The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-09-04
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FARM AND PRESIDE.

Ginger Cookies.-One cupful of
sugar, one-third of cupful of molasses,
one cupful OF butter, one tablespoonful
of ginger, one egg, one and one-fourth
teaspoonfuls of Cream tartar, and one
tcaspoonful of soda.
Cream Cookies.-One and one-half
cupfuls of thick sour cream, one and
one-haf cupfuls of sugar, one egg, one
teaspoonful each of salt, saleratus and
caraway seeds. Roll quite thick;
enough for forty to fifty cookies.
Apple Jelly.-Pare. core and quar-
ter the apples, and stew them in con-
siderable water until perfectly soft;
mash and drain them; add one pound of
graduated sugar to every pint of juice;
boil rapidly for twenty-five minutes.
To keep a stove free from rust in
any atmosphere during the summer
months you have only to rub off all the
rust YOU can and varnish it with COM
mon varnish. In the Autumn when you
wish to put it up again the varnish win
all burn off in a very short time and all
odor from it viii go with it.
The value of the practice of laying
down the canes of raspberries during
the winter has been illustrated in the
experience of Mr.. L. H. Burgess, of
Ulster County, N. Y. the present sea-
son. The canes of the Highland Hardy
which we're laid down, he says, yielded
berries at least four times as large as
those which were left exposed to the
winters cold. From other canes which
hadbee laid down, the same pickers
gathered twice as many basketfuls in
the same time, by actual measure, as
! from those which had not been so
treated. The lesson is worth remem
bering.
Horses need good care in these hot
days of midsummer. They should be
kept clean by frequent currying and oc-
casional washing OF the legs and feet.
The flies will cause the most inconveni-
ence, and while working in the field
some protection from them in the shape
of nets or thin blankets (sheets) is
great comfort to the animals. Keep the
stables clean that they may not harbor
| the flies or develop any bad odors.
Horses that are at regular farm work
need good food-better than grass alone
will give. Oats or ground feed of some
kind must supplement- the pasture at
night. .MNNk y 4.
-Scours in Calves.-This disease,
the american Dairyndn says, is caused
by indigestion, occasioned, either by
overlooking, or by feeding sour and inn
proper food. The remedy is very sim
Pile Astringents should never be given
but purgative first and then q tonic
to restore the tone of the stomach.
Give one ounce of castor or linseed oil;
and after twenty-four hours give half
tins quantity, il a repetition is thought
necessary. Then give a tablespoonful
of the following mixture: One ounce of
prepared chalk, one drachm of essence
of peppermint, one drachm of tincture
of ginger, once ounce of gum arabic and
pint of water. Shakeit before using.
The New York Tribune gives this
method of removing a corn in young
horses foot: Have bar shoe made and
fitted to the foot, so that it may rest not
only on the whole edge of the wall but
also on the bulbs of the frog. Avoid
undue pairing of the sole between the
wall and bar over the seat of the corn,
but before mailing on the shoe take the
rasp and lower that heel-wall, sole and
bar-for an inch in front of the corner,
SO that when the shoe is applied it will
rest on the whole circumference of the
foot excepting this. Do not nail on the
shoe too tightly. When shod, pour a
little warm tar into the effected heel and
retain it by dossel of tow. The foot
should be picked out carefully every
night and the tar and tow renewed
when necessary. The shoe will require
resetting at the end of three weeks to
prevent it from setting in on the heel
and bruising it anew. 1t wal be several
shoeings before the horn that has been
stained by the blood wears out, but by
persistent avoidance of renewed In
Jury the redness will finally disappear
and the foot retain the form and strength
which are so seriously impaired by the
sword cutting somuch in vogue.
Boiled Ron Pudding. In this pud
ding stewed dried apples, peaches
prunes, canned fruit. jams, jellies, mar
malades or ripe uncooked currants
raspberries, strawberries, ~blackberrie'
or huckleberries may be used. If driet
fruits are used they must be preparet
as directed for dried apples, ETC., care
fully picked, and when spread upon thu
paste, must have sufficient suga
sprinkled upon them to make then
palatable. Ingredients: One quart o
sifted -four; one-half pound suet, freet
from fibre andschopped fine; one-hal
teaspoonful of salt; coldAwater; fruit
Put the flour into deep dish, mix int
it the suet and salt. Then add coli
water gradually enough to make rathe
firm paste. Mixing should be don
with the hands and done quickly. Re
move paste to well Toured brea,
board. Dredge the paste literally wit
sifted flour and roll it out into an oh
long sheet about q half inch thick
Spread the paste thickly with the frui
to within an inch of the outer edge @
the dough. Roll it up; close the fire