The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-01-29
FARM AND HousEHo,n

Every farmer should have h.,
bed to start a few early vegetables foS
his own table S Aor
Few farmers think so far as to nm,
q prop under the tongue or tb;IIs Pos
farm carts while loading, or At otbor
times when not in motion, and rot
thoughtfulness in this matter woySS
save much suffering to animals.
Pick over the apples as thew beo;n
to decay in the cellar. 1t is a GOOD
plan to store apples on shelves. Tbon
the de.caying apples may be readily
seen without handling over the whole
contents of barrel or box.-Trou
Times ivy
Sugar cookies: Sugar cookies can
be made to bake quickly and vet have
delicate brown color if Just before
putting them into the oven Won wet
tfsem lightly with milk and sugar. dis
solve little sugar in the milk.-The
Household.
In raising chickens for spring mar.
ket it Is necessary that they should run
outside in the cold. Many breeders
who use incubators and breeders find
that chicks may be Matched and raised
to the age for broilers inside the build.
lAgs exclusively.-Prairie Farmer.
Onion sauce: Onion sauce is mada
by boiling three or four white onions
until they are tender, then mince them
fine. Boil half q pint of milk, add
butter half the size of an egg, salt and
pepper to taste. Stir the onion into If
and tablespoonful of flour rubbed
smooth in a little cold milk. Let it
come to boil, then serve.-M. Y. Post.
lin our poultry markets yellow
meated fowls are, " says the Boston
american CultiUatOr, ''the most pop
ular, and command the best prices.
An experienced dealer in poultry saws
he cares less about the breed of the
fowls offered for sale than about their
feeding. He does not believe it posi-
bic to produce choice poultry for the
table without the feeding of grain
Many farmers are complaining
that there is little money for their labor
at present low prices. But they do not
estimate as they should the certainty
that their labor will give them com
Portable living. Time was when farm
ers grew and made nearly all the sub
stantials of life they required. If
necessary they can come to this again,
and they are the producers who can
easiest get on this basis.-LouisUiHe
CourierJourRaI.
Rich Chocolate Pudding: Beat to
a cream six ounces of butter, add
quarter of pound of grated chocolate,
three ounces of sugar. and by degrees
the yelks of eight eggs, with a quarter
of pOunde of grated brown bread.
Pound together to a powder a quarter
of stick of vanilla and eight cloves;
add these to the pudding, stirring in at
the last the whites of the eight eggs,
beaten to a froth. Butter a mould
well, pour in the pudding and boil an
hour and half Serve with sauce
N. Y. Tribune.
The water that flows from under
drains is much warmer than the air all
through the winter. In the very cold
est weather a good outflow will not
freeze at the mouth of deep drain, nor
usually for several feet below: When
air-holes are made down to the drain at
any place over deep drain the snow
will be melted away and perceptible
warmth will be felt, especially early,
before the soil has been deeply frozen.
The warm air of summer penetrates
more deeply a well-drained soil, and
the heat thus accumulated is only
gradually given off when severe freez-
ing occurs on the surface. Exchange.