The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-11-06
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

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There. is in few old rusty nails
more health-giving properties than in
some OF the so-called poultry food
-Peeling and Slicing Onions. Place
them in cold water; peel while wet and
you will have very little cause to shed
tears during the operation.
! Lovers of chocolate cake will re-
joice at a new way of preparing it. Use
the usual recipe for the cake, emitting
one-third of cup of flour. Crate the
chocolate as for layer cake, add to the
dough, mix thoroughly and bake in a
loaf.
a Good Way to Cook Onions
Boil In water and add little milk to
demolish that strong taste that some
have; after they are boiled put them in
stewing-pan with little milk, butter,
salt and pepper, and let them stand
where they will only simmer fifteen
minutes; it gives them fine flavor and
they can be served up very hot.
"A nice way of preserving grapes
for winter use is as follows: Put seven
pounds of grapes in q stone Jar. Boil
together three pounds of sugar, one
pint OF vinegar, q tablespoonful of en-
namon and a tablespoonful of cloves
until thin strip is gained. Take from
the fire and let stand until only milk
warm, then pour it over the grapes.
Cover the jar with a plate and let stand
q fortnight. and then seal up with paper
and the white ct an egg.
Sweet corn fodder, shocked in the
field for winter use and worth per ton
about the same as good timothy, costs,
aside from the use of the land, not to
exceed five dollars per acre. The aver
age product is from five to ten tons, &C
cording to the quality of the land. The
cost then would range from fifty cents
to one dollar per ton of cured fodder.
When it is considered that the corn
product is a supplementary crop and
with its abundant ears an extremely
rich food, the wisdom of good supply
can not be too strongly commended.
"A correspondent of the Western
Stock journal says he once had val
liable heifer which was an exceedingly
vicious kicker. To cure her of the
habit he took q common garden hoe and
passed the hoe end in front of her off
hind leg and behind and above the
gambrel joint of the nigh hind leg.
Then sitting down on the right to milk,
he put the handle of the hoe well up
under his arm and began milking. The
heifer could not stir either hind leg and
after one week she could be MIXED
safely without lettering and proved to
be a valuable and gentle animal.
To Pickle Red Cabbage.-Take
large. firm head of cabbage and after
taking off the outside leaves aud cutting
out the stalk, divide it lengthwise and
shred it crosswise. Lay it in a dish,
and sprinkle salt over it; cover it with
another dish and let it stand over night;
drain in colander, free from the salt,
and wipe dry. Make pickle of suffi.
Gent vinegar to cover the cabbage. add
ing to it equal quantities of allspice,
cloves and some mace. The spices
must be put in whole and little cochi-
neal to give it good red color. Boil
the vinegar and spices hard for five
minutes and having put the cabbage in
to stone jar, pour the vinegar over it,
boiling hot. Tie up very closely.
How Water Enters DralnS.-When
wet land is drained, the water enters
through the joints of the drain-tiles all
along their course. 1t is not necessary
to provide inlets for the water. 1t must
be remembered that if drain-tiles are
laid three feet below the surface the
pressure of the water above them is
considerable and will force a large
quantity through very small space.
The tiles may be laid so close
that a knife-blade cannot be inserted
between them, and yet the entering
water viii be sufficient to keep an inch
and half tile sixty rods long full in wet
weather. The cost of draining land de-
ponds on several conditions, such as the
character of the soil, the distance of the
drains apart, and the depth of the drains;
the size of tile depending upon the
wetness of the land; all these may vary
the cost from about $50 to $50 an acre.
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