The Bossier banner., 1882-03-02
FARM. AND -FIRESIDE.

! -Sunf1ower seeds, fed in small guam
titles, imparts beautiful gloss to the
plumage of poultry.
| Never set hen in box above the
ground or floor of the chicken-house, il
| possible to do otherwise, as the eggs dry
too fast and lose their vitality. Much
better success may be expected if the
nests are made upon the ground.
There are some kinds of cotton cloth
which almost invariably turn yellow
after the first washing; this can be pre-
vented if two days before the regular
washing the cloth is soaked in clear
water. This is worth trying if you have
any doubts about the cloth. SOAR
"A very agreeable dentifrice for good
teeth is made from an ounce of myrrh
in fine powder and little powdered
green sage, mixed with two spoonfuls of
white honey. A druggist will make up
the compound, and the teeth should be
washed with itevery night and morning
Before dipping new pen into ink
thBust,it into fresh-cut potato, and the
ink will never cling. When the pen is
thickly gummed with dried ink a few
thrusts will clean it perfectly. When not
IN use, some accountants leave their pens
sucking into potato kept on the desk
for the purpose.
Poor shelter, care and feed will, in
few generations, make scrubs of the
finest thoroughbred stock. Thorough
nt-IIh hI1f 10 Lo% Al
tive scrubs, and the farmer who raises
either will always be poor. Breeding
the best stock and keeping it in the best
possible manner pays the largest profits.
Allowing for considerable variations.
owing to prices, etc., Professor Caldwell,
OF Cornell University, names from three
quarters to one pound per day to 1000
pounds weight of stock. as the quantity
OF linseed oil cake, which may be most
profitablv fed during winter when it is
only desired to keep the animals in good
condition.
The Croup.-Take lobelia, ginger
and cayenne pepper, of each one-6alf
drachm, put them in pitcher with one
half pound of sugar and pint of boiling
water; stir until sugar is dissolved; leave
to settle; then add one drachm of the oil
OF peppermint, and one ounce of the
tincture of myrrh. Bottle when cool:
dose, from ten drops to a teaspoonfui
every half hour until relieved. I hope
that every mother who reads this will
give it trial.-lNaine Farmer.
The immense herds, now aggreqat-
ing twenty millions, which roam over
the pampas of the Argentine Republic,
and comprise, with the sheep, most of |
the wealth of that country, are all de- |
scended from eight COWS and a bull |
which two Portuguese brothers, named
Goes, took to the Spanish colony there
in 1868. 1t is only within few wears
that any effort has been made to improve
the much-depreciated stock of the coun-
try. As yet only few cattle near Bue-
nos Ayres have been crossed with short
horn breeds.
. The alarming prevalence of the
smallpox makes timely this item, taken
from the Liverpool Mercury: II am
willing to risk my reputation as a public
man" says Edward Hine. " if the worst
case OF smallpox cannot be cured in
-hree days, simply by the use of cream
of tartar. One ounce of cream of tartar
dissolved in pint of water, drank at
short intervals when cold, is certain,
leVer-failing remedy. It has cured
thousands. never leaves mark, never
causes blindness, and avoids tedious
lingering"
Cup Coffee.-Four eggs, two cups
sugar, one seant cup butter, one cup
milk, one small teaspoonful soda, two
II cream tartar. Beat the whites and
7elks separately. Beat the sugar and
'utter very light, then add the
,ggs and other ingredients and stir in
iour just enough to stiffen. The flour
hould beused with good Judgment, as
here is great difference in the quality.
Three cups of flour is the prescribed
quantity, but Mrs. P cook used less,
md her cup cakes cannot be beaten by
my one.-Mrs. Beecher.
Winter Treatment of Hens.