The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-08-07
FARM AND PRESIDE.

-Finely-rubbed bichromate of potas-
sa mixed with twice its bulk of sulphu-
ric acid and an equal quantity of water
will clean the dirtiest brass very quickly.
Oatmeal Gruel.-Into one quart of
boiling water sprinkle two tablespoon
fuls of oatmeal; let this boil forty min
utes, season with salt, strain and serve.
Add sugar, milk or cream, if its wished.
Paste for hanging paper should be
made about the consistency of cream,
perfectly smooth, without Jumps; little
size will add to its tenacity and small
portion of powdered alum will help it
to dry.
Rye Cakes.-Four eggs and pint
of milk, one teaspoonful molasses, one
teaspoonful cream of tartar. one-half
teaspoon of saleratus. Stir in rye meal
enough to make thick batter. Beat
the yelks and whites of eggs separately.
-Carbolic acid soap rubbed on the
neck and legs of horse will keep away
flies. The strong odor of the soap
drives them off. Take dry cake Of the
soap and rub on after grooming. This
will also give the apimal's coat fine
polish.
Quick Cake.-Beat one c1pful OF
powdered sugar and one tablespoonful
of butter to cream, add one we'll
beaten egg, two-thirds of cupful OF
sweet milk, with half teaspoon of
soda, one and a half cups of -four, with
one teaspoonful of cream tartar.
Flavor with lemon. sa
Cosmetics for the Complexion.
Mix glycerine with water, equal parts;
add small quantity of cologne or any
other perfume. Apply to the face upon
retiring at night. This preparation win
impart soft white skin and it is said
to remove all discolorations and rough
ness of skin, also smooths out the marks
from smallpox.
Cinnamon Rolls and Rusk.-For
rusk, take loaf of bread at the last
kneading, work in a lump Of butter and
little sugar. Let rise; make into little
cakes; again let rise, then bake. For
cinnamon rolls, roll the dough into a
sheet half an inch thick, spread with
butter, sugar and cinnamon. Commence
at one side and roll up; then with a
sharp knife cut into cakes half an inch
thick, and let rise and bake.
There is always profit in breeding
and rearing good stock on the farm and
there is often pretty good profit in buy
ing your stock and feeding it up to ma
turity; but if there is profit in the
latter case it is much greater in the
former, so that the wisest plan is to
breed and raise all your land will sup
port. leaving the uncertain profits of
buving and selling to those who have
not learned to Z" wait''as we'll as to "la-
bor."
Barley Soup. of a
pound of mutton, cut off all the fat and
cut the meet into dice shape; place in a
stewpan; add to the meat one table
spoonful of barley and one pint of cold
water, let it come to boil slowly, skim
carefully and set back where it will
simmer. Put the bones on to boil with
half pint of cold water. Let it boil
gently one hour, then strain this water
into the kettle with the meat and bar
Z ley and cook two hours longer; season.
Lemon Sirup.-Ingredients-Two
pounds of loaf sugar and two pints OF
water, one ounce of citric acid. hall
drachm of essence of lemon. Mode
Boil the sugar and water together fol
quarter of an hour and put it into {
basin, where let it remain till cold
Beat the citric acid to a powder, mix
the essence of lemon with it, then ado
these two ingredients to the strip; mil
well and bottle for use. Two table
| .,.o,cs,,1. rf Tho S;v,,v> aro CT, m Giant fo,
a tumbler of cold water, and win b.
found very refreshing summer drink
In answer to an inquiry as to how ,
small 60 silo'' should be built, one suita
BILE for farmer who keeps three or foul
cows and thirty or forty sheep. Mr.
John M. Bailey, of Winning Farm
writes to the Country Gentleman: Buil'
it just as you would small cellar-sa,
twenty to twenty-four feet long. ten O
twelve feet wide, and ten or twelve fee
high-of stone or brick, sinking it hal
below the surface of the ground; banl
up the earth, which is thrown out il
excavating, around the walls. A Ugh
roof is needed to keep out snow ant
rain built in sections like batten doors
so that in filling and weighing it cal
be removed. This would be both cheal
and convenient. Paint and plaster tn
walls on the inside, so they will b
plumb and smooth Fill in the corner
so there will be no square corners, bu
rounded or diagonal Silos of the abov
size will hold from forty-fve to seventy
five tons of ensilage, which is ampl
sufficient to winter from nine to fiftee
cows, or " three or four cows and thirt
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