The Bossier banner., 1881-03-31
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

Powdered chalk added to glue in
small quantities makes it hold the
stronger.
--Tansy tea, poured over cabbage
plants after they begin to head, is said
to have been found during two seasons
sure defense against the green worm.
Waterproof lue.-Ordinary glue
can be rendered insoluble in water by
adding to the water, with which it is
mixed when required for use, a small
quantity of bichrorlate of potash, and
exposing to the light the articles to
which it is applied
Red Top.-This is favorite grass
on wet, swampy meadows. Its thick,
lnterlacing roots consolidate the sward
IN such a manner as TO prevent the feet
of animals from sinking through. AS a
pasture grass it is only valuable when
mixed with other varieties.
Bury dead animals in a heap of
swamp muck or sods, covering we'll so
That no odOr can escape. After remain
ing in this condition through the sum-
mer, or half a year, the muck will have
absorbed, or taken off, all the flesh from
the bones, and will have become rich
fertilizer by this absorption.
If horse is hurt in any spot where
it is difficult to put on bandage, in
stead of using sticking plaster, which
does not hold well, fasten a circle of
cloth around the wound with strong
glue, and to that can be sewed, pasted
or pinned whatever is applied to the
wound. 1t is not necessary to remove
the hair. To remove after healing. use
a little warm water.
Cheap Suet Pudding.-Two large
cups OF sfted Hour, two teaspoonfuls of
yeast powder sifted with the flour, one
cupful of minced suet. two well beaten
eggs, little salt and pint of milk
Four the mixture into creased mold,
or tin pail set into kettle of hot water
and boil constantly for two hours. Eat
with sweetened and favored cream or
liquid sauce.
How TO Make Tea.-Four heaping
teaspoonfuls OF tea, five cups of boiling
water. Scald the teapot; put in the
tea and wet with a very little boiling
water. Cover the pot closely with a
thick cloth if you have no "cozy," and
set on the table-1eUer on the stove
for five minutes. Then pour in the boil
ing water, and cover again for the same
length of time. Do this Just before YOU
are ready to sit down to the table.
Stuffed Harc.--Our rabbits, which
are cheap and good, make an excellent
dish; take a pound of veal and the third
Of pound of lean bacon, chop fine into
mince meat; add pepper and salt to
this, with teaspoonful of thyme and
savory mixed; thin it with a cup of
mllk; put it on the fire and let it sim
mtr. stirring it until it is cooked; set
this aside to get cool; cut off the head
OF the rabbit, skin it, open it, and wipe
out the inside, after removal of the en-
trails; take the cold hashed force-meat
and flll the rabbit, sewing up the OPEN
ing; tie the rabbit around with strings,
dredge it with tour, and put it in a
baking pan, in which place little water;
baste 1t with butter. In a quick oven
an hour is sufficient. Decorate with |
parsley.
Foot Rot.-Between sheep's hoofs
a small aperture may be seen called the
billex canal, whose office it is to secrete4
an oily fluid for the purpose of lrbricat-
ing the skin between the hoofs, it being
called into action by every step the |
sheep takes in procuring its food
Therefore, when perpetually wet or
constantly dirty, the parts swell, and
this secretion already spoken of is
stopped or retarded; hence not only is
the skin deprived of the oily secretion,
but the secretion itself becomes an ir-
ritant of the glands which secreted it.
Inflammation of the parts is the conse-
quent result, hence foot rot, which un-
less retarded and remedied very soon
destroys not only the boofs but the
glands, and perhaps the coronary bor-
der which secretes the hoofs.