The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-08-19
FARM AND FiRESIpE.

--atever set a hen that has scalv
legs. She will give the disease to hs,
chicks,-Cincinnati Times.
1t is said that person troubled
with an oily face can keep it clean bv
washing it vigorously with . towel
instead of with lis hands.-Good
Housekeeping.
"A stick, fiattened at the end. win
be found help in planting flower
seeds. Make a shallow hole With the
fat end of stick and scatter the seeds
into it, covering lightly.
Into pound of soft soap dissolve
one ounce of carbolic acid crystals and
it becomes an excellent remedy for lice
on animals when they are washed in
warm water with the aid of the soap.-
Troy Times.
-Caraway Biscuit: One pound Of
crushed white sugar, four eggs, one
teaspoonful of salt, the rind of one
lemon, caraway seed, one pound Of
flour. Stir all these ingredients we'll
together for one hour, adding the flour
last and then form into cakes. Boston
Budget.
For delicate puffs stir into half
pint of sifted flour, to which salt.
spoonful of salt has been added, one
gill of milk. Beat the white of an ego
| to stiff froth. Mix the well-beaten
| yelk with gill of milk and stir into
| the batter; add the white of egg and
bake in muffin pans in a quick oven.-
Boston Globe.
| 1t is said that pullet or one
year-old fowl is not SO liable to disease
as two or three-year-old fowl. Seek
to improve your stock every year,
Market your old fowls and keep young
ones on your farms and in your poul-
try yards, and you will have no chicken
cholera. Western RuraL.
| "A rose jar may be made of rose
leaves gathered in their prime and free
from moisture. Mix with them the es-
sential oils of lavender, rosemary,
cloves, cinnamon, neroli and lemon.
Keep the jar closed until the perfume,
mingle in an indescribable compound
of sweetness like unto the spicy breezes
of ''Araby the Blest. - Prairie Farmer.
| Pasture is the most nutritious when
composed of many species of grass.
and when young and succulent. As
grass gets older it contains less pro.
portion of albumino;ds, and is then an
inferior ration for milk. Cow peas and
corn ground together is excellent food
as part of ration for rich milk
Montreal Witness.
-Crumpets: One and one-half pints
of -four, one-half teaspoonful salt. one
teaspoonful of sugar. two of baking
powder, one egg, nearly pint of milk
and cream mixed together; sift to-
gether flower. sugar, salt and powder;
add beaten egg and milk; beat all to.
gether; bake in we'll buttered hot gem
irons; serve hot.-Ihe Caterer.
Coffee Cream: Beat one quart Of
rich, sweet cream to stiff froth. like
white of eggs for icing; then mix with
one-quarter pound of graduated sugar
and, shortly before serving, beat into
one cup of cold coffee extract, which
has been made by slowly filtering two
cups of boiling water through twc
ounces of finely ground coffee. Serve
in glass dish with lady fingers OF
fresh sponge cake.-Tbe Household.
! Dwarf pears should be planted OF
a spot that has moist subsoil, eithel
natural or make SO by subsoiling Of
mixing some material with the sol
that will give out moisture in Or!
weather. Trees already planted on !
dry, gravelly subsoil should have |
circle dug out two feet deep and two o
three feet from the tree. This should
be filled up with well enriched soil. |
the dwarf pear does not grow freely ]
is sign that something is wrong. !
should be severely pruned, so as to ail
in producing a vigorous growth. ~
z. Telegram.