The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-02-10
FIRM AND PRESIDE.

Is impcegnated with creose,se or "heavy
oil'' from coal tar distillarion.
1t should not be forgotten by the
farmer that wood fitted for the stove ia
worth much more if Immediately placed
under shelter to season, than if left out
doors until next spring or summer.
-Jumbles.-One cup butter, two
cups sugar, one cup milk, four eggs,
one teaspoon soda. six cups -four. lit
tie nutmeg. Roll them out, cut them
with tumbler and a wineglass to form
ring; dust over with the white of an
egg, and sift on little sugar before
baking.
Georgia Pone.-Mix together with
the hand one quart of Indian meal, one
teaspoonful of salt, and cold water
enough to make a stiff batter; beat it
with the hand for ten minutes; put it
into hot creased pan, and bake it
forty-five minutes in a rather quick
oven, but do not allow it to burn.
1t may not have occurred to some
housekeepers that bureaus and other
pieces of heavy furniture having drawers
in them near the floor may have the
dust thoroughly removed from under
them by taking out the drawers and
F.. using wisp broom to remove the dust.
This is great deal easier than moving
the entire piece of furniture, which,
with women who are not strong, is often
impossible.
Beef omelet, which is good for
breakfast or tea, is made of one pound
of chopped beef, two well-beaten eggs,
three soda crackers rolled fine, three or
four tablespoonful of milk or cream.
Season to your taste with pepper, salt
and sage. Make this into roll, cover
it loosely with well-buttered cloth and
bake half an hour in basin with lit
tie water in it. When cold cut it in thin
slices.
-Liniment for Cattle.-The virtues
of creosote are not sufficiently apprecia-
ted by farmers aud amateur stock rails
ers, perhaps because they had never
given it a trial. For sprains. sores and
bruises, sprained hock-joints and stiff
joints generally, the following will be
found an excellent remedy: Creosote,
one ounce; turpentine. once ounce; olive
oil, two ounces; mix and rub.upon the
affected parts. 1t is also of great ad.
vantage in thrush and foot rot.-Chris-
tian at Work.
Snow Balls, White.-One cup OF
sugar. six tablespoonful of melted but
ter, two eggs, one cup of sweet milk,
two teaspoonfuls of cream tartar, one
of soda, very little nutmeg, one tea
spoonful of salt, mix middling soft and
roll out, and cut with small round
cutter. Fry in hot lard. Have ready
a small bowl with a little fine white
sugar in it. AS you take them from the
lard drop them in the sugar and roll
around quickly until the surface has a
very thin coat of sugar all over it, then
lay carefully on plate. Repeat with
each cake separately. adding a little
fresh sugar occasionally.
Look to the Winter Wheat.-lt is
rare to find a field of wheat on which
there are not low spots where the water
lies on the surface. Much might have
been done to prevent this by "furrow-
ing out, as soon as the grain was sown.
Now it must be done with the hoe and
spade. Some wheat may be destroyed
by the operation, but not one-tenth of
what will be winter-killed," if the
water is allowed to remain on the land.
Let not moment be lost in attending
to this matter. If the land is low COM
mence to dig where there is an out
let and make the water follow you up
into the land.
TO Tell the Age of Cows.-The age
OF horned cattle may generally be
known by rings on the horns till their
tenth year; after that time they give no
indication of age further than that the
animal has passed its tenth year. The
first ring appears on the horn after the
animal has passed two years old-soon
after, as general rule, though some
times before that age. During the third
year, the ring gradually increases, and
at three years of age it is completely
formed. The second ring appears dur
ing the fourth ye~, and at the fifth
year it is complete. After that period
an additional ring is formed each year.
This rule is sufficiently plain, and even
a young farmer needs but little practice
to enable him to read a cows age on
her horns. A COW with three rings is
six years old; with four she is seven
years old. No new rings are formed
after the tenth year; the deeper rings,
however, and the worn appearance of
the horns are pretty sure indications Of
old age.-E1chamge.