The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-02-19
FARM AND PRESIDE.

Ann AMI ElRE0IUEs
The most durable woods in dry
places are cedar, oak. yellow pine and
chestnut.
Harness oil made of one gallon Of
meats foot oil, with four ounces Of lamp
black, well mixed, is simple and effect
i've.
-Toffee. Quarter pound of butter;
when melted put in one pound of brown
sugar; boil and stir fifteen minutes; put
in a spoonful of ground ginger, boil and
stir again. Pour into buttered tins.
Almond Cake.-A cupful of butter,
three Of flour, two of sugar, half cup
full of milk, teaspoonful of cream OF
tartar, and half a teaspoonful of soda.
Flour with almond and put almonds on
top.
For good or easily made pudding
sauce take one tablespoonful of butter,
two tablespoonful of flour, two-thirds
of cup of sugar. Pour hot water over
these, stir well and boil until thick;
flavor with lemon or with nutmeg and
a teaspoonful of vinegar.
Cranberry Sauce. Wash and pick
a quart of ripe cranberries and put them
into saucepan with a teacupful of wa
ter; stew slowly, stirring often until
they are as thick as marmalade; they
require at least one hour and q half to
cook; when you take them from the fire
sweeten them abundantly with white
sugar; if sweetened while cooking the
color will be dark; put them into mold
and set aside to get cold.
During this cold weather it may be
well to know that for articles of rubber
which have become hard and brittle,
DIR. Pol recommends immersing the
articles in mixture of water of ammonia
one part and water two parts, for
time varying from few minutes to an
hour, according to the hardness of the
articles. When the mixture has acted
on the rubber it will be found to have
recovered all its elasticity, smoothness
and softness. II
Fastening Cattle in the Stable. -
When farmer is about to build a barn |
or stable, for his cattle, the question al 1
ways arises, which method of fastening
is best? for there are various devices in
use and each one has its advocates; but
of all the different kinds have ex-
amined and tried, the old-fashioned slip
Sanction comes the nearest to my ideal
as being the best; for consider it the
safest, as well as most convenient and
less fodder is wasted where this method
is in use than by any other that have
seen.-Cor. Mass. Psoughman.
Spreading Manure. - 1t is always
better to spread manure as it is drawn
than to put it in heaps. When put in
heaps large portion of the soluble mat
ter is left in the ground under the heap
and makes these spots too rich, and OF |
course deprives the rest of the ground |
Of its proper share. When it is spread
rs drawn there is no waste, the soil is
equally benefited. and when the ground |
IS worked over in the spring with the
or the cultivator, the
whole is well mixed together. There
$ also saving Of labor, as one handling |
IS avoided.
Interfering. Providing it is not a |
Ease of constitutional defect in con-
and confirmation, the follow
ng way OF shoeing will eradicate the
interfering: For the hind feet have the
shoes made one pound weight on the
outside and four ounces in weight on
inside. Pare the feet slightly, the low
st in the outside. leaving them the
highest in the inside bar and quarter.
Set the inside quarter OF. the shoes
rifle inside of the walls of the feet.
Make the forward shoes light, with
both bars of the shoe equal in weight
md thickness. Pare the toward feeLin
he same way as above described for
he hind feet and fit the forward shoes
lose. If it is possible to stop the in
erfering by means of shoeing this
way herein described will be found eff
Y World.
Here is delicious pudding for des-
ert: One pint of nice bread crumbs
not crumbs of stale bread unfit for the
able,) one quart of milk, one cup of
ugar and the well-beaten yelks of four
'ggs, the grated rind of one lemon and
J piece of butter the size of an egg.
Bake until done. Whip the whites of
our eggs and beat in one cup of pulver-
zed sugar in which you have put the
uice Of the lemon. Spread over the
'udding layer Of jelly or raspberry
am or any sweetmeat you prefer. then
our over it the whites of the eggs. Set
q the oven to brown slightly. Serve
old with cream. This is an excellent
essert for an elaborate dinner, as it
nay be made early in the morning, and
o be out of the way.-M Y. Post.
Feeding Roots. AT recent meet
az of farmers in Erie County, N. Y,
be subject of root crops came up and
7as discussed, and it was the opinion of
ONE of the best farmers that it does
ct pay; that the ground can be planted
D some heavy fodder crop with better
esults. One farmer who had tried it
ad abandoned raising roots, and now
rev fodder crop in its place, and
hought that his corn fodder was supe-
ior to hay, and besides he obtained
bout twelve tons per acre of excellent
,dder. His method is to furrow out a
iece of well cultivated land tbroe rfoot