The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-06-23
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

All experience goes to show that
| persons arc far more liable to contract
disease or contagious fever on an empty
| than with full stomach. r8e ia
TO Make !, Egg Toast. Take two
| eggs, one cup and a half OF milk, and
flour enough to make astiff batter. Cut
stale bread in thin slices, dip into the
butter, and fry brown in sweet butter.
Serve hot. This makes q tine break
fast dish with coffee a ga
Sweet Sauce.-Two cupfuls of water,
two teaspoonfuls of flour we'll mixet!
with little water, which must be stirred
in while boiling; after it is we'll boiled,
add q cupful OF sugar. butter the size of
ar English walnut. and salt. Add nut
meg alter it is taken Off
"A French naturalist says: "The
Almighty created birds to protect the
grain, vegetables, trees and fruit,
against the ravages OF the insect tribe.
For every bird that dies, millions of in
sects are spared from death. and mill
ions OF insects mean famine"
Many persons iron towels, fold
them and put them away before they
are perfectly dry. This is an error, and
sometimes leads to results not expected
In their damp condition there is a mold
which forms on them called oidium, one
variety OF which causes numerous skin
diseases. area. "a e,,.;s5s5.s.s.,.z
Cabbage Chop fine one good-sized
solid head. To four well-beaten eggs
add four tablespoonful of sweet. cream,
one of celery seed. nearly one of salt
and ground mustard, one-half teaspoon
ful black pepper, one-half cup good
vinegar, put on the stove and stir until
it just boils; if it cooks too long the egg
will. become iumpy; pour it,over the
cabbage and mix thoroughly. 49,
White Sponge Cake. a clean
sieve over an earthen bowl, and meas
ure into the sieve cupful of powdered
sugar. half cupful of flour, half a
cupful of cornstarch and teaspoonful
OF baking powder; run them through
together; have ready the whites
OF eight eggs beaten to stiff froth; add
a teaspoonful of rose extract; mix thor
oughly and bake in square tins about
two inches deeplin quick oven. To
serve it, cut in small squares, oa@y..
+ Welsh Rarebit.-Boil half pint of
milk; have the cheese rich enough to
melt; chop half a teacupfuls of it to-
every half pint of milk; the yelk of ON;
egg is lightly beaten with q fork, and
have it ready whenthe cheese isnielted;
turn the cheese into the boiling milk
and stir till the former dissofves. Welsh
rarebit cannot be made from Eskim-milk
cheese. Parmesan cheese, makes de-
lightful dishes, but is expensive. Stir
in the yelk of the egg, adding salt and
pepper, and serve on toast or alone.
Cheese dishes require little seasoning,
and the salt and pepper should be used
with care.
Chloride of Lime for Trees.-Le
Culttrateur, a French journal, says that
1T chloride of.lime be spread, on the soil
or near plants. insects and vermin will
not be found near them, and adds: 4 BY
It's means plants will easilybe protected
from insect plaques by simply brushing
over Their stenisywitha solution Of it. pits
has often been noticed that a patch of
land which has been treated in this way
remains religiously respected by grubs,i1
while the unprotected beds around are
literally devastated Fruit trees NAV /
be guarded from the attacks oEgrubs by
attaching to their trunks pieces of tow
smeared with mixture 81 hogs lard.
and ants and grubs already sin posses
sion will rapidly vaeate their, position.
butterflies. again. viii avoid all plants
whose leaves have been sprinkled over
with lime water"
Fellows in Peaches.-The disease
known as the 9yellows in beaches is
caused by a fungus. 1T is highly con-.
tagious and spreads through an orchard
with great rapidity..o A few years agod
some twigs We're. sent to this office
through the mail, but without any let
ter accompanying them. ! To preserve
them they were buried in the writer's
garden, under a peach tree. By and BY
came a. letter stating that they were
twlgs from peach orchard that was
diseased. Although the twigs were dug
up and burned Immediately next spring |
this tree was taken with the, .yellows.
and the disease spread until every tree.
a dozen or more, was destroyed. This
instance shows the character of the dis
ease. 1t is not surprising that thou
sands of orchards should be DESTROYED
by it, and that peach-growing in sey-
eral Of the Northern States is out az the |
question. There is no known remedy.
Every diseased tree should be eradicated
root and branch. 1t has been stated
that lime applied to the soil and to the:i
stems OF the trees is a preventive, but it |
remains to be proved by extended trial.
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