St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-03-06
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

"A fair supply of meat for the hens
viii add to the yield Of eggs and will
prevent feather eating.-N p. Herald
True potato seed is raised by plant
ing the seed from the balls or fruit
Each plant will produce dozen or
more of tiny potatoes, which may be
selected from and the specimens be de-
veloped by culture.-Gticago Tribune.
Sauce: One and one-fourth cups
Of sugar and half-cup of butter beat
en- to cream. Stir in half a cup of
boiling water, beat it, flavor with
lemon. 1t should be all in a foam.
The light-brown moist sugar is the best.
Toledo Blade.
If brooms are dipped for . minute
or two in kettle of boiling suds once
. week they will last much longer. 1t
makes them rough but pliable, and q
carpet is not worn half SO much by
sweeping with a broom cared for in
this manner. Christian Union
To make orange pies from apples,
have ready rich crust, roll out and
cover your pie plate, have your apples
sliced thin (crossways of the apple), fill
up your crust, sprinkle tablespoonful
of ground orange peel then add your
butter "a piece as large as walnut)
and your sugar, and a little water
cover and bake.-The Cook
1t is great mistake to believe that
cattle can live without injury to their
health in narrow, unclean stalls, where
there is defective ventilation. The
breathing of impure air is very prejudi-
cial to their health. The unhealthy con-
dition of the stalls is unquestionably
the cause of many diseases.-Toronto
Globe
Elevation of the head of the bed,
by placing under each leg block of
the thickness of two bricks, is said to
be an effective remedy for cramps. Pa
tients who have suffered at night, cry
ing aloud with pain, have found this
plan to afford immediate, certain. per-
manent relief.-Chr:stiaE at Work.
A palatable filing for layer.cake is
made as follows: Heat two cups of
water to boiling and mix in with a
tablespoonful of corn-starch which has
first been wet with water. Cook for
ten or fifteen minutes, stirring con-
stadily. Beat in the yelks of two eggs
just before taking from the fire, season
with two tablespoonful of sugar and
vanilla and when cold spread between
the layers.-The Caterer.
Cheese Cake: Take two cups of
cottage cheese, mash we'll with the
back of a spoon, add three eggs not
beaten, one at a time. sugar to suit
your taste, one tablespoonful of flour.
CRATE in little nutmeg, add salt and
milk enough to make it little thicker
than custard. Bake with an under
crust. When ready for the oven
sprinkle cinnamon on top.-The House
hold
Unlike human beings, horses
should drink before they eat, because,
owing to the conformation of the horse,
water does not remain in the stomach
but passes through it into large in.
testine called the cecnm. If horse
be fed first. the water passing through
the stomach would be likely to carry
with it particles of food. and thus
bring about collie. Let horse drink
just as much as he likes. If he be
watered four times 4 day he will never
tdht very lnuCl, VI tOo uuCH W VIC kOou
for him.-PrairIe Farmer,
Batter Pudding: Take good
sized pie-dish and put in the bottom
of it few slices of cold roast mutton,
some boiled onion chopped up, and a
little pepper and salt, then place thin
slice of bread over this. put another
layer of onion. mutton. pepper, salt
and bread; spread this slice with some
dripping. and put it on the top; take
two tablespoonfuls of -four, small
saltspoonful of salt, half teaspoonful
of baking powder. and mix; then beat
up an egg and add to it one breakfast.
cupful of milk with little water in it;
pour this gradually among the flour.
and stir it quite smooth, then pour it
all over the bread in the pudding-dish
and bake about an hour Exchange.