The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-07-30
. FARM AND FlREslDE


Pears. peaches and ounces win ma
thrive in the shade of larger trees. =
Chicago Journal.
A'writer in the Country Ge,et7ensa,,
says that good syrup can he,matle ,fras..,
the sap OF the soft maple tree. -
Indian meal will remove spots Z,
grease or oil from carpets. Rub # ~,
the place to be cleansed until the maoi
is discolored; brush it off and renast
the process with more meal untiI tbs
spot has disappeared. = PhiladclpSias
Press.
Indian Bread: Two cups of Indian
meal, one-half cupful each of rye ana
wheat flour, two-thirds of a cupfuI ~
molasses, one pint of sour or buttermilH
one teaspoonful of saIeratus or cookipo
soda, one teaspoonful of salt.-Tb7
Household.
Who has not observed that the 81,
is always loose and moist beneath !
stone heap? The Americdn CuIaraios
tells of some pear trees that wore
mulched with stones, and which maIe
three times the growth of any other
though all did we'll
Oil cloth may be kept bright when
almost worn out, if, after washing II
you take flannel cloth and dip a corner
of it in kerosene, and rub the oil clotb
with it. OF course, a very little oil roes
a great ways, and care must be taker
not to use too much Toledo Blade.
In melting maple sugar to make
syrup. put in only little water at first.
After the sugar is melted and comes 70
a 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. Y. Examiner. e q
Corn that is thoroughly ripened nm
the stalks in the field, we'll dried in tbe
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 il
sprouted readily and produced large
crop Chicago Times.
TO fatten horse, mix a bushel ot
flax seed, one of barley, one of oats and
one of corn, and grind the mixture
together. Feed two or three quarts 81.
the mixture three tines day, mingled
with peck of cut hay and straw Il
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 NeU Korter.
"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
ease, employ their strength in a regular
manner and without effort The attach
ment of the Arab horse for it's 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 Cltltira'or saws:
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 a 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 a larger
product of butter, but the cow needs all
the heavier feeding to stand such de-
mand on her milk pIopucing capacity