The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-07-16
HOME AND FARM.

. HOME AND FARM. y.
in thinning apples while small we
have experimental long enough to kno"
that it is very proftable.-Prcf: Beal.
Fodder corn is best cut when the
ears are partly formed that is, if any
ears appear upon it; if not, it should be
cut when the blossom is fully developed.
It is then in its best condition for feeding
purposes.
Batter Bread.-White Indian meal,
two quarts; cold boiled rice, one cup;
eggs, three (well beatenD melted butter.
one tablespoonful; sweet milk. two and
a half cups; salt, one teaspoonful; soda.
half teaspoonful. Stir the eggs into
the milk; then the meal, salt, butter,
and last of all, the rice. Beat all three
minutes and bake in shallow pans in
quick oven.
A correspondent of the Rural Neu
Yorker says the best way of relieving
choking cattle is to pour from half
' ill Is { Eli 81 oil-sweet oil, castor oil
or linseed oil-down the throat of the
afflicted animal, having first turned its.
head up to facilitate the operation. A
soon as it reaches the obstruction, relief
is instantaneous, as the apple, potato OF
whatever it may be, can be easily swal.
lowed or elected.
Tomato Catsup.-Cut one peck Of
yripe tomatoes in halves. boil them in
lined saucepan until the pulp is all dis.
solved, then strain them we'll through a
hair sieve, and set the liquor on to boil.
adding one ounce salt, one ounce mace,
one tablespoonful of black pepper, one
teaspoonful Of red pepper, one table.
spoonful of ground cloves, five of ground
mustard let them all boil together, fol
|, five or six hours, and stir them most Of
the time. Let the mixture stand eight
or ten hours, in cool place; add one
pint of vinegar, and then bottle it; seal
the corks, and keep in a cool, dark
place. f.j,i7411t
Butter Rolls.-Butter, one table
spoonful; unsifted flour, one quart;
baking powder, three large teaspoon.
fuls; sweet milk. Sift the baking pow.
der thoroughly with the flour and add
the butter. With sweet milk, form a
dough, knead and roll it half an inch
fthick and cut: fold each one over to
form q half round, wetting a little be.
tween the folds to make them stick
place on buttered pans, wash over the
top with milk to give a gloss, bake in
quick oven twenty minutes, and lei
stand half an, hour before using.
I odd black sttar hate that look rusty
;aidsdity may BE- made to look almost
as nice as new, providing they are moi
battered up so as to be out of shape
The operation is very simple and con
sists in nothing more or less than black
ing them with ladies' shoe polish. L
makes q wonderful difference in thu
looks and no one can tell that they have
been BACKED. One saw that had beer
done this way was sure was q new hat
and l could scarcely believe it when tn
lady told me it was the hat had seel
her wearing every day for q long time
-Catarrh, or nasal gleet, is contagi
GUS, and may be communicated from
one horse to another. 1t consists o
purulent Inflammation OF the nasa
membranes, and may degenerate int
CHAMBERS through poisoning of the bloot
by absorption Of the purulent discharge
No horse should be permitted to remain
subject to this disease for months o
years without an attempt to cure it
d The treatment proper for this disease
8 to spray cafbolic acid, diluted with fort
times its bulk in water, into the nostrils
, and to give an ounce of hyposulphate q
soda daily for some weeks. The nos
. should be sponged with clean water an
, carbolic soap twice day.-M. Y. Times
, TO get the better of hoof-rot in cal
r tie, the part affected must be thorough
, " cleansed. There are many sores o
cattle which if kept constantly washe
! clean with cold water and kept fire
l from dirt would heal of themselves.
. Maryland practice Of curing hoof-rot
l to thoroughly cleanse the affected part
8 with warm water and soap, and the
apply warm tar between the hoofs. |
.vexy bad cases there will be very lare
eanoe come out-remove it carefully wit
the thumb and finger; cleanse the ca,
n ity as above with soap and water, an
!, then fill it with warm tar. Keep tt
ID parts thoroughly tarred, even if nece
II sary to use . bandsge. Keep the an
r NAL in q clean, dry pasture. It is
y more liable to affect the whole systel
y than any other ulcer. When once cure
d there is no danger Of its appearing aga
q unless from the same cause.-CAvtsttd
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