The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-09-25
FARM AND FIREslpE.

Salt extracts the juices from meat
In cooking. Steaks ought not, there
fore, to be sailed until they have beer
broiled.
1t is very good plan to have two
sets OF rOosting poles for the hens and
change them each week, setting them
outside when not in use.
DO not neglect to tie the young
growth of grape-vines to the poles or
trellis from time to time so that the
wind can not whip them about the
stakes or over the wires and injure
Western Rural.
TO sweeten rancid butter, take
strong lime-water and work the butter
over in it just as You would work it if
just taken from the churn to get the
buttermilk out of Cincinnati Times.
If ants are to be killed, a sponge
saturated with sweetened water, it is
said, will be quickly filed with them.
The sponge may then be dipped in
boiling water from time to time.
Lemon Tart: One cup of sugar,
two lemons, all the juice, and tea
spoonful of grated peel, one teaspoon
full of corn starch dissolved in little
cold water, and one and one-half dozen
raisins, stewed, cut in two and seeded.
Beat up well, and bake with upper and
lower crust.-Tbs Household.
To boil pudding in bag. dip the
Dag (Which should be made of thick
cotton or linen) in hot water, and rub
the inside with flour before putting in
the pudding. When done, dip the bag
in cold water and the pudding will turn
out easily. Always put plate on the
bottom of the kettle to keep the pudding
from burning.-Baptist Weekly.
"A delicious pudding is made in this
way: Chop pineapple quite fine; take
some cake which is a little dry, rub it
fine in your hands or crush it on a
kneading board; put it into pudding
dish in alternate layers with the pine
apple, sweeten abundantly, moisten
with cold water and bake in moderate
oven for an hour or so.-N Y. Herald.
When it is understood that il
allowed to ripen to seed perfectly. the
grass loses all its rich juices, and be-
comes mere dry straw-woody fibre, a
little silicate of potash and very tri-
fling quantity of vegetable extractive
matter-the Importance of cutting it at
the right time will be apparent
Indianapolis Sentinel.
Bread griddle cakes are excellent
and may be made of stale bread. Soak
small bowl of brca1 over night in
milk. In the morning mix half q cup
full of flour, into which is put one and
one-half teaspoonfuls of baking powder,
with one quart of milk. three we'll
beaten eggs and little salt. Beat up
the bread with this batter until it is
very light and fry a delicate brown.
The batter should be thick.-Boston
Budget.
Usually the use of blinds cause the
very evil'it is intended to rcmedy-shy-
ing. The horse SHES because he sees
something imperfectly, or can not see
at all an object which makes noise.
the nature of which he does not under
stand. If he has not blinds to interfere
with his sight, he will shy less often.
II you could not see on either side,
only straight ahead. you would be far
more timid, your heart would suddenly
begin to beat faster. much oftener than
it does now. So with horse; blinds
make him timid. If you have horse
addicted to shying, remove the blinds
and be kind to him for few days, un-
til he has gained confidence in himself
and in you. This will effect radical
cure. Rural Nc,0 Yorker.