The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-06-05
HOME AND FARM.

HOME AND FARM.
"A wine glass of strong borax water
Ia. PITT of raw starch will make coll
lars and cuffs glossy.
Gum camphor is offensive to mice,
and will keep them away from places
where it is scattered about.
Geese will clear off the purslaine
from a field. They are very fond OF it,
and will eat it at any stage OF growth.
Dried beef "frizzled" with a little
milk. thickened with corn starch and
served with bordering of scrambled
eggs ABOUND it, is q quickly-prepared
and 'nourishing dish for substantial
tea
TO get rid of plant lice take COM
mon tobacco snuff, sprinkle we'll over
the parts affected, let it remain on
few minutes. then hold Il paper under
and gently rap or shake the branches,
then wash the plant in warm water.
AS soon as sufficiency of green
food can be provided. cut down the
grain ration of the hens. By SO doing
they will keep in better health and lay
a larger number of eggs. AS rule
too much grain is fed to poultry.
-Simmering at 1So deg. is pro-
nounced more effective in all ordinary
cooking than violent boiling at PIP
deg. Much heat is wasted in raising
water to needlessly high temperature
in cooking. Chicken, for instance, will
cook much better in an hour of slow
simmering than in an hour of violent
boiling.
The American Agriculturist, in an
exhaustive article on the cultivation
| of oats, says the reasons why the aver
| age yield of oats is so low are weeds,
!. wet and undrained land, starvation,
poor filth and late sowing, and adds.
l "A very large proportion of our land
is so wet in the spring for want OF un-
derdraining that it is not in a fit con-
dition to pillow until it is too late to SOW
oats with any reasonable expectation
of getting large yield"
-Corned Beef Soup: Let seven
pounds of cheapest cut of corned beet
be soaked and par-boiled SO as to re-
move the surplus salt, then simmer
slowly three hours. Let the liquor
stand until all the fat rises. Skim of
H the fat. Add a quart of tomatoes, two
carrots. two small white turnips, two
onions and four large potatoes, all
pared and sliced thin. Let simmer
| one hour. Strain and serve the SOUP
hot. reserving the cooked vegetables
for salad.
| To restore the color of hannels
which are apparently ruined by BAG
treatment. make a solution of one ant
half pounds of white soap and two
thirds of an ounce of spirits of am
monia, dissolved in twelve gallons o
soft water. By dipping the flannels il
this and wetting them thoroughly il
the solution, beautiful and lasting
whiteness will be impaired to them
no matter how yellow they were pre-
vious to their immersion. After bein.
we'll stirred round for Snort time
take the articles out and wash well il
clean, soft water.
One of the healthiest vegetables
if not the healthiest one, grown is tn
onion, yet, strange to say, but fey
people use it as literally as they should
Boiled onions used frequently in fam
lily of children will ward off many G
the diseases to which the little one
are subject The principal objectio
to the promiscuous use of this vege
, table is that the odor exhaled afte
eating is so offensive. A cup of stron
: coffee taken Immediately after eatin
is claimed to be excellent in counter
acting this effect, Although for da
or SO after eating onions the breat
, may have disagreeable odor, "
, after this time it will be much sweete
than before.