Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-08-25
FARM. GARpgs AND nousEHoLD.

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How TO MOVE STooKs OF Conn have
useful Implement on my farm that /
have never seen with any one else that Is,
of the same kind aud for the same purpose
1t is boat for drawing stock or shock
corn, made In the following manner: Take
five sixteen feet stock boards, one foot
wide of first-class quality, and bolt four
pieces across the top of them at equal dis
tances. The one at the forward end had
better be made of hard wood. Then take
chain and attach it to the
head piece so that it will pass be-
tween the two outer and the three mid
die pieces that compose the bottom,
and have il extended forward about foot,
where it should be attached to the double
tree, where you can hitch two. three or
even four horses abreast. This is decided
ly the best thing that | have ever used for
moving stock or shocked corn. 1t will
draw easily over the grass in the fall or
spring, and if In winter there is a slight
fall of snow, so much the better. Last
winter drew twenty acres of corn on one
and liked 1t very much, it was SO easy to
load and unload. The corn, OF course
should be placed on the boat crosswise,
and if it is dry very large load can be
taken at once. Any farmer can make one
OF these contrivances in one or two hours
time o.s.o
How To MAKE CUTTINGS Grow. When
alluding to the manner of propagating cut
tings, the New England farmer says that
it has been ascertained that cutting will
develop roots m1ch sooner in moist sand
han in rich soil. But the sand cannot
maintain its growth for any length of time
To prepare pots for raising cuttings they
should be filled nearly to the brim with
rich garden loom-dark and porous, not
clayey and soggy; then pour in one inch in
depth of securing sand-sea sand will do as
well as the yellow sand. Wet this thorough
ly and place the cuttings, from which all
but the three or four upper leaves have
been removed, close to the side of the pot:
the contact of the ware against the stem OF
the cutting promotes its growth. Press the
wet and firmly around the tiny stem. A
great deal of your chance for success in
raising slips or cuttings depends upon this,
Plant a many cuttingsas the pot will hold,
from six to dozen, according to the size
of your pot; when they are firmly set iu the
sand two or three can be inserted In the
middle OF the pot, set them away in q dark
warm place for twenty-four or thirty-six
hours. Thus cuttings will grow quickly in
a hot bed, because the temperature is not
dry. Their growth depends a great deal
upon light, heat, and moisture il bud is
close at the base of cutting, it will strike
root more easly-is not so apt to decay.
The roots shoot from bud, and the lower
down 1t Is, the surer your success.
When the leaves drop, the plant is COM
mencing to grow; if they wiiher on the
stem, it has began to decay. By following
these directions no one can fail to grow
all kinds of house plants. Roses and all
the rarest flowers of the green house are
propagated in this manner
The PURPLE BEEcH.-This is one OF the
most strikingly beautiful lawn trees. In
spring or early summer, when the leaves
are still tender and but partially devel-
oped, the effect produced on them by the
bright sunshine is really marvellous, and
when the foliage is viewed under certain
conditions, is beautiful in the extreme. Ii
the tree is brought In the range of vision
between the spectator and the sun, it will
have the appearans of being on fire, and
Int up, as it were, with an intensity OF color
tht any painter might love to dwell on.
The purple beech is native of Germany,
and all the varieties which now exist
sprang FROM a single tree which was dis
during the last century. There are now
many fine specimens OF this beautiful tree
to be found in many parts of the United
States.
Both in nurseries and in private grounds
1t is so much admired that wherever it is
known in this country, the demand has
been generally greater than the supply.
The. e is variety of this which is also
very conspicuous in its foliage and is much
sought after 1t is called the copper beech
on account of the foliage being of deep
copper hue, that continues to grow darker
as the season advances, until it becomes
almost black. 1t has always been my aim
10 introduce the purple beech and its vari-
cites into both private and public grounds
as the opportunity presented itself, and
the trees could be obtained, as objects wor-
thy OF prominent place on the lawn; as
it lis suited to almost any kind OF soil that
Is dry, but grows with most vigor oil clay
loan. - William Webster, IN Hortic,,ltmist.
Ii APPEARS, from the Nashville Journal
OF Medicine and Surgery, that the tea-plani
Is now successfully cultivated near Knox.
vile, Tenn. 1t has been raised ere for
the last ten years, the original plants hav.
ing been obtained from the Agricultural
Department at Washington in 1855 The
plant is said TO be hardy, and needs no
protection from frosts. Good judges pro
nounce it to be not inferior in fragrance
and flavor the to imported Young Hyson
HERE are four coed habits-punctuali
ty, accuracy, steadiness and dispatch
Without the first of these, time is wa ted
without the second, mistakes the mos
hurtful TO our credit and interests and thai
, OF others, may be committed. without the
third, nothing can be well done; and with
, out the fourth, opportunities of great ad
vantag IS are lost, which it is impossible tc
; recall. f--.fs -tf.-f
How TO TREAT KICKING Cows.-A FRIEND
told US the other day ci a method of treat
, ment that no had found successful in cur
ing cows of the habit of kicking while being
r MIXED. 1t is as follows: As the Gov
stands in the stancheon. he puts bull
, ring in her nose, throws the rope attached
. 10 the ring over a beam or girt above th,
head of the COW, and drawing her head a.
g high as possible without raising her fee
, from the floor, makes fast the end of tn,
rope. The COW cannot kick while standing
in this strained position, and the milkinj
0 process is then conducted gently and rapid
ly. As soon as she learns that she has
nothing to fear from the mixer, but ever,
: thing to fear from the riEg-and thi
( knowledge she is said to acquire Iapidly-
a she is cured of her disagreeable habit
: young heifer may often be cured by
/, single application. ~
81 PRUssING's VINEaAB.-As the picklin,
e season is now at hand, and many house
4 keepers are concerned about getting Vine
gar that will keep their pickles, We deem j
r our duty to inform our readers that Prus
e sings Vinegar is admitted by all who hav
It tried it to have no superior in the marke
b for this purposo. Mr.. Prussing warrant
his Vinegar to be free from all poisonou
S acids, and to preserve pickles His work
9 are the largest of the kind in the Unitet
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