St. Landry democrat., 1881-10-15
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ing them, after which the holes may be
plugged with grating wax and plug
of wood.
Plain Rice Pudding. Soak half q
cupful of rice over night. In the morn
ing mix with the rice three tablespoon
fuls of sugar, small piece of butter
and little salt. Pour over this one
quart of new milk, and bake slowly two
hours.
"A ready method for hot fomenta-
tons is to place iiannels in the steamer
of an ordinary potato steam kettle.
They readily become permeated with
the steam when the kettle is placed on
the fire, and can be readily changed
without any fear of scalded fingers
during the attempt to wiring them suf-
ficiently dry, as in the ordinary
method.
Danish Pudding One cupfnl of
tapioca, three pints of water, half
teaspoonful of salt, half teacupful of
sugar, one tumblerul of any kind of
bright Jelly; wash the tapioca and soak
in the water over night; in the morning
put in a double boiler and cook one
hour; stir frequently, add the salt,
sugar and Jelly. and mix thoroughly;
turn into mold that has been dipped
in cold water and set away to harden:
serve with cream and sugar.
Careful farmers (savs the Anaericnn
Cultirator) should always select their
seed from the best-matured stalks while
yet standing in the field. There is no
doubt that difference of ten per cent.
could be made in the value of the crop
in one year by judicious and careful
selection of the seed. and should this
course be pursued for series of years,
a large increase could be made in the
crops of corn of almost any good va
riety.
Oyster Pie.-Oysters, one quart,
pepper, one Tablespoonful mace, one
half teaspoonful, salt, one-halt teaspoon
full, cracker crumbs, one teacupful, but
ter, one-quarter pound, puff paste,
Strain the oysters; add the spice,
cracker crumbs and the butter bro zen
in bits put in deep pie-dish lined
with paste; add half the oyster liquor
The dish should be full, covered with
rich puff paste, and baked until the
crust is done.
-Spiced Grape Jam.--Pinch the
pulp from the grapes, laying the skins
on one side. Put the pulp over the
fire with very lutte water; boil twenty
minutes and then strain it through a
sieve. Put it back over the fire and add
sugar drown sugar will do) and spices
to taste; half a cup of sugar to pound
of the pulp will be enough, When it
boils, drop in the skins and boil ten
minutes. If it seems too thin, boil an
other ten minutes. This is nice as an
accompaniment for cold chicken as
supper dish.
Prof. A. z. Blount, of the Colo
RADIO Agricultural College. expresses
himself Very strongly in favor Of light
seeding of wheat. He says that "a
single grain of wheat cannot carry out
its habit and develop according to its
nature on less than sixteen square inch
es. and that every pound of seed wheat
should be made to produce its bushel
all over the world He AYERS that
sowing much wheat "to get good
stand' is the worst kind of economy.
as the farmer loses his seed, and never
in any instance can make as large a
yield as By thin sowing.
The practice of forcing horse to
stand on his legs, or walk about. while
laboring under an attack of collie, is
most inhuman. The same remark is
also applicable to the plan of exercising
a horse during the time ne is under the
purgative action of a dose of phvsic.
He should be moved gently about be-
fore the medicine commences to oper-
ate, but never after. Do those barba-
rians who knock the animal about while
enduring the pains of collie, or when
suffering from the strong purgative ac-
ton of medicine, ever think of what
they are doing9 If they were treated
themselves on the same plan, under
similar circumstances, they would soon
come to their regarding the man
agement of the unfortunate animal
which is placed under their charge
Kansas Farmer.