Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-12-02
agricultural.
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.

care shonld be taken to avoid all his influ-
ences that may disturb digestion. Promi-
nent among these is deficiency of cloth
! ing. The human body. like any other
thing of greater warmth than the surroun-
ding air, has constant tendency to part
with its excess of heat by radiation, and
to check this cooling process we envelop
ourselves In non-conductlng fabrics. 1t
stands to reason that the greater surface ex-
posed, the more rapidly will radiation take
place, and yet we frequently see children,
with chest, arms, and legs barred by fash
ion, in the coolest weather, without regard
to the general depression of temperature,
which must also involve that of the diges
tive organs
The diet of children should be regulated
by consideration of their functional ca
pacities. In infancy, nature furnishes in
the mothers milk all the required elements
In condition requiring no mechanical
treatment, but merely simple chemical ac-
ton. A little later, the first teeth begin
TO make their appearance, food easily sep
arated may be allowed, and as the masticat-
ing apparatus advances towards perfection,
articles requiring more tearing and grind
ing may be gradually added to the cata-
logue. The activity of the dibesting Sc
cretions increases in proportion to dental
development, so that many substances
(such as potatoes) which are easy to masti-
cate are not digestible in early childhood.
The milk of different animals vary in
constitution as regards the proportion OF
their constituents, human milk containing
more water and sugar than that of the ecow.
For this reason, when an infant is s'hroueht
up by hand" or in the process of weanlng,
it is usual to dilute and sweeten cow S milk
in frh hi o.
ard. Goats milk for the same purpose
would require more dilution but 10 sweet
ening-its percentage of sugar exceeding
even that of the COW. 1t is extremely doubt
full, however, whether the addition of the
water to cows milk serves any good pur-
pose, and it is certain that far too much is
usually added. Human milk contains
about 80 parts of water in 100; cows milk
about &C. or three parts less in 100; vet to
compensate for this slight difference the
latter is commonly diluted with double its
bulk of water before giving it to the han.
gry baby. Be it always remembered that
an infants properest food is its own moth
er's milk. and that she who can suckle her
child, and does 1T not is guilty OF serious
offence against Gods lava. J. CARROLL,
in Hnper'S Magazine for Nouember.
GETTING REPUTATION FOR BUTTER. One
reason why farmers, who make really choice
butter, do not get the price for it that IT
is really worth is that by the present meth
cd of marketing it, it is ordinarily mixed
with butter of an inferior quality, which is
made by other parties. The country mer-
| chant often takes all the lots that come in
during the day, packs in firkin aud sends
them to market. 1t is plain that by this
practice the lot, If sold on its merits, would
bring the price of the mixed butter-good
bad and Indifferent which is princi-
pally of the two latter kinds.
We have long thought that an improve
ment might be made ill the handling of
butter by means of which each manufae-
tnrer might enjoy the reputation and have
the pecnniary benefit of making good but.
ter; while an eqnal amount of good might
be effected for the consumer This may be
done in having butter marketed i'm small
packages that could be sold along with their
contents. This has lately been the case in
the marketing of small frnits and every
one is pleased with the plan. There is no
trouble in weighing or measuring the fruit,
no expense for something to put il in for
the purpose of taking it home.
Ifbutter could be packed in nice little
vessels containing two three, or five
pounds, they could be got to the consumer
through one less set of dealers than is now
/ the case, and there would be so much
saved in expense. The boxes must be made
! of some cheap material, so that they can he
given away, and by SO do ng, but little be
added to the price of the butter. These
boxes could be marked with the makers
name and place of residence by means of
stencil plate or printed label. Other neat
devices could also be added if desired.
The packages would of course cost some
thing, bnt rs they would save paying return
freight on the tubs, crooks or firkins that
are now used, they would IN AXE little addi-
tional expense.
By means OF these packages the barter
trade in butter would be mostly stopped;
since the butter makers could keep their
packages till they got a sufficient number
to send them direct to city market. But
ter in this shape would always be bought
in preference to that sent to market in
bulk, becau the consumers would know
whose butter they are buying, and for the
additional reason that 1t would be in such
excellent shape to be carried about. II
would be a desirable thing if portion of
the package could be glass SO that the but
ter could be seen from the outside, aud
better still if it could be openedso as to en-
able customers to examine the contents.
Prairie Fdrmer.
PRICES FOR FARM PRoDUcTs. is NO
business which is not sometimes carried on
at loss, and farming is no exception to
the rule Farmers have no fixed rule in
regard to selling. When prices are high,
f they are more inclined TO hold on, in hope
that they will be higher; and when prices
, are low, they are often in hurry to sci
for fear they Will be lower. There can bt
no doubt that wheat ought to be higher
this fall than it should haze been last fall
: But it is very doubtful whether We shall ge
; a paving price Powerful as the agricul
tural press has become, it is not yet capa
BILE of inducing farmers to combine togeth
{ er for their own interests. The time il
| coming, however, when we shall know how
, much 1t ought to cost us to produce
> bushel of wheat in an average
season, and we shall refuse to sell unles
we get fair price. People must eat
and it would seem that producers had th
/ question of price in their own hands. II
!, | a certain extent this is true; but with th
2 moderate means of transportation we cal
e never permanently get unreasonably higl
> prices. We have to compete with tn
9 whole world, and the problem we have
, solve is. how to raise our products a
: nation. If wages are too high, they mus
9 come down. In this respect, however
y farmers must compete with other indus
. tries. Men will not work for us for les
o than they can get in the nurseries or mai
g ket gardens, or on railroads or canal:
q They will not dig bitches on the farm fo
Q less wages per day than they get for dig
Q ging sewers in the cities. The trouble
e present is, that we have to pay great dei
/, more in the country than the same cias
9 of labor is worth in the cities. Onl
e think of a man earning S5 25 day in dil
r ging underdrsins ]. HARRIS, IN Americd
g Agicuiturist.
DOES 1T PAY.--There are many differeI
: opinions expressed about the time to sc
, wheat and other grains Some. confer
!, that wheat should be held from time
! time until fair price can be realized. v
: nave always said that the best time to Sc
!, is directly after harvest, taking one ye
. with another. This has been practical