St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-02-04
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

hold.
The English collar with points
turned down in front and standing ut |
the back is still worn.
Sow salt early in the spring, and
the more the ground is stirred after
ward the better it will be.
Heavy feeding of fowls just before
butcherv is detrimental to quality.
Fowls should be killed with empty
crops.
-Head-work will tighten labor; for
the housekceper it will save valuable
time and give many an hour for study
or recreation.
A veterinary writer condemns hlgh
managers for horses, claiming that they
irritatc the throat. and create tenden-
cy to heaves. He says the manager
should be on level with the feet, as
that is in accordance with nature.
Grass grown on MANFRED land gives
more nutritive fodder, richer les
pecialv in albuminoils) than that
grown upon unmanured or poorly ma
nured land. The difference is some
times as great as ten per cent
"A bit of black court-plaster is a very
good thing to mend small tear IN black
silk or any kind of black goods MOIST
en- the plaster, put underneath the tear.
sticky side up, and press the frayed
edges of the goods down upon it.
Persons who suffer with cracked
hands would do we'll to wash their hands
in cold instead of warm water. After
each washing Cor after the hands have
been in water) wet the hands with llt-
tie weak vinegar and rub together until
dry.
Farmers should endeavor to sell as
little as possible of that which comes
mainly from the soil, and as much as
possible of that which comes from the
atmosphere. Butter and fat stock sold
will improve farm, while cheese, milk
and lean stock sold will keep the farm
lean unless manure or fertilizers arc
bought.
A very good smoothing harrow may
be made of three-inch-square tlmbers
framed together of suitable size, and
with bars about eighteen inches apart.
Half-inch square or round teeth are put
in foot apart, sloping at an angle OF
forty-five degrees backward cn the line
of the draft. Such harrow works very
well where there are no stones, but on
stony land it is of very little use.
Mix little sulphur with salt and
feed occasionally to sheep: 1t will
effectually destroy sheep ticks. The
same remedy applied to cattle troubled
with lice will soon rid them of vermln.
The use of sulphur with salt repays the
trouble of keeping a supply for cattle
and sheep. If a mixture of one part OF
sui phur, with seven of salt be freely ap-
piled, there will be no trouble with YER
min. -Erchange.
1t is surprising to those unac-
uuainted with the fact to see how much
crude sulphur pigs will eat when fatten,
| ING. It should be given to them every
few days; or, what is better yet, be
kept in the pens where they can help
themselves to it. When pigs are fed d
large amount of hearty food, theil
storlaells become disordered and they
need sulphur and charcoal to neutrallze
the acidity and to correct the condition
of their stomachs. When it is given te
them plentifully they will eat better
digest more and are freer from bowe
disorders. These correctives help tx
keep the blood pure and the skin fret
from affections.
4 Take the best end of neck of veal
with sharp knife remove the meat il
one niece from the bones. Lay thu
meat flat on board. and sprinkle
thickly over the side from which thu
bones were taken minced parsley, swee
herbs, pepper and salt. Lay over thi
J very thin Slices of fat bacon, and the1
roll up the meat tightly, tying tint
shape with broad tape. Rub over tn
outside of the meat with bacon fat o
lard, sprinkle little pepper and sal
and -four, and roast quickly for abou
/ an hour and half, basting it very fire
rs auentfv. It must be nicely brown on al
. Tsides. Serve with it rich brown gravy
| and garnish with spinach.
"A cheap and easy way to make
fsnow pillow IS to take two boards, iron
= twelve to fifteen iichesl tNddef apd, fou
feet long, nail the twoaends together an
spread TIE Sethcr ends thirty inche
apart, making them the shape of q '
confine them iii place with boards; MALE
across the top, and by q board aeros
the end four or i've inches narrowe
than the sides, so. if the path Is not pei
/ .fectly smooth i will not catch tn
stones; near the front end an iron bol
should be placed across to- hitch tn
,, horses to; on the top should be fastene
q box for the driver to sit on, and tn
, plow is complete. The labor is so sin
nle and the cost so small that there is n
> excuse for a farmer being without
! snow plow." ...-.
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