The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-06-02
FARM AND FlREsIDe.

"A farmer can not afford to plant
poor seed. A mongrcl crop OF any kind
of vegetable is poor class of goods to
thrust upon a market expecting to re-
ceive remunerative prices.
Spinach: Pick and wash. put in a
saucepan without water; sprinkle with
salt. Let cook half an hour; add but
ter and pepper; dish, pour over boiling
cream, and place slices of hard boiled
egg over the top
The farmer objects to giving his
note and having it discounted for cash.
The sharper says: 20. we'll keep the
note" and he writes across the face
mot transferable. In short time it
is found in the hands of another party.
with an ''e' added to the mot which
makes it read .'note transferable"
-Recipcs-To make lemon drop:
Let it fall off the table. To make
stomach cake: Use plenty of unripe
fruit. To make a (n)ice ()cream:
Stick pin in the baby. To make pastry
neatly: Have every thing in apple-pie
order. To make cats-sup: Give them
milk. To make nice pickle: Hunt in
a drawer for something in the dark.
-Honey-comb pudding: Halt cup
Of flour, half cup of sugar, half a cup
of butter, half cup of milk; beat these
together we'll Then add four eggs
we'll beaten. Into half pint of molas-
SEES stir one teaspoonful of soda until it
foams, and add this last. Bake in a
slow oven. Serve with cream sauce or
beaten cream.
AN Illinois horticultural society de-
cides that the deterioration of orchards
noticeable everywhere. is due princi-
pally to double cropping the land and
starving the trees; and that the secret
of their restoration lies in blowing I'M
der green crops, or sowing clover to
remain uncut for the double purpose Of
mulch and manure.
"A correspondent of the Scientific
american, who speaks from long and
actual experience. says that the best o.
all remedies for one who las beer
poisoned by poison-ivy is hot water. as
hot as it can be borne. applied ever,
hour or two, or rs often as the itching
returns. He says that this will effect
cure in two days. and that poisoned
J sumac yields to the same remedy.
1t certainly does not pay to keep
low grade of sheep and then let then
take care of themselves The small
! amount of wool secured, as well as tn
poor quality. is such that no margin o
profit will be left to the farmer owe
and above the cost. Even with poo
sheep much better growth Of woo
can be secured if they be REASONABLE
!: well cared for than if they be left
themselves.
: in regard to getting the best yiel
|. of choice honey, try and have all you
Z colonies very strong when the hone
flow comes. This is best accomplishc
by feeding thin strip or honey eac
evening. commencing about six weel
i, before the expected yield. Give roo
l in the sections as soon as needed
Q delay swarming as long as possibl
i Ou can uot cAPCCs W cAsA"~S ''>
o honey from weak colonies. Hone
should not be extracted before it
: sealed up by the bees. or it may sol
on your hands.
4 "A simple. homely remedy for maj
d tree ailments and enemies is wo'
u ashes, OF. if not to be had, coal ash
= with sprinkling OF lime-but asht
: ashes to be used freely before mule
u ing against frost or drough); aft
~ mulching. that no tree enemies m
10 harbor therein, the mulching itse
= when gathered up. to be burned a
y returned to the trees. Young trt
should have plenty of iron filings
1t cinders around the roots when plants
he II the iron is not needed it will not
- absorbed, therefore there can be
= harm in its use.