St. Landry democrat., 1888-09-01
HOME AND FARM.


for an apron to be worn when washing
as it does not so easily wet through as
lighter material.
If the clothesline is brought in
when the clothes are dried. and rolled
up until next vented, it will last about
three times as long as when left out to
be rotted by sun and rain.
Where butter is to be eaten at
home, and that soon, teaspoOtul OF
soda in the cream, well mixed In, Will
be an aid, sometimes, but 1t needs to
have the buttermilk we'll washed out
with weak brine.
-Beeswax and salt will make rusty
fatirons as clean and smooth as glass.
Tie lump of wax in a rag, and keeplt
for the purpose When the irons are
hot, rub first with a wax rag, and then
scour them on a paper or cloth sprink-
led with salt.
For dish cloth "par excellence"
make a cloth about twelve inches
square of four or five thicknesses OF
mosquito netting; then SOW across and
back and forth on the machine, to hold
firmly together. Thus it is very soft.
and will hold no grease at all.-Good
| Housekeeping.
The natives of the Arctic regions
have a barbarous but effective way OF
dealing with the wolves which are
pest there. Sharp blades are stuck in
the ice and baited. The meat freezes.
and in thawing it out with his tongue
the blade cuts the tongue, ultimately
preventing the beast from licking thu
snow, and finally kills the animal.
Picked Crab Apples: One quart
Of vinegar, three pounds of sugar.
make into a strip. Put your apples
into suitable stone jar, and pour the
strip over them. Set the jar into
| kettle and cook until fork will easily
60 through the apples. The sirup
need not cover them at first, as the ap-
pies will make some. This way keeps
the fruit whole. -sse eoesss ~,
"A delicious way to prepare rice is
to allow a small teacupful of rice to
nearly three pints of milk; sweeten to
taste; flavor with vanilla, and bake in
moderate oven. When a thin film
spseads over the top, stir the pudding
well from the bottom; when done,
which will be in two hours, it will be
almost like jelly, and it is Il most deli
cate dish. Serve without salce.
1t is difficult to estimate the oat
crop before threshing. Long straw
caused by abundant rains is not gen.
orally indicative of large crop.
Often, indeed, the oats with deficient
straw turn out the best quality and as
large quantity of grain. If wet, cool
weather comes while the oats are fill
ing, the grain will be full weight,
though the straw be short.
Frozen Pudding: One quart Of
milk, one pint of cream, six whole
eggs, the yelks of three eggs, one apd
one-half cups Of sugar, two ounces each
of preserved ginger. greengages and
pineapple cut fine. Boil the milk and :,
cream and pour it on the beaten eggs
and sugar; cook slightly, and when
cool add the fruit and freeze the same
as ice cream.-N. E.. Farmer.
In eating Ego slow" DO not come
in hot from work and sit down at once
to the table, but sit down and chat or
read few minutes and cool of. II
you can prolong the time spent at
meals by pleasant conversation, so
much the better. Do not be in too
great hurry to resume work after
meals in hot weather, but take mod
crate incoming" Better spirits and
increased health and vigor will more
than make up for the time taken to
rest.
In harvesting wheat almost every
one has noticed little heaps of straw,
uniformly few inches in length, and
wondered what could have been the
cause of it. 1t was the work of field
mice. The little rodents did it to get
the grain. They gnaw off the stalk as
high as they can reach, and it drops
down endways-the surrounding stalks
prevent it from falling overland they
continue the process until the head is
reached. Rabbits do the same Their
work may be known by the pieces be-
ing longer, and they cease operations
before the grain is fully ripe.
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