Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-08-06
FARM AND HOME.
Practical Suggestions.

ter applied to the soil, nearly every
species of worm that is found will be
killed, and the plants not injured.
Tobacco viii also destroy most kinds of
worms but lime is preferable, because
it aids in dissolving the plant-food in
the soil. thereby stimulating growth.
Watering the plants with lime-water,
once a week, will be sufficient to kill
the worms In the soil and stimulate
growth.
BEETs may be transplanted success
fully. The proper time to transplant is
when the root is an inch or more in di-
ameter, which will be in this month or
next. The tap-root should be cut off
and the leaves at the top. This will in
sure growth. The leaves, if left upon
the root, would draw all the moisture
from it, and the plant would die.
When the leaves are cut off half an inch
above the crown the evaporation cannot
take place, and the growth of root and
new leaves is simultaneous.
A NEATLY-KEPT cellar is pretty good
guarantee of health of the family whose
members are breathing the air from it
day and night. Everybody believes in
having pure air to breathe; but we are
sorry to tell the truth, that thousands
are breathing impure air on account of
foul cellars. What are the essentials of
a good cellar? 1t must be dry it must
have stone walls outside and division
walls of either stone or brick the floor
of cement, upon foundation of cobble
stones previously imbedded into the
earth by means of a heavy maui, handled
by twomen ;plasterea oailing and walls;
complete ventilation means of large
windows. If thesr -,Ints are secured,
the cellar becomes she most important
room in the house.
THE simplest and surest remedy for
scours in sucking colt is to give the
dam an ounce of prepared chalk once a
day in her feed. If the colt can be
made to drink, half pint of rice water
sweetened with crushed sugar may be
given to it. The rice water Is made by
boiling teaspoonful of rice in pint
of water until it has become reduced
one-half 1t should be given warm. If
the colt will not take it, four times the
quantity should be given to the dam
once day with the chalk. Possibly
the colt may be induced to eat some
boiled rice sweetened or salted If so,
that would be useful or it may be in
duced to lick some chalk mixed with
sugar or salt. Any of these methods
may be tried with probable success.
Mr.. POTTER WARREN, of New Hamp-
shire, at a recent agricultural conven-
ton, gave the following easy and cheap
method of reducing bones. If the
farmer viii set aside a cask, In some
convenient place, for the reception of
bones, and throw all that are found on
the farm into 1T, he will be likely to
find collection at the end of the year
that will prove a valuable adjunct to
his manure heap: Place them in a
large kettle, mixed with ashes, and
about one peck of lime to the barrel
of bones. Cover with water and boil.
In twenty-four hours all the bones,
with the exception, perhaps, of the
hard shin-bones, will become so much
softened as to be easily pulverized by
hand. They will not be In particles of
bone. but in a pasty condition, and In
excellent form to mix with muck, loan,
or ashes. By boiling the shinbones
ten or twelve hours longer, they will
also become soft.
A CORRESPONDENT at Mulberry Grove
sends us what he recommends as the
best cure for hog cholera known. The
recipe was first published in the Prai.
RTE Farmer some years since. The
quantity given is sufficient for 100 hogs,
and is mixed with slop enough for g
few doses, say pint of the slop to the
hog each time. This is the recipe
Take of sulphur two pounds; black
anthony, one-half pound; arsenic
two ounces. Our correspondent says
he has tried the above on lot of fifty
hogs, and cured all that were able tx
walk to the trough to eat the slop
Prof. J. B. Turner also published tn,
following preventive in the same papel
in 1864, which our correspondent say
he has seen used with perfect satisfac
ton: "One peck wood ashes, fou
pounds salt, one pound each of blacl
antimony, copperas and sulphur, one
fourth pound saltpeter. Pulverize am
mix, moisten, and put in trough I'M
der shed where the hogs can have FIRE
access to it. "-Greenville (IU.) AduC
cate.
THE North British Agriculturist, i
an article on vermin on cattle, give
some suggestions as how to treat tn
pest. It would take time by the fore
top, and on the slightest indication @
their presence, make prompt examins
ton, and if lice are detected apply
remedy. 1t is senseless, it says, I
wait until the unfortunate wretch ha
removed the hair from his own skin an
spread his tormentors among hi
fellows. The pedicui or lice, of whic
every animal has its own peculis
species, are not difficult to kill.
good scrubbing with soft soap an
water will remove them. Linseed, {
any other oil, prevents their migratin
and destroys them; but the efficacy I
the oil is increased when to every pir
is added an ounce of impure carbol
acid. or of Burnstt's zinc chloride solI
ton. Decoctions of tobacco and stave
acre also poison the vermin, an onnce
the pint of water being generally USE
Where the animals have been much IL
tested, second dressing should tai
place about week after the first, an
brushing. cleanliness, and usually