The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-05-31
FARM AND ElREsIpE.

Time is money in planting time,
and an hour wasted may DO an acre
destroyed.
Apple sauce Is much improved by
the addition Of a tablespoonful of butt
ter and requires less sugar. M
GOOD sleep and enough of 1t Is a
superior safeguard for health Of meh
and women who overtask physical or
mental energies.
--Broodiness can be fastened in a
hen. according to one authority, by
leaving eggs In tho nest and giving a
little hemp seed.
Eight hours spent in work, and
four hours spent in study, will afford
better results in the agricultural world
than twelve hours spent wholly in
manual labor. = Western Pio0nldn.
The pork that bears the highest
price in the English markets Is that
fattcned by the people of Ireland. who
feed n great variety of materials, but
little or no corn.
"A good dislnfectant is made by
dissolving half n drachm Of nitrate Of
lead in pint of boiling water then
dissolve two drachms of common salt
In eight or ten quarts of water.
In nervous prostration, rest and
sleep are the first Indispensable con-
ditions. A change is always In order,
to make them possible. The diet must
be generous. the food well masticated
and eaten slowly.
Animal food occasionally, for
young orold fowls seems indispensable.
Beef cracklings are excellent and some
thing that most every one can obtain,
Cracklings and corn meal made into a
dough and baked, IS good feed for both
old and young birds.
--Sorrel is picked from the stems,
washed we'll and drained. then put in
an enameled saucepan or earthen crock
with piece of butter to steam in its
own juice. A rich sauce Of flour. but
ter. gravy and the yelks Of two or
three eggs is served with it, and it is.
delicate dish with roast lamb. As
paragus is gently boiled ten to twenty
minutes in salt water, drained and
served with sauce of two ounces Of
butter. dessertspoonful Of flour, the
yelks of two eggs and part Of the water
in which the grass was boiled. which
has the richest flavor Of the plant
Egg Sauce for Spinach; Melt
tablespoonful of butter, add to it an
even tablespoonful Of flour. mix until
smooth, aud add half-pint OF boiling
water; stir rapidly until the sauce is
smooth and velyeiy. take from the fire.
add a tablespoonful OF butter cut into
bits. teaspoouful Of lemon juice, Il
half teaspoonful Of salt. aud dash Of
white pepper; mix until the butter is
melted. and add the yclks OF the eggs
that have been pressed through a sieve.
Bring the sanco to boiling point pour
it around the spinach and serve.
Kalsomine: Eight pounds Of whiting
and one-quarter OF a pound Of white
glue make the right proportions Soak
the glue over night in cold water. aud
in the morning heat it until it is per-
fectly dissolved. Mix the whiting with
hot water, stir tho two thoroughly To-
gether. aud have the wash the con-
,istencc Of thick cream. Apply warm
with kalsomine brush, brushing il
we'll in and finishing it As you 20 on.
II warm skim milk is used instead Of
water, the gluc may be omitted Be
ore the wash is applied. all holes aud |
,revices should be stopped with plaster
4 Paris mixed with water. Colors TO
int the walls may be procured at any
,aint store.