The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-05-30
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

FARM AND FlRESlUEs
SUNDERLAND PUDDING.-1 pint sweet
milk, eggs, pint of flour, 2 teaspoon1uis
salt, mix together, and bake IN cup rai-
sins if you like.
COMMON CooKIEs.-1c cup OF butter, y cups
of sugar, ! coffee cup of buttermllk ana
sour cream. l teaspoonful saleratus, flour;
flavor with nutmeg.
THE Rural Messenger. says correspond
ent checked pear blight by digging down
to roots of his trees and throwing guam
tity of scrap-iron, and covering all over.
RYE CAKEs.-3 cups of flour, cup OF
rye. cup Yeast, II cups milk, l table
spoonful sugar. In the morning add
teaspoonful of soda and an egg if you wish.
To PREVENT TIN RUsTNG.-Rub fresh
lard over every part of the dish, and then
put it in hot oven and heat thoroughly.
Thus heated, any tinware may be used IN
water constantly, and remain bright ana
clean from rust indefinitely.
THE american Stock Journal says: "For
gravel in horses, give two-thlrds OF table
spoonful of saltpetre in a little salt, for
three consecutive days; or take pint OF
watermelon seed and boil it in two quarts
of water, till reduced to nearly one-half,
and drench two mornings in succession !;
your horse will be cured"
CHAPPED Hands, ounce of sperma-
ceti, white beeswax, gum camphor, and
ounces of almond oil. Put in tin cup
and place in vessel of boiling water and
melt together. Every time the hands are
wet rub little over them. Linseed Oil
| and common beeswaX will answer the
purpose, but the ointment is not so nice as
| the above.
To CLEANSE A CoNFoRT.-Tie it up
| loosely and plunge it in scalding water Tor
an hour or two, then spread It on the
grass, and let the rain fall on it till it is
| thoroughly rinsed, end dry in the sun,
! turning it two or three times day.
| Blankets are far more wholesome than
comforts, and can be cleansed much more
readily. In the coming civilization OF our
race ''eomforts I" will be unknown.
| REMEDY FOR HORSE COUGH.-Take l
pint of wheat bran, wet it with water !;
| put from to drops of tar Oil in bran !;
| stir it well and give to the horse twice a
day, mornings and evenings. 1t is also
good for the distemper; in fact it is good
| for any kind of a cough horse may have.
| The tar Oil can be had at any drugstore; 1t
costs but trif1e.
SUNFLowERs FOR BEAN PoLEs.-A cor
respondent of the Farmers Union says:
Il should like to suggest to such farmers
as are bothered to get suitable bean poles,
to plant sunflower in each hill OF beans.
The stalk will grow in advance OF the vine,
making for it an excellent support. You
not only obtain good bean pole for moth
| ing, but you have large amount OF waltz
able seed for your fowls I'M the fall"
A UNIQUE ornament is described by a
| lady writer in the arkansas Grange. Sew
neatly and closely over the outside of the
bowl of goblet 1.-THE bottom and stem hav-
| ing been broken off }, or amy similar vessel,
piece of red flannel, dipIit in water, roll
in f1ax-seed, stand it inverted in a saucer,
keep the saucer partly filled with water,
and presently you will have a cone OF green
on a red ground-a very quaint but proper
decoration for mantel-piece or center table.
A HENDERSON COUNTY farmer finds plas-
| ter the best and most economical fertilizer
for tobacco. After securing a stand, he
put about dessert-spoonful on the bud of
each plant. Immediately after the first
shower it showed rich growing color,
which it held until maturity, notwith-
standing a prolonged drought ensued.
Before topping, however, he had as much
more applied to each plant-in all about
one hundred pounds per acre. The land
upon which this experiment was made was
high, dry and exhausted years ago. The
crop made was medium in size and uni
formly of excellent quality.
CLEANING PAINTED SURFACES UNvAR-
NIsHED.-Put upon plate some of the
best whiting, have ready some clean water
and piece of flannel, which dip into the
water and squeeze dry, then take as much
whiting as will adhere to- it, and apply it
to the painted surface, when little rub
bing will instantly remove any dirt or
grease wash well off with water and rub
dry with a soft cloth. Painted articles
thus cleaned looked equal to new, and
without doing the least injury to the most
delicate color; it will preserve the paint
much longer than if cleaned with soap,
and does not require more than half the
time usually occupied incleaning.
To MAKE METHEGLIN.-Here are two
recipes: For strong metheglin, take hon.
ey, IA pounds; warm water, 3 gallons
yeast, ! gill; 2 ounces OF hops boiled in
quart of water; mix this water, after
straining out the hops, with the rest OF
the material; put all into cask or jar, and
add enough water to make gallons; lei
it work three days, then bottle and tic
down the corks. Another mode: II gal.
Ions water; whites of 6 eggs; mix well
and add 20 pounds of honey boil hour
add cinnamon, ginger, cloves and mace
as soon as cold put l teaspoonful of yeast
into it; barrel, keeping the vessel full as il
works after working, stop close; when
fine !" bottle for use.