Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-08-18
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

"A good dairy COW will turn the
extra feed into milk, while the poor one
will turn it into fat, If you have ono
of the latter class, which you are keep
ing especially for dairy purposes, you
had better dispose of her, as she will
never be prolitable.-Sdn Francisco
Gull.
Chickens are the delight and fancy
of children, and they manifest frequent
desires to aid the hen in her duties, but
it is plainly evident that watched
pot never boils, so the hen who is mo-
Tested in anywise beyond absolute ne
cessity will fail to hatch even moder-
ate proportion of chicks to eggs given
her.-Erchange.
1t is seldom that crop worth the
labor of growing can be got in bear
ing orchard. If it could, in most cases
it would be poor policy to attempt it.
A well cared for orchard produces
what sells for more than any other
equal area on the farm, and nothing be-
sides its fruit should be expected of
it.--M Y. Herald.
"A delicate souille is made as fol-
lows: Dissolve n quarter of a pound
of chocolate in lukewarm water; add
the yolks of four eggs and cup of pow
dered sugar, and NIX well together I'M
til You have smooth frothy paste,
Beat up the four whites to stiff froth
and add them to the mixture, Pour
all into a baking dish; leave for twenty
minutes in the oven and serve.-M Y.
Times.
Excellent pies are made of canned
currants. Take one cup full of them,
half a cup full of sugar, one table
spoonful of flour. beaten with the yolks
OF two eggs. Bake with an under
crust, then frost the top with the
whites of the two eggs and two table
Spoonfuls of powdered sugar. Be sure
to beat the sifted flour with the yolks.
then there is no danger of little humps
of undissolved flour spelling the good
looks of the pie.-BoSton Budget.
1t is difficult to get any kind OF ami
NAL excepting sheep to eat raw beans.
A hen will pick one up and gravely
drop it on discovering what it is. Yet
beans are very valuable food, and
where sheep are not kept some care
should be taken to utilize those that are
cracked or colored. One of the best
means for doing this is to grind the
beans and mix the meal in gradually.
increasing proportions with that of
other grain for growing pigs. M y
Tribune.
Much interest is manifested nova
days in everything connected with
household economics. This interest is
not confined to any class of persons.
1t is participated in to very large cx-
tent even by those who ordinarily arr
least given t. viewing the serious side
OF life. Among the most ass;duous vo.
tarics of $50 iety" there are numbers
now who til n from the pomps and
yanities of the gay world to seek relax
alton and diversion in matters of prac-
teal domestic value. -.AiJdHy Journal.
Here are some things to remember:
That lard will cure warts on all kinds
of stock; that lard and lamp oil mixed
in equal quantities will destroy Ice and
all kinds of vermin on stock; that sui
phur is good for the hogs, and m xcd
in their feed will drive the lice oil OF
poultry and stock, and the ticks from
sheep; that two or three appl cations oil
hot blue v,triol to the feet of sheep af-
fected with the foot-rot will cure that
evil; that wood ashes arc the best rem
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