Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-03-07
Farm and Garden.

part OF Feoruary or tore part OF March.
Make the soil very rich, sow thickly
and transplant as soon as the young
plants are large enough to handle con-
veniently- Water, cultivate thoroughly, |
and make the plants grow rapidly, is
the only plan to secure good crop of |
crisp, tender lettuce.
Phinney's Early WatermeZon.-This is,
without doubt, the most valuable addi |
ton to our list of melons. The flesh is |
OF dark crimson celor, very compact. |
1t has thin rind, of mottled appear
ance, and is of most delicious flavor.
1t is very early, productive and keeps
well, being particularly valuable for
market gardeners.-PraiieF Farmer.
VIII Hons Lay Half the Year ?-Ordi-
narily they will not. In some instances
they will lay eight or nine months of
the twelve. There is much variation,
depending on breed and management.
It is not wise to base calculations on the
remarkable yield of an occasional flock,
published far and wide, for the very
reason that it is remarkable. Some
fowls will lay twelve dozen apiece year
1y, but seven or eight dozen is fair
yield.
Ring,oormS on HorSeS.-Wash the parts
with a strong infusion of bay berry bark;
wipe dry, and smear the denuded spots
with mixture composed of four ounces
of pyroligneous acid and one ounce of
turpentire.
TO Cure Scratches.-Take one pint of a
strong decoction of white oak bark,
one-half pint animal glycerine, two
drachms chloride of zinc; wash clean
with CASTLE soap, rub dry and apply the
wash. Once week give the animal a
ball of the following Saltpetre, resin,
ginger and CASTLE soap, equal parts,
naked with turpentine. Give good
sized ball; keep the bowels open with
bran mash.
To Remove Warts on Horses.-Procure
an ounce of concentrated muriatic acid
Esprit of salt) and apply to the top of
the wart with a thin, pine stick, morn
ing and night. The acid forms crust
which is easily taken off each day until
the wart is gone. 1t causes no pain, and
in due time the hair will appear on the
spot Keep he acid well corked and
out of reach of the children.
Winter Food for BeeS.-Use a strip
made of good brown sugar, the proper
ton of two pounds of sugar to little
more than a pint of hot water; boil il
and skim off the impurities the add
ton of half an ounce of glycerine will
prevent it from crystalizing. But good
sugar candy, placed between the combs
is the cheapest winter food.
.S,ceet Pork.-It is beyond doubt thai
cleanliness has much to do with the
flavor of pork. The filthy state il
which many fattening hogs are kept ha.
tendency not only to give rank taste
to the meat but to render it positively
unwholesome. A very common mod,
of penning hogs at this season is in
rail pen, without protection from the
weather. The consequence is that sucl
pens are not fit to keep a living anima
in; wet and filthy, cold and uncom
Portable as they are, hogs will not tax,
on fat, and great proportion of tn,
food is wasted, while the filth, con
siderable amount of which the hog
will consume, must be detrimental t,
their health and to the health of thos
who eat their flesh. 1t is not only safe
but more economical to give fattenin
animals good shelter and dry beds an,
litter and keep them quite clean. Tn
labor will be well repaid.
Mutton Hans.-Mutton hams are
very desirable addition to the farmer
table, in fact to any table. The mes
should be fat. To cure them, take tw
ounces of raw sugar to one ounce
common salt, and half teaspoonful {
saltpeter. Rub the meat with this mi,
ture and place it in deep dish. Be;
it, and turn it twice daily for thrt
days. Wipe it, and rub it again wit
the mixture. Next day beat it agai
and turn and beat and rub it alternate
for ten days. Then smoke for ten day
The meat should be eaten cold. Gu
venison hams in the same manner
Hint to Sngar-makers-M w. l. Char
berlain, of Hudson, Ohio, in a comm
nication to the American Agricultur
says: Last spring, in painting
of new covers for sap-buckets, it c
CURED to me to make one side red al
the other white. The object is thi
In gathering sap where the trees a
close together, and of course not
rows, it often puzzles man to tell viii
trees he has visited. 1t is harder sti
if two or three men gather to one tea
or when you have to 60 and empty t
barrels, or when night suspends t
WOTh Uutl IuO u0Al
The best local memory needs some he
Now, if when tapping you place all
covers red side up, for instance, and
the first gathering turn each cover 1OI
side ur when you take the sap from
bucket, there never will be any unc
tainty. You never will need run tc
tree the second time, nor miss Oh
You can tell ten rods off, by the co
of the cover, whether there is sap in
pail. Each gathering will change
color of all the covers. If one does
wish the expense of planning and pal
ing both sides, simple dab of !
paint one side will answer the purpo
One stroke of the brush will do. St
the covers ought to be planed q
painted on both sides, to keep tn
from soaking water, and from warp
in the SUD and they can just as ca.
be painted different colors on differ
sides. They ought to be turned o1
too, at each gathering. or they '
warp in time, even if painted. So