The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-10-10
Farm and Household Column

Farm and Household Column.
conference.-the. Lowcry, the
chief propagation at the Floristc do
Paris, has given to the Rcvalc Horti-
cole his method of destroying cock
reaches, which are found vcly lcs-
tructive and annoying, both in green
houses and dwellings. This plan is
to take a package Of matches, and
dissolve the phosphorus on them in u
quart Of water, and make a paste
with this water by mixing it with
pound of -four and six or seven ounces
Of sugar. Place this mixture where
the cockroaches will most readily find
it, and it will destroy them etfectu-
ally.
! How TO MEND KxlvEs.-Most
house keepers have felt the need of a
recipe for mending knives, or rather
for fastening knives and forks to their
handles. The following mixture is
recommended for this purpose in one
Of our exchanges: Mix together !
pound of rosin and ounces Of sui
phur, and keep it either in bars Or
reduced to power. Mix part of this
powder with half q part Of iron i'll
linss, fine sand or brick dust, and
the cavity Of the handle is to be filled
with the mixture. Heat the stem OF
the knife or fork and insert it hot,
aud when cold it will be found tight.
Corn MEAL Sour.-The American
Agriculturist says: Corn meal soup
is an established institution on our
own farm. We keep half-barrel
constantly full of water, will, u little
corn meal soaking in it. The horses
are allowed to drink all they wish.
We let them drink the first thing in
the morning, and again when taken
to work. When brought home at
noon, they are also allowed to drink
before being put in the stalls, and
again when taken out, and 80 at
night. BY standing a few hours, tho
chill is taken of tho water, and al
lowing them to drink when brought
in from work, does not seem to hurt
them. If the meal gets sour, remove
it and feed to the pigs.
Fowls should never be permitted to
have access to tho horse. stable, nor
the feed room, nor the hay NOV.
Their rooms should be entirely sepa-
rate from the stable, 90 that they
may not always he ready to slip in
whenever q door is opened; and that
the verlnin which, intest poultry may
not reach horses and cattle. It lisa
well-known fact that fowls of all
kinds frequently drop very sordid,
offensive, clammy, viscous ordor;
and when allowed to 20 gu the hay
NOW, Or in the feeding room, or any
where in the barn, they damage more
fodder than we are wont to suppose.
We would as soon allow fowls to 1.-Two
in the kitchen, and to hop on the
dinner table while We are eating, and
to roost on our bedstead as to allow
them to have free access to the horse
stable and barn. Some horses are al
ways afraid Of fowls, and when ono
enters the manger, or rack, the timid
horses will Immediately surrender
their entire right. however hungry
they may be,. tllsss lawless maraud-
ers. And after they have scratched
over the feed with their foul feet, and
s.neared o portion Of it with their
filthy droppings, horse must be ex.
ceedingly hungry before lie will eat
his mess. Many hungry horse has
been deprived Of his feeding of grain
by a lot Of bold, gallinaceoas robbers
that had learned when and where to
fill their empty crops with the feed
Of q jaded horse. Let gates aud bars
exclude fowls and pigeons from the
doors and windows of all horse sta.
bles.-N. Y. Times.
BREAKFAs R0LLs.-Take a coffee
cupfall new milk two beaten eggs;
half Il cup offresh yeast; a teaspoon
full Of salt; a tablespoonful of sugar;
two tablespoonful Of butter or sweet
lard; stir in briskly enough sifted
flour to make q stiff batter. They
should be mixed in this way at tea
time, and covered up to rise. Late
in the evening, when the dough is
light, mould it out on the boa,d and
put back in the pau, and cover again.
In the morning tear off, but do not
cut, in pieces Of sufficient size to twist
up into rolls. working it as little AZ
possible; when they puff up, bake in
o quick oven, and eat them Willis
hot.-Country Gent.
We have used a wagon with wide.
rim wheels, and found it con yenient
on the farm, diminishing the draft
over mellow fields, and in fact over
all fields, for narrow wheel will cut
into quite firm sod deep enough to
add considerable to the draft. The
principle objection We found against
it on the highways was the fact that,
differing 50 much in width from those
in general use, it could not run In
the bottom of tho rut formed by them.