Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-05-14
FARM, HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN.
The Farm.

The Farm.
GRAND,IorHER GREY by the window sat,
And looked at the setting sun,
And watched the cows as they slowly came
From the pasture one by one;
And back again 10 the "long ago
Her memory travelled fast,
While -ne dim eyes closed rs she lived again
Mid scenes OF the happy past.
s.Let me see,- she murmured 90 All, yes, know;
1t was there by the pasture gate.
That Robin with milking pail and stool
For my coming used to watt
1t was Just a week of our wedding day
That he fell so sick-and died;
And laid my heart ia the grave with him,
And loved none other beside.
.sBut. ali it was for my fathers sake
That welded Farmer Grey,
And we've both been tender and true and kind
As the years have slipped away.
But wonder much when the hour comes
That my soul be called above,
Shall 1, a. the wife of Farmer Grey,
Seek Robin. my only love ="
And the sun went down in the golden west
And the COWS came safely home,
As Grandmother Grey by the window sat,
While her thoughts seemed yet to roam,
But the angels came for her waiting soul
While the twilight shadows fell,
and Grandmother Grey, the farmers wife,
With Robin has gone to dwell
WE have faith in future prices to be-
lieve it will pay to feed hogs ffty-cent
corn.
DRIVES and walks should not be in
jured by heavy teams when they are
soft with spring rains.
HoRsERADIsH should be about every
mans premises. 1t is delicious relish,
especially in early spring.
THE way for farmer to trust in
Providence is to do faithful hard work
and attend strictly to his farm.
A HoosIER farmer says that we should
select white seed corn with white cobs,
and yellow seed corn with red cobs.
LET all good men lay down this rule,
that when the men stop for lunch or
supper, the horses should be fed also.
CALVES are very apt to scour after
learning 70 drink. Now, nine times IN
ten, this is not diarrhea, but simply in
digestion, and little rennet with their
milk viii effectually obviate the diff
Guilty.
GEORGE T. Wilcox, of the american
Rural Home, says his experience is to
the effect that in draining land the ex-
pense of properly laying stone and fill
ing Up the ditch is more than that of
buying and putting down tile.
SCRATCHES IN HORsEs.-Take white
pine pitch .rosin, beeswax and honey.
one ounce each; of fresh lard, one-half
pound melt well together over slow
fire; stir till thick, SO that the parts
may not settle and separate. This also
makes an excellent application for
harness gals, cuts and sores of all kinds
on horses and cattle.
SOME paper has stated that sulphur
fed to sheep will prove a sure remedy
for ticks. This is true under favorable
circumstances. An occasional feed of
one tablespoonful of sulphur to one
quart of salt will prove beneficial to
the general health of sheep, and if they
are in good order will keep ticks away
without fail But no amount of sui
phur will kill the ticks on sheep which
are already overrun with them and
pinched up with little food. A daily
feed of grain will prove of more bene-
fit by interposing layer of fat between
the muscles.
An English gardener suggests what
seems good plan for Kidding houses OF
ants. 1t is at least safer than scattering
poison. Bits of dry, clean sponge,
sprinkled over with sugar, are placed
in the vicinity of the ant runs they
quickly fill all the interstices, and may
be dipped into boiling water for few
seconds, and again used in the same
manner on second crop. Bones with
a small portion of meat attached prove
also an excellent bait, and bottles con
tanning little sweet oil, placed neal
the nests, will entice ants In consider
able numbers.
THE New York Herald says there j.
no use in manllring land to grow weeds
in buying tools to rust out under {
stone wall in erecting buildings to ro
away for want of paint and care il
buying animals and leaving them t.
the unhindered action of disease IL
accommodating manure to fill the al
with its calculations and the brook
with its teachings; in raising forage t.
floor barn with in buying land t.
yearly lose its strength and virtue; il
growing crops to feed UNDECIDED insects
Yet more than one of these defects ma
be seen on almost every farm in TIN
country, and the extent to which the
lower the average success OF our farm
ers is greater than would be believed.
CUT-WoRMs.-We have succeeded i
greatly reducing the numbers of thi
pest by enticirg flock of poultry int
the field while it was being plowed
The fowls followed the pillow closely
picking up every cut-worm exposed
ana searching every furrow for more
There is no other way of Kidding th
fields of these vermin but by encoul
aging heir natural enemies-crows an
blackblrds. While these creatures al
killed or driven off we shall suffer frol
the depredations of the insects whic
are their natural prey. To prevent til
destruction of the young corn by tt
cut-worms to some extent, the see
should be rolled in common pine t.
and then dried in plaster before it
sown-NetU York Times.
Household Suggestions