The Arizona sentinel., 1888-04-14
HOME AND FARM.

The best results from plaster on meadow or pasture land are claimed to come from applying it in winter or early spring, while the ground is yet covered with snow.
 Coal ashes mixed with salt and water to a stiff paste will harden like rock, and is good to fill cracks in stoves and can be used to line coal or soapstone stove.
 According to Dr. Salmon there are two contagious diseases known as hog cholera. The first affect the bowels and is genuine hog cholera; the second affects the lungs and IS swine plague. An animal may have both at once.
 Divide your rhubarb plants at the roots and make new location for them. This should be done very ear ly in the spring or in the fall Put them on very rich ground. with the buds about one or two inches below the surface.
 German Toast: Cut thick slices of bread and dip each side in milk enough to soften. then dip in beaten egg; put into frying-pan with just enough butter 10 fry; fry until brown as an omelet. Serve we'll sprinkled with white sugar. ..
 Sow grass seed early, but if pos- sible brush it in, so as 10 slightly cover the seed. The early growth made by grass crop is very impor- tant. for upon the height of the grass depends its capacity to withstand drought. should a dry spell com9 on.
 Rice Bread: Boil one pound oi whole rice in enough milk to dissolve all the grains, adding it. boiling, as Ii is absorb d. Sift four pounds of flour in a pan, and into this pour the rice and milk, adding salt and large wine- glass of yeast; knead and let rise un- til light. Stake into loaves and bake.
 Liberal feeding secures liberal profits. Scantily-fed fowls pay scanty profits, if any. Neglect 10 furnish enough means the loss of what is given them. Either feed the fowls well or give them to some one who will. Give them proper care or kill them at once.
 -Macaroni Soup: Break an ounce of Macaroni into pieces. put in a sauce pan and cover with boiling water Boil half an hour, take up and strain. Put quart of new milk in and le boil, add 10 the macaroni, season witt salt, pepper and tablespoonful of but ter rolled in four Serve with plat' of Parmeson cheese.
 To cure the pernicious practic' of egg eating among hens an ex change suggests that it is a good plal to make the nests out of boxes abou ten inches square and fifteen inche deep. This will prevent the hen from standing on the edge of tn nest and reaching down to tue egg after laying them. and they will b' unable to get at them while they arc ill the nest
 Baked Indian Pudding: Thre pints of sweet milk. one cup of mo lasses, one and onc-half cups of In dian meal. two eggs. one tablespoon ful each of flour, ginger and salt and soda the size of a pea. Bring tn milk to the boiling point. stir tn meal in slowly, beat the eggs, and ad them and the other ingredients vii
 a handful of raisins; pour into
 greased dish and bake until brown.
 French Pancakes: Beat two ounce each of granulated sugar and butte to cream. Beat separately the yelk and whites of two eggs and add tn yelks 10 the butter and sugar Si one half pint of milk into these ingr' ; dients. Butter half a dozen tin pie plates. Sift two ounces of flour wit , teaspoonful of baking powder. an stir it and the white of eggs quick 1, into the mixtures put the battt 2 quickly on the buttered plates an , bake brown in a quick oven. Dus
 with powdered sugar and spread wit