Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-07-16


Oft finding the noblest, the purest and best,
Where hearts are the humblest. with sweet content
blest.
A sToCK-KEEPER says he has never
failed to relieve a choked animal by
raising its head as if for drenching and
throwing down its throat a broken
hens egg, shell and all.
In digging a tree, always turn the
side of the spade toward the stem of
the tree, and lift out the earth carefully,
and the small rootlets will thus be
loosened and preserved uniniured.
To CURE brittle boots wash the horses
feet clean when dry apply with brush
to the hoof only, a coating of this mkt
ture: Fish oil, part; vegetable
tar, one part; oil of tar, one-eighth
part.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, composed
of hay and straw, very finely cut, well
mixed with crushed oats or rye, and
moistened with solution of rapeseed
or hnseod oil-cake, and then well
worked and formed into tablets under
pressure, have been for some time en-
ployed in France as a convenient and
DN4t0O4O -OOt III hO1oCc.
THE Agriculturist manifests the
right spirit when it says that "a good
boy will often do as much work as a
man. But you must know how to treat
him in order to make him useful Give
him the best tools, the best pillow, the
steadiest team and the newest harness.
If he breaks anything do net scold, but
help him to repair damages and encour-
age him to do better"
GATHER the feathers that lie so plen-
tifully about the hen-house. Cut the
plumes from the stems and put the
former in a course bag. When the bag
is full, close it and let it be kneaded
thoroughly with the hands. In five
minutes the feathers become Disagree
gated and felted together, forming a
light and homogeneous down, which
can be used in various domestic pur-
poses.
In a lecture before British agricult-
ural association, Mr.. Cassie, Y. S.,
says that the reason why whole grains
appear In horse manure is because the
horse is watered soon after being fed.
The most OF the water drank by horse
passes directly through the stomach to
the large intestines, and grain just
swallowed is liable to be carried along
with the water, instead OF remaining in
the stomach.
GREAT care should be taken in drying
off cows. Don't trust TO the advice of
some, and allow the COW to dry her
self off when you do not wish to pre-
serve the milk further Every few days
draw all the thick milk allow none to
remain. This is often the cause of the
loss of portion OF the udder, and the
multiplication of "three tilted" cows,
which is equivalent to loss of the COW
for profitable milking. -Lire- Stock
Journal.
ARTIcHoKEs AS Stock FooD.-A cor
respondent of the Kansas Farmer re-
lates the following experience with arti-
chokes:
/ planted about one-fourth acre with
about one-half bushel, cut very small,
dropped in burrows two feet anda halt
apart and about eleven inches apart in
rows gave them about the same atten-
ton as potatoes. Early in September
/ cut them before frost and used the
stalks to roof my stable, thinking they
we're good for nothing else; but ]
found it very difficult to keep my horse
from eating himself outdoors. He
would leave corn and hay for these
stalks. / think had about fifty bush
els on the one-quarter acre but they
were very small, which made it tedious
gathering them / think they were too
thick. / shall plant again this year.
top the stalks once or twice during the
season, to make them "stocky"; cut
before frost shock as corn when cured,
stack and cut them in machine, mix
with bran, steam or cook them if con-
venient.
1 think dhey will furnish a large
amount of valuable feed. think the
roots or tubers will grow all winter,
when the ground is not frozen. Dig
In the spring, or turn your hogs In tC
dig them for you. They are choice
feed for mich cows, and, coming as they
do early in the spring, when succulen
food is scarce, help the yield of butter
House hold Helps.
SroNEMAsoN's sawdust is far better
than soaplfor cleaning floors and 1T Ii
much more economical.
To BLEACH LAcEs, ETc.-Soak then
In soapsuds over night, then turn boil
ing water over them and let them lie IL
it until cool. Squeeze out of the waite
and put in very strong blue water. A
night put them ON the grass in tn
dew. If not white enough repeat tn
process.
To PREVENT flies from injuring pictur
frames boil two or three onions in
pint of water then with gilding-brusl
apply to your frames, and the flies vii
not light on the article SO washed
This may be used without apprehen
sion, as it will not do the least harm t
the frame.
SET one quart of water on the stove
put into it piece of rosin the size of
walnut. The heating of the water wi
add peculiar property to the atmos
phere of the room, which will Civ
great relief to persons troubled with
cough. The same rosin will do 70
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