The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-07-18
FARM AND PRESIDE.

WORMS IN DRIED FRUTT.-Housekeep
ers and others are much troubled to keep
their dried fruit free from worms. A con-
temporary says that handful of sassafras
bark sprinkled through bushel OF fruit Is
a preventive from this pest.
CHOCOLATE CREAM.-Serape fine
pound of the best chocolate and dissolve
1t in water; put in mortar and beat hall
an hour; sweeten, and add Il pint OF
cream; mill it, and as the froth rises. lay
it in sieve: put the cream in glasses and
cover with the froth.
To MAKE RANCID BUTTER SwEET.-To
quart of lime water add 90 drops of the
liquor of chloride of lime; then wash
thoroughly in this mixture 3 pounds of
rancid butter. 1t must remain in the mix
ture two hours. Then wash twice in pure
water and once in sweet milk; add salt.
This preparation of lime contains nothing
injurious.
SUGAR CAKE pound of butter,
pound of sugar, l pound of -four. eggs,
and milk enough for dough. Beat the
butter and sugar together; whisk the eggs
light and add them, stir in the milk and
-four alternately so as to form dough.
Roll the dough out, cut in cakes and bake
in moderate oven.
Snow BALLs.-Beat the whites of 10
eggs till very dry, then add very gradual
" pound of pulveriZed sugar, and 2 or
drops of the essence of lemon. Have
ready some white paper and with spoon
drop the mixture in balls upon the paper
Set them in moderate oven and when
tinged with brown take them out.
THE COLORADO PoTATo BUG.-MIs.
Samuel Deforce, of Businessburg, Bel
| mont county, Ohio, writes to the Scientific
American that her potato vines were very
quickly and effectively cleaned of this in
sect by couple of guinea fowls, and she
| thinks that these industrious and persever-
| ing bug-pickers might be very advanta-
geously employed wherever potatoes are
grown.
LIMA BEANS WITHOUT PoLES-Mr. Nc
Afee, Superintendent of the University OF
| Wisconsin Experimental Farm, informs
the editor of the Western Farmer that for
three years past he has grown Lima beans
without poles or stakes, by persistent
pinching back after they reach the desired
| hight-about that of common bunch beans.
He is confident the crop is very percepti-
bly, earlier and thinks it is increased in
quantity-the plant, being checked in its
growth of vine, expanding its energy in
fruit production.
FENcNG.-To render posts or timber,
placed in the ground, practically impervi-
| Gus to moisture, and for long time pre-
vent decay, the following simple recipe
has been tried and found TO answer the
purpose excellently. For fence and gate
posts it is particularly recommended /:
Take linseed-oil, boil it and mix it with
charcoal dust until the mixture has the
consistency of an ordinary paint. Give to
the posts single coat of the mixture or
paint before planting them, and no farmer,
says one who has used it, living to the age
of the patriarchs of old will live long
enough to see the same posts rot. The
post of timber should be well seasoned and
dry when the paint is applied.
How TO Cook BEEFsTEAK.-Many
who are reputed to be good cooks have
but little idea of the only true way to cook
a beefsteak. That we may derive both
pleasure and nutriment, iudicious man.
agement on the part of the cook is essen
tial. Select fat and tender sirloin pound
it well and place on a griddle over bed
of hardwood Goals sprinkle little salt
on it and allow it to broil until the Juice is
seen on the upper side; then lift from the
griddle so that the juice may be saved on
the platter and turn it on the griddle again
for moment only, then place on the plat
ter, and lay on it a few thin slices of sweet
butter. Serve Immediately with butter
toast or fried potatoes. If the steak is
cooked hard and dry all the best qualities
of it are lost i; and one might as well feeo
upon chips. Five or six minutes is sutti
cient time to cook a steak, and the hotter
the Goals the better; unless cooked quickly
with great heat it will be tough and un
palatable.