The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-02-07
FARM AND FlREsiDE.
rive Breakfast Cakes: Two :

Rye Breakfast Cakes: Two cups Of
rye meal, one-hal cup of molasses, a
little salt, a cup and half of sweet
milk, to be mixed very soft, and one
teaspoonful of saleratus. Bake at once
in a roll-pan or neutrality-suspicious.
Globe.
-Broiled Tomatoes: Select firm,
ripe tomatoes, cut them in two, and
place them upon a well-greased double
broiling iron. Put them over clear
fire and broil, first on one side and then
on the other. Now place on hot dish
and pour over them melted butter,
seasoned with cayenne pepper and salt.
Serve Immediately. Toledo Blade.
The pasture system does not do
away the necessity for moving. The
stock eat only the best grasses, leaving
the coarse stuff and weeds to grow with
out check. Unless moved at mid-sum-
mer to prevent weeds seeding the
pasture will soon become very foul, es-
pecially with Canada thistles, the seed
of which will be blown all over the
neighborhood. Chicago Times.
Coal ashes are becoming very pop
ular as remedy against insect pests.
Mr.. Swan, of Geneva, put them about
the stems of currant bushes to the depth
of six or more inches, spreading them
over a space three or four feet in diam
eter- He has no trouble from the cur
rant worm. Ounce trees similarly
treated are not attacked by borers.
Mountain ash trees on the lawn are pro-
tected in the same way.-Bufato Ea-
press.
When grapes are closely packed in
boxes, and a number of these boxes are
closed and packed in other and larger
boxes, and these are put away in dry,
cool place, the fruit will keep for
months; Even pears are thus kept sew
eral months, and peaches nearly as
long. These ''fruit houses are at
tached to every fruit growing establish
ment.-Prairie Former.
Cheese Potatoes: Select large pota-
toes of even size, bake, and when done
cut piece from each end and remove
the inside and rub through fine sieve
or mash thoroughly; put on the fire
with half an ounce of butter and one
ounce of grated cheese for every four
potatoes, add boiling milk, pepper and
salt as for mashed potatoes, fill the po-
tato shells and put in hot oven and
brown.-Boston Budget.
No matter how sloppy the food
given to pigs, they should have daily a
good supply of clean, fresh water. This
is especially needed in summer for pigs
kept in pens and with little green food.
But there is scarcely place where pigs
can be kept where more or less green
food can not be had as part of their
daily ration. Weeds from the garden
are excellent, especially the pig-weed
and purslane, both of which are very
uutritious.-N. y. Times.
If the covers of the cushions in a
baby's carriage have faded they may be
upholstered at home at small expense.
One of the most satisfactory coverings
is of sateen, the cotton sateen. Do not
remove the old cover. but take the
braid of, and after lacking the sateen
to its place put new braid over the
edge, or the old one if not worn may be
turned wrong side out. If you are care
full to put the tacks in the same places
that they were in before it will look
about as well as new. A pretty wrap
to spread over the baby's lap is made
of open-work curtain lace. Line it with
blue or pink cambria and put narrow
lace on the edge.