Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-04-15


the buttermilk h palatable ~ an a.
Iticle OF food; that the Quantity Of
butter Is diminished when the tenn
persture at churning 10 above or r
low from s. to so degrees; that ,
average IL one pound Of butter -
80 pounds OF milk; and that the lon
er the butter 10 in coming the bet
ter t will be-that three hours il .
short enough time for shurning. The
one who propels the dasher will pro-
test against the latter point.-An
Eastern arm are manufacturing
propagating boxes with double Ii.
ming, for starting early vegetables.
The soil is easily lifted out and the
boxes cost but fifty cents q dozen.
Mr.. Mechi, the great English far
mer, says his experience has taught
him that land can never be too rich
even for wheat or cereals, provided
the manure has been applied for q
previous crop. 1t 10 the sowing Of
too much seed that causes crops to
be preaaturely laid in we'll fortified
soils
Beecher says that the only way to
exterminate the Canada thistle 10 to
plant it for . crop and propose to
make meney out Of it. Then worms
will gnaw it, bugs will bite it, bee.
ties viii bore it, aphider will suck it.
birds will peck it, your neighbors'
chickens will scratch it up, heat will
scorch 1t, rains will drown il, and
milde~ blight will cover It.
Hearth and Home recommends
farmers to give two or three acres Of
their poor land to peas, which make
valuable feed for stock when mixed
with three times their quantity OF
corn.
Reports say that the late trial Of
the San Francisco Steam Pillow was
. success. The machine moved ut
about the usual speed Of . horse,
cutting earth six inches deep, cast
ing weeds on sae eide. and leaving
the ground the same as il cut with .
spade.
A Minnesota farmer reports that
he bought tract Of land that had
never been broken, and commenced
farming in 1867. His total invest
meut was $4,000. The FIRST year he
had . cash income Of 81, 269.
1t seems to be pretty certain that
cruelty 10 the real cause Of the fever
disseminated by Texas cattle They
are heated and worn out by over
driving-ferty or fifty miles day
and half starved at that. Disease 10
. natural consequence
John Johnson says that cows and
sheep should not be pastured togcth
er. Horses and sheep form . more
suitable partnership, as their grazing
habits are similar
The loss, to the farmers Of time
and horse nesh by bad roads is in
calculable. That we in the interior
States will ever have good
roads the year around, is very i'm
probable. But that . wise system
Of working roads would often help
the matter is certain, and that lar.
ger expenditure on roads would be
economy is hardly to be doubted
DR.. Holland writes Of this matter in
. letter from England:-'The Eng
lish horse, employed on the streets
Of . city, or on the roads in the
country, does twice a. much work
- tie American horse similarly en-
ployed in America. This is tie pat
emit and undeniable fact. No mau
can fail 20 see it who has his eyes
about him. How does he do it?-
why does he do it? These are the
most important questions to an A.
merican. Is the English horse bet
ter than the American? Not at all. Is
he'overworked? / have seen no ev-
idence that heis. / have seen but
one lame horse in London. The ex-
planatton is, that the Englishman
has invested in perfect and perma-
men. roads whas the American ex-
Ponds in perishable horses that need
to be fell. We arc compelling hun
dreds Of horses to drag loads thro'
holes that ought to be filed, over
sand tina, should be hardened, thro'
mud that ought not to be permitted
10 exist 1t would be demonstrably
cheaper &C. have good roads than
poor ones. 1t is so here. A road
well built is easily kept in repair. A
mile Of good macadam is more east
ly supported than = poor horse.
CARE OF Bzrs.-Mrs. Upper says
that 'as soon as bees fly freely in
the spring, il is important to ex-
anime every hive and know their ex-
act condition. II the bees are in .
movable comb hive, It is easy, by
lifting cut the frames, to see the
amount Of the stores, and also to
discover. by the presence or absence
Of brood, II the colony has u queen.
Il 10 also easy, with ices in these
hives. to supply their wants. If .
colony has too little honey, it may
have . frame or two Of comb, con-
tanning honey, given to it from one
that can spare it. II neither eggs
nor brood, in any stage, are 70
be found in hive the LIST Of March,
yoa may he sure the colony is with
ous queen. AT that early period
it 10 not usually best to attempt to
supply the loss. The frames, bees,
and all, may be put with some 9TH
er that can make room for them
They win not quarrel. but win unite
peacsably. Queenless bees are not
disposed 70 quarrel. and other bees
will not trouble them IL in this con-
dition. Any colony, where the bees
do net carry in pollen briskly in the
FIRST warm spring mornings. should
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