The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-02-04
.AGRICUITURE
KITCHEN AIDS.

Lay on while warm.
GRAHAM BREAD.-Oue pint of SOU
milk, one egg, one small tablespoon
full of soda, one half cup of molasses
one quart of Graham -four, mix wei
together, bake one hour.
FORSTER CAKE.-Half a pound Of
butter, one pound sugar, three eggs
we'll beaten, one lemon or nutmeg
one teaspoonful soda, dissolved in
The lemon, -four enough TO make a
soft batter, about three pounds; rol
thin and bake brown.
FARM HINTS.
Chopped onions, with a little gin,
ger mixed in, Is said to he sure
cure for chicken cholera.
The man who lets his poultry
roost in the tree tops all winter will
be very apt to make the old com.
plant that "hens don't pay their
way nohow."
The Massachusetts Ploaghmaa
says that q heifer should be nearly
or quite three years old when she
has a calf, il The calf is expected to
be healthy and vigorous.
A cellar that is cool, dry and dark,
and yet we'll ventilated, is the best
place for preserving potatoes in large
quantities. When smaller quaint
ties are to be preserved there is
nothing like dry sand. The same
may be said OF fruits and roots Of
all sorts.
The Kentucky Record cautions
farmers against educating young
cows to eat at milking time, as it
Will not always be found convenient
TO supply food, and, the habit once
formed, they will be very restless
without the mess to which they have
become accustomed.
To utilize feathers of ducks, chick
ems and turkeys, generally thrown
aside as refuse, trim the plumes from
the stump, inclose them in a tight
bag, rub the whole as If washing
clothes, and you will secure q per-
fectly uniform and light down, ex,
cellent for quilting covellets and not
q few other purposes.
When once you have determined
to fatten an animal for beef let the
process be as quick as possible. |
Any stint in feeding at such times
will tend to make the meat tough |
and dry. Stall fed animals will fat
ten more readily than others, and
younger animals require richer food
than older ones. Ia winter fattening
do not forget that much depends up
on the warmth of the stable. The
warmer the cattle are kept the less
food will be needed.
Corn loses one-fiftb by drying, and
wheat one-fourteenth. From this
the estimate is made that il Is more
profitable for farmers to sell un-
shelied corn in the Fall at seventy
five cents than at 81 @ hushel in the
following summer, and that wheat
at $l.25 in December is equal to
$l.50 10 the succeeding June. In
the case Of potatoes-taking those
that rot and are otherwise Lost, TO-
gether with the shrinkage-there is
but little doubt that between October
and june the loss to the owner who
holds them is not less than thirty
three per cent.
POULTRY DISEASES. ,
Fally nine tenths of the diseases
from which fowls suffer are simply
and solely caused by vermin. Care
ful investigation has established
This as fact. The comb of fowl
may be considered its health ,indica. t
,or. The first intimation a close
observer of his flock has is the con. 7
iition of their combs. Compare l
lively few birds, in their natural, q
Wild state, die of disease. They
rave certain ways to keep themselves I
comparatively free from lice; fifty q
ire not crowded 10 a space where 7
'nly twenty-five should be; natures g
bird) laws are not transgressed,
nd they thrive in health. With
Domestic fowls it is different, they
re crowded together, become lousy
nd vat fha U,I oloro .o,~ .,-1