The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-08-06
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Kind to COWS giving mih; -. V"o uoo"ySH
turnip fed to q cow would affect the mAk
of fiity cows if mixed together.
Cherry Fritters.-Make batter OF
. pint of milk, four beaten eggs. a pinch
of salt, two even teaspoonfuls OF baking
powder and enough flour to make a little
sitter than pancake batter Beat thor.
,oughl}, then stir in ut OF stoned
cherries and drop by the spoonful into
hot fat. As you take from the tat, ara ram
on an old but clean napkin, dHst with
powdered sugar and season wlth Aqu'o
sauce. IILi.l |.
Preserving Eggs.-1n answer tonu'
merous inquiries, the Poultry Yard gives
the following recipe for preserving eggs:
To one pint Of salt and one pint OF lime
add four gallons of boiling water. Slack
the lime first in a small quantity OF hot
water. When cold put this solution ,ns
tsgS as 1 fEe ~ with %i' no si 81,
carefully let down the fresh eggs into f
Put the eggs in as soon as laid each day.
Keep covered in a cool place. @''
The most troublesome summer
weed upon our gardens is purslane; it
is easily killed when it first breaks
ground, but once it gets FOOTED it WIZ
Sriwjult tbout|asfwtll Y1hS Hr!Sots IN
hi ar jshny dhtr fasi in}W bloss
som and ripen seed after it has bfen
hoed up and turned with roots upward.
The only way to get rid of it is to cart it
off and bury it in hole. Hogs and hens
| eat it, .greedily, but they DO not destroy
4 all the seeds.--New England Farmer. .7'
IA,-A writer in THE Rural New Yorker srr
speaks thus Of sweet!corn breeding and
4 distribution: 'stAt the end Of SIX years
could rely upon three, q" four ears to a
Z stalk When this Improved corn was
distributed, however, no care was taken
, in the selection of the seed by those into
, whose hands it fell, and, in consequence,
it gradually deteriorated. Let it be TN
derstood that such corn can not be long
, grown without careful selection OF seed
and good cultivation. improvements IN
! corn made by selection can only bt
:. maintained by selection; and the same
remarkswpl apply to some other thing
Ht61 No corn"
a I'm an article on " Summer Soups,
a Mrs. Beecher gives the following as -:
y recipe for a most delicious pea-soup:
n Put half pound Of butter into soup
o kettle, over the fire, and add to it !
I Tsta ~ Akr6f1pd .kn,,iei Il Uneven
q peas and set aside; then pour in tw
4 quarts of vegetable stock, or some pre-
+ fer boiling water. Cut fine about a pir
~ of spinach, half dozen green onions,
i little mint if agreeable, and head
a celery. Set the kettle where this wi
n stew Slowly for two hours, till all Ia
g materials are reduced to a jelly, tie
ia add the pint of peas reserved, three te'
"a spoonfuls of sweet butter rolled in tioh
: ito tablespoonful Of salt, and one
az black pepper. Let it just boil up, the
le pour into q hot soup tureen, and ser1
. r37 "a tt;(srY Il he Kansas Farmer til
Il how a neighbor exterminated chine
70 bugs: "When the bugs came into u
cornfeld from the wheat they plowe
ot three deep trenches about four feet apa
ID and started horse with log in the
If trenches. BY having three the last q
al would catch what would get through u
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