Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-05-26
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
The Cheese. Bus,n.s..

4 mo Ohecscs u fme66.
10 certain extent the state of wiscon-
sin Is running to cheese-that is to saw
, very many enterprising gentlemen are es-
soiisning cneese factories. Every paper
that comes to us tells of new ones hrinn
built and speaks of the prospects thereof
Near Summit large factory is being bnilt
by Milwaukee men, and it will use 1p the
milk OF i've hundred cows I'm the manufac-
ture OF cheese. Of course the factory peo-
pie 90 not own all these cows but purchase
.ne MIX OF farmers about, who are enpag-
ing IA the business extensively, believing
IL TO De more profitable than raising wheat
the nucsuations of the wheas market con.
sidered. At Summit and at other points
the factory people pay one dollar per hun
drea pounds for the milk delivered at the
WORKS Thisis two cents per quart to the
farmer. One farmer talking to us, figures
In TINS way. He proposes to keep fifty
cows. On an average they will yield tan
quarts OF milk per day for eight months in
Tue year. Here is twenty cents q day
as tne result OF the cows efforts or S4S or
the season. From the fifty COWS the far
mer would receive the sum of SO 4Oo
ASIDE from this he would have saw forty
calves which he would sell at four dollars,
mah0g MS net profits say $4,000. Still
iurtner, all the time his land devoted To
pasturage, now pretty well worn out. would
Do growing richer and richer, and very
soon would be ready to give him a fine
yleld;of wheat How much il would cost
farmers to take3care of fifty COWS, to pas
ture them during the summer and bay feed |
them In winter We leave for each farmer In |
hgure out for himself, after which he can
easily decide whether raising milk for
cneese factories is as profitable as raising
farm produce generally.
Hungarian Grass,
Inc trouble about Hungarian grass is.
tnat 1t is not generally cut at the proper
time: L have raised it several years and
consider &C, 1t the very best hay for horses.
iney viii keep fat on it when on timothy
they will grow poor. L SOW one-half bush
Ell per acre. 1t then makes fine hay. and
on good land should weld from two 10
three tons to the acre. Cut it when IN the
olow before any seed is formed; wilt it in
tne swath the same as clover, and make in
the COCK. The stalk is nearly solid and
the nay very heavy, and if made in this
way Will be as green as grass, and horse
Will want little grain for ordinary farm
work L only feed grain IN the spring
when doing heavy plowing. Give your
horses all they will eat of il. and thew will
iat with decent usage. But if allowed to
turn yellow and form seed it is the same as
any other grain, and will, of course. in
Jure horse the same as if he were fed ,
wheat IN the bundle to excess. ANY over ;
iced OF grain is bad. 1t is better to rake il ,
py hand, but on a good soil you will tum-
Die up big cock in small space.-Prai-
rn Farmer. 9 s
To Keep Hams All the Year.
have tried various ways, and there are
several that will keep hams sweet and G
sound not only through the year but for /
TWO years. 1 have packed them in clean =
CASKS, first thoroughly sprinkling each ham t
with hickory wood ashes No insect ever
disturbed them. have put them in strong g
muslin bags, sewed them up, and hung \
them to spikes in the attic, we'll ventilated !
and they kept WELL have left ihsm in the | =
dark as Erebus, locked the :
door and kept the key, and never knew AN
nsec. to trouble them, and they we're al /.
Eavz In f1ne condition / have also put q
hem In bags as before, imbedded in sweet
,ut hay, and they came out wheneyerl
wanted, In the very best condition. In all q
'ases they should be hung up in a dry. u
,ool place.
1 have one thing, however, to say in this I
connection. No one need expect first I
lass hams who fails to cure them prom
'rly. fop
Constipated Cattle. j
Henry Nash, Paulding county, Ohio.
Srites tnat MS experience has taught him =
nat from one-quarter to one-half pound L
'ach OF common salt and EPSON salts will
ave hundreds of cattle's lives that annual 81
die from constipation or dried up "man. Il
fold, if given in time. He has given this b
lose but once to COWS that had passed.
bloody urine faces for several DAVIS and II Il
'perates quickly and thoroughly as a phys-
c, and the patient soon RECEIVERS. He A,
dds: u believe that many cattle are SUD- o,
'osed TO have bloody murrain when thew o,
,ass bloody urine and discharges, when Q
ne only trouble is the manifold has be-
ome SO dry that there is no passage thro'
hem; then thorough purging would bring al
hem all right Cattle will lick up the salt 81
nd salts very readily when given them" 10
To Retuvsrnate old Grape Wines, a
The editor of the Practical Farmer saws: n,
Having on our premises, planted by for OF
ler owners, probably twenty years AGO. til
alf dozen old grape vines, with LARGO m
'eather beaten trunks or stems, which cf
1ade annually but little wood and Welded al
ut very poor grapes, two seasons ago we 81 81
ut on the branches covering with about =
foot OF earth. Vigorous and healthy ca
hoots sprung up in great abundance-the gi
'eak ones of which were broken of, and A,
'adlng ones at proper distances trained to M NJ
ne arbor. The new growths are very ~ "
lean, healthy and strong-sufficient entire Pa
to cover the large arbor the present sea- NJ
On; we look Tor bushels of fruit from the
ew bearing wood. We see old grape vines
doing no good, and which m
ould be made young and thrifty by this ne n
rocess. aan
Manure for Potatoes. II
The Hearth and Home gives the follow. Sc
lg recipe for making a mineral manure sap
lat Is especially adapted to potatoes: Take ~
ne cask OF lime and slack it with water. ~
nd then stir in ii one bushel of fine salt.
nd shen mix In loam or ashes enough that
Will not become mortar; it will make We
bout five barrels. Put half pint in hill LEI
planting All manures Containing pot n4 m
ID are suitable for thepotato. Ashes con- az az
IN more than any other natural fertilizer. 30
I'D should be freely used and carefully Or
we'd. at,
swelied Legs of Horses.
A correspondent of the Western Farmer, ,
'ys: 81 saw In your paper that CORES IN
ondent wanted to know what to do with q
horse whose legs would swell Tell him Of
feed the horse plenty of roots-I mean eal
Irrots, potatoes, turnips or anything that -; ~
rs relaxing tendency. Flaxseed, boiled, th, n
good Feed bran, also, and keep him ms
ell groomed for grain. ed
The Richmond Capitol.
The capitol was built Immediately at the no
ose OF the Revolution. The model chosen rel
7 1t was the well known Ms.ison Carree at m IA
ismes, miniature pattern of which was -,
mt over from France by Mr. jefferson, but all all
le architect made many deviations from 1os
le model. whereby the effect of the bnild-
g was greatly impsired. 1t was always an