The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-03-14
FARM AND PRESIDE.


SoFT GINGER CooKIEs.-2 cups molasses,
l cup lard, teaspoonful soda, teaspoon,
full salt. / cup hot water, l teaspoonful
ginger. Mix very soft.
QUICK PUDD1NG.4-1 egg, cup of sugar,
| tablespoonful of melted butter, l cup OF
sweet milk. teaspoonftl of soda. 3 cups
of flour, Bake half an hour or more. Eat
with sweet sauce.
BOILED ONIoNs.-Slice them line la1ter
paringl. boil until tender in enough water
to cover. When tender, season with put
fer. pepper and salt. They are better than
when boiled whole.
THE AqricatLturist states that very me
white vinegar mayib made from the juice
of the white part of Watermelons. Al
certain stage the fluid is bitter, but When
perfected acquires a true vinegar 1aVor.
LEMON CHEESE. an ounce OF
gelatine in pint of water for an hour, add
ounces sugar, the rind and JUICE OF "a
large lemon, and simmer over the fre I'LL
the gelatine is entirely Dissolved; straln,
and when nearly cold, beat into IL the
white of an egg thoroughly beaten. wei
the molds with water and put it IN them.
When turned out it will look like snow.
This is grateful dish to invalids.
LAMp-SHADE.-A very pretty lamp
shade may be made in the following man.
ner: Cut eight pieces, of the same proper.
ton, from perforated cardboard; 4 by .
| inches is good size. On each piece ar
range autumn leaves and ferns tastelully,
and fasten them in place with mucllage,
| cover with lace, and bind with narrow I'D
| hon of bright color. When all the eight
Dieces are thus finished, sew them togeth-
er and place the octagonal figure over the
usual wire support for the lamp-shade.
Very pleasing effects may be produced In
this way at slight expense OF anything bul
time and taste.
STARTING SWEET PoTAToEs.-For start
ing sweet potato sprouts have useo 'ule
following plan, which has the advantage
of not needing sash dig out trench
/ two feet deep. Into this | put a foot o.
4 fresh loose manure in the month OF April
Upon the manure spread six inches O
sand or light sandy loan, and plant Ing
potatoes in this sand. If the weather II
.coh cover with marsh hay or straw dur
ing the day, but always at night, and 1
there is an extra cold snap with frost
spread barn sheet or blanket over tht
straw. As soon as am ready to plant,
+ filrrow out the ground three feet apar
q each way., drop a shovelful of manure a
each check, draw four hoesful OF earti
over the manure making broad hill, ane
plant the sprout.-Cor. N. 7. Tribune.
MICE IN HoTBEDs mice get int
frames, as they often do, they produce
fearful amount of mischief in a few days
if not DESTROYED. This may easily be dom
by mixing sugar and butter or lard smooth
ly together, in which little strychnine /
| Incorporated; spread this on thin slices o
:. bread, and cut into small cubes and distrlb
, ute them among the plants, and at TIL
; same time place vessels of water in SOM
: convenient place, where they may drink
/ Or, if preferred, the phosphorus COMPOUND
sold by druggists for this purpose may b.
used, but we have always had the best sue
. cess with the first named mixture. II
either case care must be taken that tn
children do not have access to the prepares
bits of bread.
III SEwAGE-GRowN CRoPs.-It is certain
4 that all kinds of crops may be grown wit
sewage, so that the farmer can grow sue
i as he can best sell. Nevertheless, the. ste
e Eple crops must be cattle food, with occa
: sional crops of corn and it is also certain
2 from the analysis of the soil, that it has bt
f come very much richer, and that the m;
4 nurial constituents of the sewage account
4 late in it. Cattle should be fed on th
: farm, which leads to.a vast increase in th
: production of meat and milk, the great d,
|. siderata of the population producing tn
: sewage. Thus the system OF farmin
+ must be specialized and capital concentra
+ ed, the absence of which conditions hf
]. proved a great barrier to the satisfactor
s practical solution of the sewage question
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