St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-08-08
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

Pears, peaches and ounces will not
thrive in the shade of larger trees
Chicago Journal.
A writer in the Country Gentleman
says that good syrup can be made from
the sap of the soft maple tree
Indian meal will remove spots of
grease or oil from carpets. Rub it on
the place to be cleansed until the meal
is discolored; brush it off and repeat
the process with more meal until the
spot has disappeared. = Philadelphia
Press.
Indian Bread: Two cups of Indian
meal. one-half cupful each of rye and
wheat flour. two-thirds of a cupful OF
molasSes, one pint of sour or buttermilk,
one tea>poonful of saleratus or cooking
soda, one teaspOonful of salt.-TM
Household.
Who has not observed that the soil
is always loose and moist beneath a
stone heap? The american Calticdtoy
tells of some pear trees that were
mulched with stones. and which made
three times the growth of any other,
though all did well.
Oil cloth may be kept bright when
almost worn out. if. after washing it,
you take a flannel cloth and dip corner
of it in kerosene, and rub the oil cloth
with it. OF course, 4 very little oil goes
a great ways, and care must be taker
not to use too much.-7'oiedo Blade.
In melting maple sugar to make
syrup, put in only little water at first.
After the sugar is melted aud comes to
boil. add sufficient water to give the
desired thinness. Syrup so made will
be found much more satisfactory than
when the water is all put in at once
n. !. Examiner.
Corn that is thoroughly ripened on
the stalks in the field. we'll dried in the
sun, traced up and placed in a room.
possesses remarkable vitality. Some
seed corn was disposed of at an auction
sale in Vermont in the spring of 1888
said to be thirty years old. but it
sprouted readily and produced large
Chicago Times.
To fatten horse, mix q bushel OF
flax seed. one of barley, one of oats and
one of corn, and grind the mixture
together Feed two or three quarts OF
the mixture three times day, mingled
with peck of cut hay and straw, II
the horse eats readily. let the quantity
be gradually increased until he will eat
four or six quarts at every feeding three
times day.-Rurat New Yorker.
"A writer draws attention to the
necessity of treating stock with mild
ness. as having great influence on their
health. fattening, their yield of milk
and their working powers. The ami
mails treated with gentleness are quick,
lively and docile; they work at their
case, employ their strength in regular
manner and without effort. The attach
ment of the Arab horse for its master is
due to the extreme care bestowed on it.
and where it is reared under the tent OF
the tribe.-Chicago Tribune.
The american Cuttira'or says:
During the long summer days. when
cows fresh in milk have plenty of grass,
they can not carry with ease the burden
of milk produced between early morn
ing and the usual time for milking at
night. Milking at noon is good plan
in such cases. as it nearly equaliZes the
intervening times. While the milk is
in the bag some of its fat is being con-
stantly absorbed by the COW. Hence
frequent milking produces larger
product of butter, but the COW needs all
the heavier feeding to stand such de-
mand on her milk-pIopucing capacity.