bring the tiaE{IaeHt back
again to the mouth. Jfiipt success filI an
other plan may BE- tried, which IS 81 luke a
tough hfnf5er stick or an elastic driving
whip and tie securely piece of soft sheep
skin to the butt. Then grease the pad with
lsTd and genflY and tiensly insertit in
the throat and crowd the obstacle down
with great carease assz
FARM HORSES kept in the stable and !
only #ofke6 oceasionally should Be fed
and managed with care. A common miss
takeis to let them do nothing for several
days and item put them. tlsrosgh.ak A
sharp trot Tor a mile or two until the /
sweat starts will do no harm, but rather
good, provided they are rubbed dry AFTER
wards. But to- drive them rapid eight
or ten miles, let them stand in the cold for
an hour or5two and then drive them rapid
~ home. and give them little care when
they get home, is thoughtless and cruel.
Sam Wards Dinners