The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-10-13
HOME AND FARM,

Fowls will not fatten IN cold
weather unless well sheltered. -Prairis
Farmer.
Tar ought not to be used in mark
ing sheep. 1t dries into hard lump,
which must be cut off by hand. -E1-
change.
Ferns will thrive In a sunless
room, but will not grow luxuriantly
without abundance of water. They de-
light in a sprinkling from the water
pot.-Ffeld and Farm.
TO make orange or lemon water
ice, use the juice of two lemons or
oranges and two of extract of lemon
or orange, quart of water, gill Of
cream, and pound of grannlated
Chicago Herald.
Young cattle should come to the
winter in first-rate order. The years
they are coming one and two years old
settle their condition for life. They
will be understood and inferior, or we'll
grown and fine and the autumn is the
time when the best growth is made
Indianapolis Sentinel.
Cup Custard: Beat four eggs with
two-thirds of cupful of white sugar,
add a quart of new rich milk, flavor to
suit the taste with extract of almond Or
vanilla; stir all together. Pour into
cups and place them in q dripping pan
of water; set in an oven and bake with
moderate heat Tile Caterer.
Tea Rolls: Two quarts of flour,
one cup of cold boiled milk, half cup
of sugar. one tablespoon of melted
butter; make hollow in the center Of
the flour, pour in all the above, and let
it rise until morning; then knead and
let it rise until three in the afternoon;
then roll out, butter them about the
edge, and lap over; let rise and bake in
a hot oven twenty minutes. Tie House
hold.
TO prevent cows from Jumping cut
the lower eyeiashes off close and turn
your COW loose and see if she will at
tempt to jump. | have had some little
experience. 1t seems that the long hair
Immediately above and below the eye
regulates the sight, hence, with the
lower lashes cut close, low fence
looks high. There is an old adage, that
good fences make good stock and good
stock make good neighbors, and the re-
verse, bad fences make bad stock and
bad stock bad neighbors. Indianapolis
JoufWa,
Chocolate Pudding: Half cake of
chocolate, broken in one quart of milk,
and put on the range until it reaches
boiling point; remove the mixture from
the fire, strain, and return to the range;
add four tablespoonfuls of cornstarch,
mixed with the yelks of three eggs and
one and half cups of sugar; stir con-
stantly until thick; remove from the
fire and flavor with vanilla; pour the
mixture in baking dish; beat the
whites of three eggs to stiff froth and
a little sugar, cover the top of the pud-
ding with the meringue and set in the
oven until q light brown. Serve hot
Boston Post.
The old-fashioned dasher churn is
a barbarous relic of the past. There is
no necessity for Juggling away for an
hour in order to make the butter come.
In fact, milk is churned no longer-the
cream being separated from it and the
butter being made by compelling the
cream to fall from the top Of the churn
to the bottom, instead of plunging into
it with dasher bored with holes.
Hence, in procuring churn, get one
that revolves, as it will greatly lessen
the labor and afford the best conditions
for success. Rural Home,
Sponge Biscuits for Dessert: Take
half pound of flour, three-fourths
pound sifted sugar. Beat the whites of
six eggs by themselves; add the beaten
yelks and toss them together. Put in
them little grated lemon peel. then
the sugar, and flirt well with an egg
whisk. Stir in the flour with wooden
spoon and put the mixture in small
patty-pans to bake, with sifted sugar to
glaze, sprinkled over the top.-10ledo
Blade.