The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-08-04
FARM AND PRESIDE.


I'm making crust of any kind, de
not melt the lard in flour. Melting will
injure the crust. i3i1-s@ $40
i Ceilings that have been smoked BY
Kerosene lamp should be washed OF
with soda water
| Pack canned fruits in saw-dnst
Ibis material will certainly help to keer
the cans cool in summer and prevent
freezing in winter 9 %fls si9f
Furniture needs cleaning as much
as any other wood work. It may ke
washed with warm soap suds, quickly
wiped dry and then rubbed with an
oily rag.
/ New Carrots with Cream. a
quantity of the. smallest new carrots
that can be obtained and boil them in
salted water; when done drain off the
water. Melt one ounce of butter in a
saucepan, add to it q dessertspoonful
OF Hour, pepper. salt, grated nutmeg, a
pinch OF powdered sugar and little
cream. Put in the carrots, simmer
gently few minutes and serve. a..i
-Fruit-cake ..Pudding.-Take one
pound of flour, three quarters of a pound
of sugar, half a pound of butter and
one nutmeg, one pound of clean SMYRNA
ralslns. teaspoonful of bicarbonate OF
soda, dissolved in a cup of sour milk or
buttermilk, and added the last thing.
Be sure to save out a little OF the flour,
wherewith to sprinkle the fruit well be-
tore putting into the batter. Send to
table hot, served with sauce.
Amateur fruit-growers are very
chary OF performing the operation known
as g thinning out y the promising crops
On their trees and vines. They can
bear to remove single pear or peach
or bunch of grapes. Butjudicious thin
nlng OF the crop is one of the surest
ways OF securing bountiful harvest Of
the best quality. A little nerve at the
beginning will afford vast deal of sat-
lsfaction at the end Of the season.
. Cream Nectar.-Two pounds OF
lump or granulated sugar, two ounces
OF tartaric acid, juice of one lemon.
half cup of Hour mixed smooth IN a
little water, and three .pints of water.
BOIL i've minutes. When cold stir in
the whites of three eggs beaten to a
still froth and half ounce of winter
green or any other favoring one may
fancy. Bottle and keep in cool place.
When wanted put a fourth teaspoonful
OF soda into glass of ice water and
then add two tablespoonful of this
strip. e "a $500 -
Fruit Cellars.-A correspondent
gives the Gardene7.'s Monthly an account
OF mode commonly adopted in Canada
Tor storing winter apples. " A special
cellar, not connected with the house
cellar, Is sunk deep, lined with straw
ana mortar, and rising only three inches
above the surface, where there is a
small window. The cover of the cellar
Is double, and filed with moss or saw
dust, over which is a roof. The bar
relied apples are placed in the cellar
Just before severe frosts, through a trap
door, which is then closed and packed. i
The fruit is taken ont at intervals dr.
ing mild days in winter, for market or
for other uses. In all case fiait-room
should be entirely separate from other
apartments; if in the basement of fhe |
house, sufficient brick partition should
dlVlde 1T from the rest of the cellar. and 4
hanging windows and thermometers
regulate the temperature. arb
. Professor Fontaine gives some hints
Tor abatlng the mosquito pest which is
sure to come with the advent of sunny
days. First, he says, mosquitoes re-
qulre water for the deposit of their eggs
and the rearing of their larva or wipgie-
tails. therefore, all cisterns should be
made close and covered with close.
woven brass wire netting to prevent
their laying in them. No old tubs. bar
reis or receptacles of water ought 10 be
permitted, and no stagnant pools left
within mile of any DWELLING.
Then they can be killed by the cheap-
est and most abundant of alkalies. com
non lime. Therefore this ought to be
poured into every cesspool and spring.
A pound of strong lime to every one
hundred gallons Of staenant water is
sufficient. But, even a pound to ono
thousand gallons of cistern Of drink
ng water viii kill them, although #
viii probably give the water an nnnpleas-
M, = flavor, and make ittoo hard for most