The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-11-01
FARM AND PRESIDE.


Rye grazedto .thesfodss lives sew
eral years and forms q turf.
Cheese cloth, or, as it is sometimes
called, cotton bunting, in scarlet, blue, !!
or cream color, is good material fer
lounge quilts and comforts for the
| guest chamber. The cloth is light but
very firm, and wears well, l.Jt is5also
much used for lining lace spreads, lam
brequins, etc. Detroit Post z tass4 3'ss
To clean hair brushes put a4ldesert-
spoonful of saleratus into half a pint of
warm water. Dip in the brush. and
rub it until clean. The best way is to
wash two brushes at the same time,
| and rub them together until The brfst1es
are white. h Then rinse them in o. bowl
of cold water, and rub with thick
cloth until nearly dry, and place them
upright at anupen window until wholly
ried,-Ihe Household.
The best ginger cookies that I ever
tasted had in place of the usual cupgof
water cup of sweet milk. This gave
lightness t0the cakes that water cam
not give. The formulas for these is:
Two cups Of New Orleans molasses,
one cup Of sugar, one cup Of sweet
milk, half a.cupf OF lard one tea
spoonful each of ginger and of soda,
AMI half a teaspoonftl Of salt. The
lard, instead ofsbeinS melted .sshnuld be
dubbed with the flour the same as for
pie-crust. N r POST st8isa si4 sA
III IF For ham steaks cut SEINE ssslfcesso
raw ham and put them into a frying
pan with half a teacupfuf Of water.
When the water has boiled yawaT and
+ the steaks (Which should be turnedl
have become a light brown On both
Sides dredge them over with flour laud
pour over them the following sauce:
Take half a teactpfitl of cream and
half a teacupfuAofs nslls put tlaeafi into
saucepan with small piece of butter,
a teaspoonfJll OF mustard and dash Of
cayenne; letit just boil andsspeurs over
the ham. Exchange.
The Quantity Of Neetl PeffA lss
"A bushel of wheat has about $40, 600
|. grains. As there are s43, 800 square feet
to an acre, one bushel of seed per acre
would give fifteen grains to the square
foot, or about one to each three inches
square. It is well known to every
farmer how much a plant7 is dwarfed
and reduced in growth by. croWding..
Let us take the corn plant. We grow
one plant to every nine square feet ,sor
three by three feet eachg way, and we
may very surely expect two full-sized
ears to each stalk over an acre.. If we
grow stalk to each square foot, that
is one foot apart each way, we should
certainly have nothing but stalks and
not one ear. 1t is the same with every
crop. We grow the finest Strawberries
for onr own table in. hills three feet
apart each way; but for market we put
them in matted rows three feet apart.
The hills will produce berries ofWhieh
ten have filled q quart measure and
which, having abundant food and sun
light, are finely colored and of high
flavor. 1t is the same with potatoes, tur
nips. beets, and all other7crops: Tt is
the same with wheat. A good stool OF
wheat produces one good head four
inches long and having about forty
grains. That is all that ten square
inches of the best soil can produce, and
this amounts to about forty bushels per
acre. But the average head of wheatis
about two inches long and has about
fifteen grains; and as ten square inches
OF poor soil cannot support one wheat
plant, the average yield varies from
fifteen bushels downward
Now, if on such land as this each
plant had four times as much room, it
would be more than four, times as pro-.
life. On good land wheat plant
having q square foot of soil has pro-
duced thirty heads averaging five
inches in length, and containing in all
more than 900 grains This is equal to
sixty bushels per acre, which is a COM
mon crop in England, where wheat is
grown with peck of seed to the acre.
and is hoed and thinned out and weed
ed by hand. And an equally good crop
has been. grown in this. country. we
remember sowing a field of wheat over
which d large flock of pigeons belongJ
ingto q neighbor trespassed from the
time of sowing until the last one had
been shot. The field came tip very
thinly. But it soon filtered so much as
to cover the ground, and the soil, hay.
ing been lined and well manured, pro-
duced unexpectedly. a very large crop.
And but one bushel per acre had been
sown in all. Parts ofithe field produced
ears seven inches long. and several ears
nine inches long were picked from part
ofthe field. The whole of the wheat
was sold for seed, having attracted the
notice of the neighbors, and very much
regret was felt for. the sacrifice of the
pigeons, which had done us most val
liable service. The moral of the whole
story is that we undoubtedly. use too.
much seed; too much for the land to
support, and too much TO find room in
the crowded space for a chance to
spread and do its best.-N. 7. Times.
8 Hay Fever.
Beecher has gone West, where he
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