Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-05-03

| the hog-pen OF farmer at summer Hill,
n. T., few weeks ago, and killed and
| nearly devoured a hog weighing two hun
| dred pounds.
GRAPEs-The agricultural editor of the
| New York Tribune is pcetical, he says
Let us have plenty of grapes to eat be-
| fore we talk much about wine Grapes,
with their rich bloom, are like the girl
one loves and marries; wine, like smart
young widow"
LUsus NATURE.-The Sloughton wis
Reporter says that X. banks, of Rutland,
| showed pig in town, the other day, hay
ing two heads, two mouths, three eyes,
four legs and two tongues. The pig lived
| for two days, ate with both mouths, and
ran about on its four legs. Rather re-
markable pig that!
ONO STATE FAIR-Thc time of holding
the next Ohio State Fair has been changed
by the State Board of Agriculture TO Sept.
1926, instead of Oct 1913, as before
agreed upon. The place of holding the
Fair, Dayton, and the arrangements pre-
viously announced, remain unchanged.
| SELECTING SEED.-The Canada Agri-
cuhurist discourses very sensibly on the
Importance of sowing and planting good
seed as preliminary to good and prolific
harvest. 1t says: "All grain-seeds are
furnished with oil and starch, which are de-
signed to furnish nutriment 10 the germ
when 1t first starts, before becoming ca
pable of extracting it from the soil
Now if anything affects these, such
as mold, &c, the plant that should
happen to grow from such seed would be
influenced by the imperfcction of the seed
whence it sprung"
Do SHEEP IMPROVE PAsTUREs.-We
are well acquainted with pasture near the
sea coast which many years ago was exceed
ipgly foul piece of Understanding with
a great variety of bushes. among which
were the barberry and many climbing
plants and so closely laced and inter
twined by the wild rose, that they formed
an almost impenetrable jungle. Twenty
years afterwards we saw the same pasture
with flock OF sheep on 1t, grazing upon a
close, compact turf covered with short,
sweet grasses, and scittOnt a reed Or bush
| Of any kind upon IL
How has this reclamation been accom-
plished? ?" We inquired as we stood looking
uponit.
"By the sheep" said our informant
without blowing and seeding?" We
, asked
"Yes, by the sheep alone" was the reply
The pasture was quite uneven and rocky
| but the sheep had exterminated every YES
tige Of wild plants, and clothed the surface
with fresh, rich, perpetual herbage.-Ne,t
England Fdrmer.
WHITEwAsHING.-As this is the season
for spring housekeeping, and general
. "clarn' up time," we give our readers q
. . receipt for making whitewash, which We
: find in an exchange: Take clean, water
! tight barrel, or other suitable cask, and pu
into it half bushel of lime. Stake it by
pouring water over it boiling hot, and il
/, sufficient quantity To cover il five inches
deep, and stir it in water, and add two
pounds of sulphate of zinc End one of com
mon salt These win cause the wash tC
harden, and prevent its cracking, which
; gives an unseemly appearance to the work
!. If desirable beautiful clean color may bt
' added to the above wash by adding three
{ pounds of yellow Ochre, or good pear
: or lead color, by adding lamp, vine o.
u ivory black For fawn color add foul
;, pounds of lumber, Turkish or American
/, the latter is the cheapest-one poun(
u Indian red and pound common lamp black
!, For common stone color, add four pounds
i. umber and two pounds lamp bl..ck. Thi:
!. wash may be applied with common
!. whitewash brush, and will be found mucl
" superior, both in appearance and durabili
ty, to common whitewash.
e AN IMPORTANT DIsrlNCTIoN-The ex
e perienced are aware that there is no severe
;. trial of temper than milking refractor,
h COW. Such cow, by refusing to stan,
still, and by kicking over the milk two o
three times, had vexed me SO beyond al
Is endurance, that, procuring a good cudgel
n and having got the cow well cornered,
= proceeded to administer a most wrathfu
v tlogging. My father at that moment mad
V his unexpected appearance, and suspende'
e the operation of castigation by saying
h Harmon, my son, don't strike that GOV
g again never strike COW it never doe
IS any good-never." About a week afte
v this, my father was doing the milking him
y self, and the cow proved very troublesome
r. as inferred from loud sounds i'm the dire6
q ton of the barn-yard. Going to the spot
{ | arrived just in time to see the COW in
# very close corner of the fence, and the boo
p of my prternal relative administering kick
n of the heaviest kind, thick and fas
E. "Father," said /, very quietly, 81 though
r. you told me never to strike a cow" "Yes
n that is true" was the reply, while the pun
n ishment continued with undated vigol
O. "that is true but did say any thing abou
: kicking them? Guess didn't say any thin
# about kicking them. Striking does n
a good, but kicking seems to cure 'em rigl
II up"
a DoG-oLOGY.-The Commissioner of Az
n riculture in his report for March, devote
e considerable attention TO the "dO
5 nuisance" and is evidently Of the opinio
that the whole canine race should be e,
terminated at blow. Few" he say
q, care aware of the immense losses inflicte
q upon the productive industry of the cour
n try by these pests" He adds: Ever
1T local attempt to ascertain these damage
l. reveals astounding facts. Returns hav
l. been received in this division of the ID,
A. partment of Agriculture, within a fe,
2, weeks, from 935 counties, in every State i
5 the Union except the Pacific States, show
E. ing an aggregated estimate of 100, 900 shee
4 killed by dogs in about one-fourth of tn
r, whole number of counties. On this basi
is the total number killed would be more tina
j. half million yearly Then the numbe
D. injured, assuming as basis the propOrtio
le reported from actual count in a series {
{, years in Ohio, would be 100000 more
d more than 900 sheep killed or mutilate
}. yearly, and q twoper cent tax levied upO
d the total investment In sheep, loss equs
n to one-third of the gross income from 81
a per cent. stocks" He then computes tina
I, during the year 1866 there were 10000
% sheep killed and 100000 injured in tn
D. United States by dogs, entailing loss c
S2,60O,000. Furthermore, he assume
from "data obtained" that there is, at tn
IS lowest calculation, 5,OOO,OO0 of dogs in tn
e United States, whose subsistence involve
" an annual expenditure of 100000, 00t
" These statements are certainly deserving c
|e the attention of State and municipal legis
If lation.
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