The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-09-12
FARM AND FuREslpE.

Pears, peaches and ounces viii 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
tile 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 cnpful of
molasses, one pint of sour or buttermilk.
one teaspoonful of saleratus or cooking
soda, one teaspoonful of salt.-TM
Household.
Who has not observed that the soil
is always loose and moist beneath
stone heap? The american Cultirator
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 il.
you take flannel cloth and dip corner
OF 1t in kerosene, and rub the oil cloth
with it. OF course, very little oil goes
great ways, and care must be taker
not to use too much.-1 Toledo Blade.
In melting maple sugar to make
syrup, put in only little water at first.
After the sugar is melted and comes to
a boil, add sufficient water to give the
desired thinness. Syrup so made will
De found much more satisfactory than
when the water is all put in at once
~. Y. Examiner.
Corn that is thoroughly ripened on
the stalks in the field. well 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 a large
CROP Chicago Times.
To fatten horse, mix a bushel OF
fax 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 dav. mingled
with peck of cut hay and straw II
the horse eats readily. let the quantity
be gradually increased until he will eat |
Tour 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 dociie; they work at their
Ease, employ their strength in regular
manner and without effort The attach
nent of the Arab horse for its master is
Tue to the extreme care bestowed on it.
md where it is reared under the tent Of
he tribe Chicago Tribune.
The american Cultira or saws.
)uring the long summer DAYS, when
,ows fresh in milk have plenty of grass,
hey can not carry with ease the burden
Il milk produced between early morn
ng and the usual time for milking at
light. Milking at noon is a good plan
such eases. as it nearly equalizes the
Intervening times. While the milk is
the bag some of its fat is being con-
family absorbed by the COW. Hence
requent milking produces a larger
roduct OF butter, but the COW needs all
ne heavier feeding to stand such de-
land on her milk-pIopucing capacity.
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