St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-05-16
FARM AND FIRESlDE.

Don't throw away bones, but con-
vert them into fertilizers.
If You wish to clean up an old piece
OF ground that is filled with coarse
grass, weeds and briars, turn in the
sheep.
"A little borax put in the water in
which scarlet napkins and red bordered
towels are to be washed will prevent
them from fading.-N. Y Herald.
For chapped lips. beeswax dissolved
in a small quantity of sweet oil, BY heat
ing carefully. Apply the salve two or
three times day, and avoid wetting
the lips as much as possible.
nah NeUs.
in buying a COW find out for YOUR
self if she is what you want. Don't
take anybody's word for it. A mean
COW is such an intolerablc nuisance that
many men are strongly tempted to
strain point in order to get rid of her.
Hartford Courant.
Too many, in breaking their horses.
put them Immediately to work. This
custom. while effective, DESTROYS some
what the the temper and action of a
horse. The most humane and protita-
bic course to pursue is to make the
work light at first, gradually increasing
it until the full capacity of the horse is
reached-Prdirie Farmer.
An exchange thinks a good substi-
tute for the major portion of milk feed
to calves can be made at small cost as
follows: One-half peck ground linseed,
one peck of ground corn, one peck of
ground oats, one peck of wheat bran;
mix thoroughly and boil one pint of the
mixture in three gallons of water. STIR
this can be almost wholly fed to calves,
with only quart of skim milk at each
feed.
Lemon Pudding: Beat the yelks of
two eggs in a pudding dish: add two
cupfuls of sugar; dissolve four table
spoonfulS of corn starch in a little cold
water; stir into it two teacupfuls of
boiling water; put in the juice of two
lemons with the grated peel; mix all to-
gether with a teaspOonful of butter;
bake about fifteen minutes. When done
spread over the top the beaten whites
of two eggs. previously sweetened with
white sugar. Let it brown moment
in the oven. Serve either cold or hot.
Boston Budget.
Chicken jelly for invalids: Half a
raw chicken pounded with a mallet,
bones and meat together; cover with
cold water and heat very slowly in a
covered vessel. Let it simmer until the
meat is in rags and the water reduced
one-half. Strain and press through a
collander or coarse cloth. Season to
taste and return to the fire for five min
utes. Skim when cool. Keep it on ice
and give it to the patient cold. For a
change the jelly can be made into a
sandwich with thin slices of bread and
butter and will be found very nourish-
ing.-The Household.
A correspondent writes: 81 saw .
novel way of mending wooden dress
in which q round hole had been torn
and where only patch could remedy
matters. The frayed portions around
the tear were carefully smoothed. and a
piece of the material, moistened with
very thin mucilage, was placed under
the hole. A heavy weight was put upon
it until it was dry, when it was only
possible to discover the mended place
by careful observation. Surely worth
while trying, for patches are premedi-
tated poverty. 1t would, however,
probably only answer for mending the
skirt of dress,-Sdn Francisco Chron-
icLe.