Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-01-30
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Multunn in Parvo.

FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Multum in Parvo.
The following twelve paragraphs are
worthy of place among the most valued
rules that should govern well-regulated
farm:
l. When fruit trees occupy the ground,
nothing else should-except very short
grass.
2. Fruitfulness and growth of the tree
cannot be expected the same year.
3. There is no plum that the curculo
will not take, though any kind may
sometimes escape for one year in one
place.
5. Pear blight still puzzles the great
est men. The best remedy known is to
plant two for every one that dies.
6. If you don't know how to prune,
don't hire man from the other side of
the sea who knows less than you do.
7. Don't cut off big lower limb IN
less you are renter and don't care
what becomes of it when your time is
out.
8. A tree with the limbs coming out
near the ground is worth two trees
trimmed up five feet, and is worth four
trees trimmed up ten feet, and SO until
they are not worth anything.
9. Trim down, not up.
10. Shorten in, not lengthen out
IL. If you had your arm cut off, you
would feel it ct your heart-a tree will
not feel, but rot to the heart.
-. When anybody tells you of a gar
dener that understands all about horti-
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be hired, don't believe word of it, for
there are none such to be hired. Such
man can make more than you can af-
ford to give him, and if he has sense
enough to understand the business, he
will also have enough to know this.
To Prevent Mice from Girdling Trees.
An orchardist gives the following as his
method of preventing mice from mjuring
trees in winter:
take about one bushel of shore sand
and spread it about six inches high
around every tree. With horse and cart
[ fix 100 trees in three hours This
method has several advantages over the
snow-tramping process. First, the snow
hugs close to the sand, and needs no
tramplng, as there is no grass around
the tree, and the mice find no passage;
and this is done in fair weather, without
going out stormy days. Second, the
sand is no fertilizer, and will DO for sew
eral years, as no grass will grow upon it.
Third, it will give the tree more vigor.
While the grass before robbed the roots
OF their nourishment and moisture, the
dews being evaporated by the winds
blowing through the standing grass, they
are now, instead, absorbed by sand and
easily carried by gravity to the hidden
roots. Fourth, it will save all trees for
merly destroyed by mice, which is in
some years from % to 80 per cent.
Linseed Tea.
Two handouts Of seed In a gallon and
a half of boiling water makes tea of a
suitable strength. The seed should be
placed in vessel and the water poured
upon it. Cover it closely for quarter
of an hour or SO, and then add two quarts
OF cold water; it is then fit for use. The
american Veterinary Journal says that
this is not only valuable as restorative,
but is very effective in cases where the
respiratory or digestive organs are in
famed. The editor of the Journal used
it very successfully in the influenza
which prevailed few weeks ago in the
North, and which has now, if report be
true, nearly run its course in the Gulf
States. The mucilage and oil which the
seed contains lubricates the parts and
soothes the inflammation; besides which,
the nutritious properties are very con-
siderable. The animal generally drinks
the tea with eagerness, and in the event
of prostration from the effects of disease
this is to be reckoned as a great gain.
A little honey added makes the tea more
better as medicine. 1t is also useful
in acute or chronic diseases of the URN
airy organs or of the kidneys.
Device for Measuring Land.
An Iowa farmer recommends the fol-
lowing device for measuring land: Take
two Stats about six feet long, sharpen
one end of each, lay them upon a floor
like pair of open compasses, so that
the points shall be exactly five feet six
inches apart; now nail the other two
ends together and a piece across the
middle, so that it will look like the letter
A, and the measure is finished. TO
measure land, place one point at the
starting place and the other also on the
ground in a straight line for destination;
stand alongside the machine, with one
hand on top of it; take one ste ID forward.
tip up the point that is behind, swing it
around from YOU on the other point,
and set it in line also. A person in this
manner can measure correctly as fast as
he can walk-three spaces make rod
walk straight without stopping, count
the spaces, divide these by three and
you have the rods.
A WeN-to-tio Glass.
We hazard the assertion that no class
of equal average means live so well as
American farmers. One of these, pos
sessing a farm and buildings worth from
tixrp 70 Ion LII