The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-01-27
HOME AND FARM,


Boards are cheaper than hay and
grain for keeping stock warm. -West'
err Rural. af9;t s-H ~" -
If horses are troubled with scours a
few raw eggs given them with their 9TH
er feed will be found quite beneficial
Albany Journal. at#'
-. All drains by the roadsides should
be kept we'll open during the winter that
the surplus water may readily pass away.
Chicago Journal = ~ ~ ID 100
Coffee Custard: One pint strong cof-
fee, one pint milk, boiled together, six
eggs beaten with cup and half Of
sugar Bake in a moderately hot oven,
but do not Chicago Union.
For harness backing, says the
Scientific Amerscan, use boneblack,
four ounces; linseed oil, two ounces; sui
phuric acid, half an ounce; treacle, two
ounces; gum arabic, one ounce; vinegar,
one pint.
The common catnip is one of the
most valuable plants for bees The
flowers are rich in honey, and for sew
eral months, commencing with June of
each year, yield it freely, at all hours
and during all kinds Of weather = Troy
Times. 80 &-' 80
Brown Bread: Three large cupfuls
of rye meal, two of Indian meal, one-
half cupful molasses, one pint sour milk,
one pint cold water, one teaspoonful
soda and one of salt; put it in u pail,
cover tight. Steam four hours, then
brown in the oven -Ioledo Blade
- -Geta good close look at the hogs at
least once, and, if possible, at least twice
day. Spot and separate the first to.
show symptoms of weakness, loss of app
petite, constipation or looseness of the
bowels, or any other sign of disease,
and keep separate until all danger is
passed. Toronto Globe
Breakfast Cakes: One cup of Indian
meal, one teaspoonful Of salt, and one
tablespoonful of sugar. Scald the meal,
then add two tablespoonfuls of milk or
water, one egg and one tablespoonful of
-four. Stir it well, Butter your grid
die. Put on large spoonfuls OF the bat
ter and fry a light brown.-The House.
'~N'NS'
TO keep apples, says an old fruit
merchant: :Let barrel of winter ap.
Piles freeze solid. Don't touch it, but
let it stand just where it is and thaw out
thoroughly, but gradually. Cover the
apples so that they will be kept quite
dark. Thus treated your barrel of sap-
Piles will remain frozen solid for months.
and the fruit, after thawing out grad
ually, will be plump, solid and sweet. -
N. Y. Post. a5e s,a.t ~.
Leaves have no inconsiderable val.
NC as a fertilizer, and should not be
burned, but composted or used as bed
ding. Their chief value lies, however,
in their mechanical action when worked
into stiff, tenacious clay soils. They
render them porous, so that water can
pass more readily through them, and
when decayed tighten the soil and make
it warmer and more easily worked. m
Y. Examiner. e.. %. s,.,,, III. g.
The art amateur gives directions for
making linen work smooth and even
when it is finished. "Dampen it all over
at the back with sponge, and then
stretch it tightly and evenly, face down,
ward, on a board, or pin it out on
nailed carpet with a clean cloth UNDER
meath it. When the work, as we'll as the
linen, is quite dry, it may be taken up,
and if the edges show the pin-marks they;
can be smoothed with the fingers. When
linen work is washed it must be treated
in the same way 80 !7fi'.l -