Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-04-26
aGRICuLTURAL ITEMS.

PAINT all tools exposed to the weather,
AMI if with light-colored paint they will
heat, warp and crack less in the sun
WHITEwAsHrNe. "A correspondent of
the Northeastern Farmer advises adding a
pound of tallow or lard to each half bushel
of lime used in hitewashing.
YIELD OF PoTAToEs-Among the large
yields of pototocs recently reported, is one
from Canada, to the effect that two peach
blows, cut into sets, produced two bushels
of large, sound potatoes.
Mr.. F. DONALD, of Berlin, sends us the,
following To keep COW from leaking
her milk, take an India rubber cord and
tie it up small enough to compress the teat
and place il on near the end
ExPLoDED-A correspondent of the
1mer,cdn Stock Journal contradicts The
story which has been copied into many
agricultural papers, that the South Ameri-
can shepherd dogs are brought up by being
sucked by ewes, and that they are very
well trained. He says the only care the
dogs IN that country give sheep is to kill
one occasionally.
STEAM FLOWING In ENGLAND.-The
Steam Cultivation Commission appointed
by the Royal Agricultural Society, find
th at some 400 steam oultivstors are at work
on $4,000 acres of arabic land, displacing
| $500 horses. The machine eats only when
working and thus saves in that item at
least $500 year to its employer, while
doing its work deeper and more thorough
ly and rapidly than it can be done by
animals.
j. r. GLOVER writes TO the New York
Farmers Club, that he has not had his
clothes of more than two and half hours
| in any one of the twenty -four, for the last
three months. The result of his peIse-
vering labors he sums up as follows: II
have used up about 1,600 eggs, and have
| now on hand, in good condition, sixteen
chickens-just one chick TO 100 eggs =
| Still lie believes the thing can be done if
we only knew how.
TRY IT.-A correspondent of The Coun-
try Gentleman asserts that red cedar twigs
bound around the bodies of fruit trees,
bent upward, will effectually protect the
tree from insects. And if fruit trees, why
not shade trees? Col. Dewey of Hartford
writes The H0rticulturist that in his vine
yard, grapes trained upon red cedar posts
and trellices are free from mildew and in
sects, and those growing closest to the posts
have the most healthful appearance and
are the most productive
FROZEN FRUIT TREEs.-A correspon-
dent of the Prairie Farmer gives his expe-
rience to the effect that shaking apple trees
when frozen by untimely frosts, destroyed
the trees. Six trees thus gathered never
leavcd out again, while others of the same
varieties that were not shaken received no
injury. The effect Of vibration-if that
were all-upon the frozen veins Of the
tree, is conceivable, but extraordinary
Violent winds at similar juncture would
destroy the whole stock of apple or any
other kinds of trees
SEDIMENT IN THE STOMACH OF A
HoRsE.-At late meeting of the Chemico
Agricultural Society, of Ulster, in Belfast,
Ireland, DR.. Hodges exhibited large mass
of heavy, solid substance. taken from the
stomach of horse which had died from
inflammation. 1t weighed seven pounds, and
was almost round, resembling in shape a
sleat cannon ball, and on examination it
was found to be composed principally of
phosphate of magnesia and the hairs on
the husks of oats. The large stone, as it
may be called, was the cause of the horses
death.
BEET SUeAR-Some 10000 pounds of
beet sugar, manufactured at Chattsworth,
in Livingston county, arrived in Spring
field, Illinois, lately, and will be sold in
competition with Southern sugars Of the
same grade. 1t is superior article of cot
fee or &C" sugar. Almost 100, 600 pounds
nav I~s~ manufactured at this point dur
ing the past season, which is but mere
sample OF what the company expect to do
tl.f.<
to expect that at period by no means dis
tant the manufacture of this staple will be-
come one of the leading branches Of in
dustry in Illinois.
A CONVENIENT TABLE-The following
statement is given by an exchange as
guide for estimating the quantity and
cost of nails for given definite piece of
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