The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-12-25
FARM AND FlREsIDE.

DO not let foal weeds go to seed
either in fields or roadsides
Never allow fresh nl sat to remain
in paper; it absorbs the juices. e.
New York State has '577, 400 farms
of over 23.780.73f acres. valued at
$1,000, 170,741.-N Y. Mail.
All small apples and others defect
i've in form or damaged by worms
have their best market on the farm as
food for animals.-N. Y telegram.
BE sure that the ground floor in
the poultry house is enough higher
than the surrounding ground to keep
it perfectly dry. Damp floors ara very
productive of dissase.-N Z. Farmer.
TO clean bottles, put into the bot.
tic some kernels of corn, teaspoonful
of ashes. pour 1t half full of water,
and, after a vigorous shaking and
rinsing, yol will ind the bottle as good
as new.-IndiGaap,Iis Sentinel
Picked sweet apples: For six
pounds OF fruit use three of sugar.
about five dozen cloves and pint of
vinegar. Into each apple stick two
cloves. Have the syrup hot and cook
until tender. Peaches and pears are
picked in the same way Toledo Bttrde.
"A writer in the Country Gcaslema
gives the following as a good method
of keeping cider: Take cider freshly
made aad bill and skim as long az any
thing comes to the top, but don't boil
more than fife IN minutes; then bottle
hot and cork, but not seal. 1t will
keep as long as one wants it to keep,
| and is better than when first male.
Never place fresh eggs near lard,
| fruit, cheese. fish or ether articles
from which any cdor arises. The
eggs are extremely active in absorbing
power. and in a very short time they
are contaminated by the particles Of
objects in their neighborhood, by
which the peculiar and exquisite taste
of a new-la.d egg is destroyed. Boston
Post.
1t is d question with some good
| wheat growers whether the manure
| should be applied before the first
| blowing or afterward, but the prevail
ing tendency is toward blowing first.
then to draw and spread tho manure
on thu surface and afterward work it
into the soil in snbselusn cultivation.
The manure is thus kept nearer the
surface, where it is believed to do the
most good. Y Herald.
--Omelette: To threo we'll beaten
| eggs add little salt, some pepper, a
small cup of milk and five butter crack
ers rolled very fine. Have your pan
hot but not to scorch; put in little
| butter and pour in the nclette. When
it begins to set, run knife around the
| edge. aud as soon as firm fold it over
on itself once and again aud turn out
on plate. II is very nice and much
more economical than simply boilin
or frying Toledo BIale.
| Onion Pickles: Take large white
onions. remove the skin and pour over
boiling salt water, let stand three days,
pour off and add fresh brine, let stand
over night. Then take one gallon of
vinegar, adding two ounces oftlrmeri.,
scald and pour over the onions, cover
the jar and let the onions stand for ten
days, then pour off, and put on them
strong vinegar. seasoned with red pep
per, horseradish. celery seed, mustard
and small spices.-Good Housekeeping.
The idea that chickens belong to
the herring family seems to be gener.
ally prevalent with shippers. Trampled,
bruised and suffering from thirst, most
of the poultry that comes to market is
wholly unit to use directly from the
coop. While it is not practicable Ia
send chickens to market in palace cars,
it is possible to ship them with some
regard to the comfort Of the fowls and
for the stomachs of those who pay fol
and who are to eat them. -Prairit
| Farmer II