St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-10-11
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

AS soon as flowers on the summer
blooming roses fall, cut back the shoot
to strong bud.
Honey should never be stored in a
cellar or other damp place, as it seems
to attract moisture. get water. and
then will OoZe out from the combs
Boston Budget.
Go to see the sheep a. least once a
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.-N J. 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 90 ito town.
will be found a great convenience, and
will save much veNation 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. Iljany 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
Clcreland Ledd-r.
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 tlax-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 ilax-seed or the skinned
milk before feeding. -Boston Post.
Sweet corn is the most important
Of all garden vegetables, and takes n
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
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.-N. Y. Herald.
One of the small economies. which,
if constantly practised, will result in a
large saving i'm 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 OFT 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 un-
necessary rcddening and softening OF
the hands is taken into account
Erchan7e.
ALL 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, aud then
leave then to soak several months in
I've from wood ashes until thoroughly
aoftened, when they may easily be
crushed of agriculture.