Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-05-07

Man builds his castles fair and high,
wherever river runneth by,
Great cities rise in every and,
Great churches show the builders hand,
Great arches, monuments and towers,
Fair palaces and pleasing bowers;
Great work Ia done, be Z here or there,
And well man worketh everywhere;
Bat soork rest, raoteer befau,
The former he must feed them all.
RAINY days are the best to oil har-
ness. 1t saves time and the harness
dries slower, which is beneficial.
ENCOURAGE home manufactures, if it
does cost a little more at first. 1t will
all come back to you Ill various unno-
ticed avenues.
Why is it that some men always have
good crops in bad seasons? 1t is from
the fact that Providence helps those
that help themselves.
BE careful to battle horses, shoulders
Just beginning spring work, three times
day with cold water. If the shoulders
are tender, use a decoction of white oak
bark.
THE american Stock Journal says {:
<'For gravel III horses, give two-thirds
of tablespoonful OF saltpeter in little
salt, for three consecutive deys or take
a pint of watermelon seed, and boil it
in two quarts of water till reduced to
nearly one-half, and drench two morn
ings in succession your horse will be
cured"
VALUE OF HIDES AT HoME.-The skin
of an animal, whether COW, colt or
horse, that dies on the farm, is worth
more at home than at the tanners.
Cut it into narrow strips, and shave off
the hair with a sharp knife, before the
kitchen fire, or in your workshop on
stormy days and evenings. You may
make them soft by rubbing. a rawhide
halter strap an inch wide will hold a
horse and last longer than an inch rope
1t is stronger than hoop-iron and more
durable, and may be used to hoop dry
casks and boxes, and for hinges. Try
that has been split. Put 1t on wet and
nail it fast.
A WRITER who has devoted his life to
raising onions, says None but a
novice would ever thin onions. / did it
the first year, and spoiled full one
quarter of the crop by the operation,
and have never repeated it. Onions
will grow in punches, and / think bot
tom better where they crowd each
other, even though the center ones are
lifted entirely out of the ground. So
long as the roots reach into the soil the
bulbs viii keep On growing, though
they NAV be an inch or more above the
surface of the ground. Where the seed
is sown by drill, there will be no occa
sion for thinning, except possibly where
the drill stops, and spoonful of seeG
falls in one spot.
To DESTROY LICE.-Ihe best prepare
tons for the removal of lice from cat
tie, young or old, are salve of fresh lar(
ground up with fine sulphur Zone ounc,
of sulphur to four ounces of lard), anl
raw linseed oil mixed with kerosene OF
III the proportion of four parts of lin
seed to one of kerosene These shoult
be rubbed from between the ears al
around the backbone to the root of tn
tail about twice week. Two applica
tions are generally sufficient. The,
are not in any degree hurtful if they ar
licked by the cattle. Lice which hav
been placed in contact with a small
quantity of either of these mixture
were Immediately killed, while mel
curial ointment and carbolic acid faile
to kill them In several hours.-N. J
Tribune.
FACTS IN FArTENING CATTLE.-Bous
singault estimates that an OK weighin
74S pounds, fed upon 40 pound
per diem, will increase In weigh
about two pounds sally. Accord
ing to Mr.. Low, an OK weighin
TO pounds and consuming DOB pound
of turnips per week, if he thrives, WI
gain in the same time nearly fourtee
pounds in weight. Allowing 10
pounds of hay worth rs pounds of tul
nips, the increase is still about tw
pounds day.
Mr.. Dubois says the quantity c
green fodder consumed by an OK durin
the eight months when he is fattenine
is equivalent to $500 pounds of DIR
hay. The average ration of green fol
age per diem, he calculates, therefor.
is equivalent to about twenty-seve
pounds of hay.
Mr.. Stephenson estimates that Sc ps
cent of the whole animal will be butcl
-er's meat 8 per cent. tallow; 6per cen
hide and % per cent. entrails. This,
course, depends upon the condition
the beef-a fat one will yield great
per cent. of meat at fifty three to sixt
two per cent.-Rural NeW- Yorker.
The Household.
A GENUINE corn-pone is made thus
Corn meal and water mixed to rath
stiff batter, sailed to taste, and bak
well In = hot oven.
DRoP GINGER CAKE.-One cup of m
lasses, half cup of butter, half CT
of water, three cups of -four, two te
spoonfuls of ginger, one of soda DIR
with a spoon on buttered tin.
PLAIN CAKE.-One cup butter, o
cup of syrup, three cups of -four, b,
cup sweet milk, five eggs, one spo
cream-of-tartar, half spoon of sod
plenty of spice. Bake in square tt
LIGHT Com BREAD.-Scald one qua
white corn meal with one quart b
water then add half cup molasses, o
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