St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-01-23
FARM AND FlRESlDE.

Professor Stewart reminds us that
domestic animals are improved quite
as much by judicious feeding as by
skillful breeding.-Home and Farm.
Pumpkins should be fed with grain
or mill feed for best results. If YOU
have corn meal to sprinkle over the
pumpkins you have the best of feed.
In the absence of this mill feed comes
next.-Rural NeU Yorker.
In seasons when apples are abun-
dant and cheap, as they are in most
places this season, many can be profit
ably fed to stock. Given in small
quantities they are excellent for mich
cows, though if an overdose is taken
nothing will dry up cow more quickly.
Toledo Blade.
Dolly Warden Cake: One-half cup
of butter, one-half cup of sugar, one
half cup of milk, two cups Of flour.
whites of three eggs, one teaspoonful
cream of tartar. one-half teaspoonful of
soda; flavor with vanilla. Frosting-
The yelks of three eggs. fifteen tea
spoonfuls OF powdered sugar.-The
Household
One of the best methods for growing
tomatoes in the hotbed or greenhouse
is to put in layer of moss and over
this an inch or SO of rich mould and
sand mixed, and as the roots strike this
moss, it causes them to strike out
through it in every direction, thus
making tibrous-rooted plants, every one
OF which will grow when transplanted.
Fruit Recorder.
Experiments made in growing trees
in pure sand. kept wet by water pro-
cured by distillation, seem to show that
water in the soil has some power in
disintegrating and making available
the nitrogen which is also in the soil in
contact with the moisture This seems
to be the most plausible theory to ac-
count for plant growth in excess of
what can be explained by the waste of
fertility in the soil itself.-7roy Times
Sage Pudding: Boil pint and a
half of new milk with four tablespoon
fuls of sage well washed and picked;
add little salt, shredded lemon peel,
cinnamon and nutmeg; sweeten with
flve ounces OF moist sugar; add four
eggs well beaten; put a paste around
the dish or pie-plates and bake; sprinkle
with granulated sugar when the
buildings are drawn from the oven
The Cook.
Most persons who use Lima beans
10 not know how excellent they are
when dried for winter use. They are
IS much better than the common bean |
Is they are when used in summer. The !
seed almost always brings high price
n spring, and for this use is one of the
most profitable crops that farmer can
grow. The advantage in raising Lima
BEANS for seed is that they can be grown
~ farmers so far removed from cities
hat the cost of growing will be greatly
President Barry stated to the West
IN New York Horticultural Society that
o become really profitable apple orch
Irds must have Il soil the fertility of
which is to be maintained with suitable
giving the trees good an
lual growth, with judicious pruning and
he destruction obnoxious insects Then
Then the fruit is well grown. it must be
gathered, assorted, packed and
marketed, the whole requiring care and
kill at every step, and without which
rcharding can not be profitable.
Oatmeal Cakes: Into quart OF
old water in which has been dissolved
little salt, stir enough oatmeal to
lake it about as thick as hasty pudding.
he meal should be sprinkled in slowly
nd the stirring be very brisk to avoid
lmps, Now trrn it out into a tin that
rs been rubbed with suet or butter.
nd spread it out evenly with knife
II it is about half the thickness of a
1mmon cracker. Divide it with a
harp knife into the sized pieces you
ish, and place it in Il warm oven.
here it will bake slowly, being careful
OF to brown it. Teese cakes are very
ntritious, and will keep for some time.
Boston Budget.