The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-07-17
HOME AND FARM.

1t is said that rags saturated with
kerosene and fastened in split stick
that has been driven into the squash,
mellon and cucumber bills, will keep
bugs off.
Tomato Marmalade: Peel ripe to-
matoes, cut them in small pieces and
boil till we'll done; rub through a sieve
and add one cup of sugar for each OF
tomatoes; boil forty minutes, then
pour in small jars.
Taking care of the tools and i'm.
plements is one of the best modes OF
economizing on the farm. The value
of the tools annually deprecated from
lack of cleaning, oiling and exposure
to weather, is enormous
"A mortar, which it is claimed will
stand in all sorts of weather, is made
of one bushel of unslaked lime and
three bushels of sharp sand, to which
is added one pound of alum mixed with
one pint of linseed oil. The alum will
counterfeit the action of frost on the
mortar.
If food be not given until after the
usual time, the animal is apt to eat too
fast; the material from the previous
meal has been exhausted, and as re-
suit vitality is lowered, leading to inn
perfect digestion and assimilation,
while the stores of the body have been
drawn on to furnish the material neces-
sary to vital action.
The best of us make mistakes, and
what wonder is it that our boys, with
their high spirits and their ignorance
of the world, blunder and get into
scrapes pretty often? But it is cause
of rejoicing if either father or mother
can get hold on young heart which
leads it to them to open its worst re-
cesses to their loving eyes.-The
| Home-Maker.
Peach Meringue: To every pint
of stewed and canned peaches, sweet
ened to taste, stir in the beaten yelk
of two eggs. Bake in u deep pudding
dish fifteen minutes then cover with
the whites of two eggs, beaten till
very light with two tablespoonful of
sugar. Brown in the oven and serve
cold with whipped cream. For peaches
substitute any other stewed fruit at
hand if need be.-Good Housekeeping.
BY far tho greater part of poultry
diseases are on the outside and their
names are hen lice and mites and
spiders. Tho best remedies are buhach
and kerosene. the former to be used on
the fowls and the latter on the perches,
in the nests and in the whitewash.
These two substances give us absolute
control of the insects that infest poul-
try houses, and consequently control
of the so-called diseases resulting from
insects.
Too much corn is, used by poultry
men, and not enough wheat, oats,
barley, middlings, bran and green
food Glover rowen for winter use is
valuable, owing to the large percent
age of albumen it contains. Variety
of food is essential to the well-being
and productiveness of fowls. The
composition of eggs requires variety
of material, and these constituents are
found in plain and cheap food of one
kind or another.
There is no difference in feeding
value between white and yellow dent
corn. Flint corn, white or yellow
contains triAe more of oil or fat thar
the softer dent varieties, but moi
enough to make any practical differ
ence in feeding value per pound OF
per ton. Prof. Armsby, after careful
trial, finds no appreciable difference
in feeding values of O0pounds of vel
low or white varieties, or even o
flint or dent sorts. This being So
and you raise some corn to sell-bettel
plant that that sells the most readil,
in your market for the most money
| providing the yield is as much. >
Ohio Farmer.
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