St. Landry democrat., 1881-09-10
HONE, FARM AND GARDEN.

y i!HDie> on tne lace denote an lnl-
proper Diet, too much grease, particu-
larry pork and lard, or too much sugar
and salt, or 100 much pastry, and the
ike: and perhaps too little outdoor ex-
ercise.
Picked Red Cabbage Slice the
cabbage. cover it with -alt and let it
stand two days. Then drain and put it
III pan; cover with vinegar and spice
to your taste. Give it :; scald and when
cold put in Jars and tie up close.
Here is a recipe fora good and SIM
pie pudding: One pint or flour, half a
cup of sugar, three-quarters of cup of
sweet milk one tablespoonful OF butter,
two teaspoonfuls of baking powder
Bake for twenty minutes; serve with
any good pudding sauce.
Mr.. HOLSTER says three times
year is often enough to 90 to the mill.
The flour if packed in paper sacks, will
grow better every day, and better flour
IS made from large grists. Old .!our is
the best because the water has evap-
GRATED and the flour has become dryer
and stronger. CincianuH CVn1nerciai.
--Scatloped Tomatoes. Peel and cut
the tomatoes in slices quarter of an
inch thick: make force meat OF bread
crumbs, pepper, salt, butter and little
white sugar; put this in pudding-dish
with alternate layers OF tomatoes, hav-
ing the tomatoes for the top layer; put
b: OF butter upon each slice and dust
with salt, pepper and q little sugar;
stew with dry breadcrumbs and bake,
covered, half an hour, remove the lid
and bake brown.
Mustard owes its pungency to a
volatile acid oil which it contains. This
oil is bitter, and the bitterness of fresh
ly mixed mustard is very apparent I'M
less certain quantity of salt is added
to it. This removes the bitter flavor.
To every ounce or tablespoonful of dry
mustard add teaspoonful of salt, and
mix with cold water, adding vinegar in
which taragon, dill, or other desirable
flavoring herbs have been STEPPED. The
French and German mustards are thus
prepared.
Picked Onions-Peel the onions
and let them lie in strong salt and wa
ter nine days, changing the water each
day; then put them into jars and pour
fresh salt and water on them, this time
boiling hot; when it is cold take them
out and put them on a hair sieve to
drain. after which put them in wide
mouthed bottles and pour over them
vinegar prepared in the following man
ner: Take white wine vinegar and boil
it with blade of mace, some salt and
ginger in it; when cool pour over the
onions.
-Dust-Bath for Fowls Make box
three or four feet square, one foot high,
and fill two thirds full OF dry road dust
with half pound of sulphur mixed in.
Keep barrel or so of the dry dust on
hand to replenish the box with. Pour
a pan of silted coal ashes. or wood ash
es without sitting, into the box occa-
sionally. When the roads are dry, and
other work is not pressing. procure a
supply of dust and store it under cover
for use next winter. Where fowls have
access to one Of these dust boxes they
are seldom troubled with lice. G. if
you keep the fowl house reasonably
clean.
CONTRACTED hoof is the result of
disease of the inner part of the foot and
absorption or wasting of the internal
tissues. 1t can not be cured bv outward
applications to the horn, and only by
removal of the inward trouble. The
usual treatment is to remove the shoes,
pare the edges of the crust of the hoof,
and to cause the feet to stand in wet
clay puddle, or turn the horse into
wet pasture for three or four weeks.
Use hoof dressing of glycerine ard
water freely, and finally put on a fiat,
thin shoe without any bevel and with
an even bearing over sole of SOLE
leather which presses upon the frog.
The frog should not be pared, but left
to bear upon the ground.-N. 7. Times.
Years ago some one asserted that
oil of pennyroyal rubbed on the hair of
horses or other animals would repel the |
attacks of all kinds Of flies, but upon
trial we found it had no such effect; In |
fact, the flies seemed to be attracted by |,
the fragrance of the humble herb. Re-
Gently we noticed that certain DR.. !
Ridge, of London, Eng, recommended |
carbolic acid and oil for the same pur-
pose, but upon trial during the past
week we could not discover that the |
flies were in the least disturbed by this
mixture. Carbolic acid and water as
strong as it was safe to apply to the
skin of horse was tried, the hair
being well soaked with it; but the flies
returned in less than half minute, and,
if anything, in increased numbers A
safe wash for keeping flies from ami
mails is still wanted. Who will discover
itp-M T. San.
An old Scotch gentleman had, in
the course of a long life, gained great
reputation for bravery. The shortest
way to his own home from the little
village club that he nightly resorted to |
lay through church-yard, and it oe-
Cured to some would-be ways to try if
!, iy~,poryious n foar of thu cr,irit