The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-10-02
FARM AND PRESIDE,


blooming roses fall, cut back the shoot
TO strong bud.
Honey should never be stored in
cellar or other damp place. as it seems
to attract moisture, get Watery, and
then will ooze out from the combs
Boston Budget
Go to see the sheep at least once q
week, and don't fail to make them glad
to see you by taking them some salt;
but your visit will be Just as welcome
any other day as Sunday.-M I. Her
aid
A slate with "a pencil attached,
hung in the kitchen, on which to note
down articles as you think of them, to
be bought when you go ''to town, "
will be found great convenience, and
will save much vexation of spirit
"A most delicate dish is made by
following the directions for making
boiled custard or FLOATING island"
Let it become perfectly cold; just be-
fore use slice bananas very thin, and
heap in the custard dish. Put the whites
of the eggs on the top over all. This
is simply delicious. albany Journal.
To pasture meadows after cutting
the grass for hay and taking it off, to
say the least, is very unwise. 1t is ask
ing too much tribute of the land, and if
continued will necessarily impoverish
it. What is gained in pasture is lost in
hay, and each succeeding year there
will be less hay and less pasture
Clevela'1d Leader.
1t has frequently been said, and is
no doubt correct, that six quarts of
skinned milk divided into two feeds.
with one pint of the Jelly formed by
boiling well one pound of fax-seed in
four quarts of water, added every feed
will bring on calves well after the first
three weeks OF their growth. An ex-
change recommends either warming
the boiled fax-seed or the skinned
milk before feeding. Boston Post.
Sweet corn is the most important
of all garden vegetables, and takes q
similar place with us to that of peas in
England. There is no vegetable more
affected by change of climate; the
cultivation for two or three generations
q few hundred miles either north or
south produces changes equal to anew
variety; change of soil affects great
ly, of course, the individual plant, but
it does not seems to affect the tendency
of the variety. Peas, on the other
hand, are easily modified by soil and
not by climate. Y. Herald.
One of the small economies, which,
if constantly practised, win result in a
large saving in the course of a year, is
to purchase soap in large quantities and
allow it to dry before using it. Almost
all the soap found in the stores is
freshly made, and the great waste
grows out of the fact that when soft it
will dissolve rapidly in water In the
course of the Mondays wash large
part of the bar will melt away with no
| perceptible result, unless indeed an I'M
necessary reddening and softening of
the hands is taken into account
Exchange.
ALI the loose bones that accumu-
late on the farm should be saved, not
to sell, but to apply as fertilizers. If
the farmer does not keep sharp watch
peddlers may pick up these stray waits
and take them to cities where they can
sell them at one cent per pound. They
are worth much more than this to burn
and crush to powder, so as to spread
on the ground. A better plan is to
break up as fine as possible, and then
leave then to soak several months in
| I've from wood ashes until thoroughly
aoftened, when they may easily be
| crushed.-JournGl of Agricultatre.