St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-11-20
FARM AND EIRESlDE.

-Peppe rmint. which is considered
q weed, is utilized in some sections, the
oil therefrom selling at $3.50 per bottle.
Biscuits: One quart of -four; level
teaspoon of soda; . tablespoon of salt;
sift both with flour; add lump of lard
size of an egg and pint of good butt r.
milk. Do not mix stiff. Work but lit.
tie and bake in quick oven.-Chrtstian
Union.
Grab Apple Jelly: Boil apples, with
just water enough to cover them. until
tender. Mash with iron spoon and
strain out juice. Take pint of juice to
one pound of white sugar. boil thirty
minutes, strain through q hair sieve
Toledo Biaae
Most farmers have learned that cut
hay or even straw wet and sprinkled
with meal is better feed for working
horses than whole grain aud hay. liz
this shape the nutriment in the feed is
eaten and easily digested.-N. Y. 7ele-
gram.
A novel design in engagement
rings is to divide the ring and bend the
cut ends apart and hold them Sd by
small gold bar. A jewel is then set on
each end. and the result is that the
jewels are very close together, but still
not united. and are thus quite typical
OF engagements Chicago Tribune.
Black Cake: Two cups of sugar.
one cup of molasses. one cup OF
milk, one cup of butter, three eggs.
one teaspoonful of soda, one tea
spoonful of cinnamon, one teaspoon
full of cloves. one nutmeg. five cups
OF flour, one pound of raisins. one
pound OF cnrrants, one-guarter pound
of citron. This cake will keep good
several months.-Bos!on Budget.
Rice: Cook a cupful of raw rice in
a generous quart of boiling water. with.
out stirring, until tender, shaking up
the saucepan vigorously several times.
Drain off the water, salt the rice and let
it dry off at the back of the range before
dishing it. Give a portion of rice with
each .'help' of chicken, pouring the
curry gravy on it.-Indiana State Sen.
tinsi.
There are many directions for max |
ing good coffee. Here is one from an
Irish health journal fifty years ago:
Mix the GROUND co fee with half as much |
cold water as you will use for the coffee.
pot. Allow it to come to a boil; remove
the pot from the fire and let the coffee
settle. Pour off the coffee to another
pot. pour as much boiling water on the
grounds as you used cold water at first
and boil five minutes; then pour both
together and lett settle again.
Posi-.
AS light dish suitable for chill.
well. Cut the bread in slices of uni
form thickness and toast in the oven to
a rich brown. When the milk comes
TO a boil, thicken with corn starch or
flour. Moisten the toast with hot
water and butter well each slice: put
in tureen or platter aud pour over it
the milk. Upon the butter. and Just
the right amount of salt depend the ex-
cellency of the dish.-FIeld and Farm.
If farmers would observe more
,losely the habits of those insects which
prey upon their crops. they would be
much better prepared to battle with |
hem. Take, for instance. the large.
black squash bug which makes its APP
,earance when the vines are of large
ze, and if left alone will surely de- ,
troy them. The observing farmer
will notice that the eggs are deposited
m the under side of the leaves in [
.roups. which can easily be crushed.
MI thus destroyed. He will also OBJ
erve that the bug in question will get
nder stone. leaf. or covering. as
light approaches. and by putting ,
hingle beside the hill at night num-
err of bugs will take shelter under it.
nd can be destroyed in the morning.
~ Y. Herald