Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-08-27
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.


If every farmer and farmers son
would plant one tree each every year
and every farmers wife and daughter
cultivate half dozen flowers each, how
much brighter the country would be.
In Connecticut WORKOUT field was
fifty years ago planted in timber. The
field has yielded ten cords per year and
fencing for the farm for twenty years
past, and last year, when cleared, pro-
duced fifty cords per acre.
THrnE is good authority for saying
that beets will do we'll if transplanted
when the roots are of size ranging
from half an inch to an inch In diameter.
1t is not safe to transplant if the roots
are smaller. Democrat.
4 MASSACHUSETTS cultivator says, In
Secretary Flint's report, that he has
noticed in his garden that that por
ton which is hoed or cultivated with
the dew Upon the ground produces bet
ter crops than when hoed In the heat of
the day"
ACCORDING to a French veterinary
surgeon, if the inside of the ears and
other exposed parts of horses are painted
with few drops of the empyreumatic
oil Of juniper, flies will not annoy them,
the odor being uncomfortable to these
tormentors.
CARE You gong to make flower
bed here ?" asked young lady OF her
the orders" "Why it'll spoil our cro-
quet ground 70 Cant help it miss I;
your papa says he is bound to have this
plot laid out for horticulture, not hus-
bandry."
For stumbling horses, shoe the foot
as fat as possible, not having calks on
the shoe except in slippery going, and
then as low and short as possible and
vet prevent the horse from slipping.
The opposite foot should be shod like
the lame one. Never let'the smith pare
the frog OF the foot, whether sound or
otherwise.
ACCORDING to Endemann, meat cut in
slices and placed in room the air of
which is heated to 40 degrees, and only
allowed to enter and escape through
cotton filters, becomes so dry in three
hours that it can be ground, and, since
the albumen and fibrin are not coagu-
lated. it loses none of its nutritive
properties.
An observing farmer much prefers a
short-legged, broad-boned, full-bodied
COW that will keep in good condition on
good pasture to large, loose-built COW
that gives more milk in the season, but
Will not yield so much taking the sea-
son altogether. Tie finds that the lar
gest mixer is by no means the most
profitable COW to own.
In case of looseness of the bowels
in horses we would give half an ounce Of
prepared chalk and half an ounce OF
ground ginger In the feed once day.
As indigestion is probably the cause,
the feed should be carefully selected,
and what grain is given should be
ground. An ounce of salt should also
be given in the feed daily.
To CURE sleeplessness let the full
meal come IN the middle of the day.
Two hours after it has been taken wall
three or four miles, or ride twice thai
number. Eat light, easily digestei
supper, and pass the succeeding hours
till bedtime In a way agreeable, but no
exciting. Avoid causes of worry, an(
sleep in fresh bed and well-ventilatet
apartment.
A CORRESPONDENT of the CCentr1
Gentleman, after having experimental
to his hearts content with several kind
of grease, tobacco water, kerosene
ashes, unguentum, etc., for killing lie
on cattle, has arrived at the conclusion
that sulphur sprinkled on the animals
and well rubbed into the hair, and
tablespoonful given In meal daily for
week, is the simplest, safest, and sures
remedy he has ever tried.
A CORRESPONDENT of the NeW YOr
Tribune says: Hungarian grass @
millet may be sown for fodder crop a
late as the first of July. 1t should b
cut before the frostcuts it, and be cure
as hay, or Graded or raked up and pu
in bundles, like oats. These will prof.
ably be the best fodder crop to raise fo
horses. No grain is necessary whe
horses are not worked, if they hav
plenty OF this feed, which is nutritious
if cut early.
For paste for wall paper take ga
2Ou VI WdtC1, onN OA4h6 w OO14 IL
kettle, one quart of -four stirred up
cold water, and strain through slew
so as to hare no Jumps in it stir we
into the boiling water. then add or
teacupful of West India molasses. Il
it boil up once, and remove from I'll
fire, stirring it up occasionally till coo
This makes very adhesive paste, an
moisture In the room will not dampe
the paper through.
In making softsoap, first put in IL
hopper about one bushel of ashes an
pound them down then sprinkle on
little lime, and rnt on more ashes al
lime and pound down and so until IL
hopper is full. Then pour boiling wat
on until the strong I've is all run O
and then pour ON cold water to get son
weak I've. Then put two gallons
grease IN ten gallon kettle and let
fry Drown. Then put in a pint of strol
lye at each time, until you get t,
gallons in-keep boiling all the tim
Then add one gallon, and the next tir
two gallons, and when the kettle is tw
thirds full, fill up with weak lye al
when the kettle is full your soap is don
On is the simplest and safest reme'
against lice on cattle. When mix