Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-12-17
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

THE Egyptian government has or
dered large quantity of wheat from
this country for seed.
WHITE winter rye has been sent out
by the Agricultural Department, and
reports from various quarters all speak
well of it.
THE manufacture of beet sugar in
Sacramento is going on successfully.
On September 30 the working up of
this years crop began. The crop will
be about 10000 tons. The field gang
consist of forty-five men, and the facto-
~ is worked by gangs of forty-five men
each, alternating night and day. The
quality of the sugar is said to be excel
lent.
The English farmers are mixing
wheat and barley and grinding together
in equal parts for fattening pigs. The
meal is mixed with boiled potatoes and
parsnips, and thus fed is said to make
very nice meat and make it very rapid
". This is done because wheat is
cheaper than other grains. Many of
our own farmers in the States nearer
the Rocky Mountains, East, are also
feeding some wheat.
The Patrons of Husbandry are now
the owners of several patents, namely,
harvester-the Werner-a hay rake,
and a seed drill. They also control
self-raker and mower, which sells for
$40. The hay-rake is sold for S25 and
the drill for $40. Other patents are be-
ing examined by the Executive Com
.ff ha II
be secured if found worthy, says the
Farmers Union.
THE Boston Journal of Chemistry
shows its ignorance when it says that
spreading manure In autumn is a waste.
Any observing farmer knows better.
Ii we could cover every rod of land I'M
der culture, grass land and all, with
stable man Ire, fresh or old, in the fall,
we should do So If the soluble min
eral matters leach down into the soil,
very well, that is the object. If any
dew viii restore it again.-Detroit
Tribune.
ORCHARD grass has withstood the
drought better than other grass, or even
clover. W. F. Tallant, of Montgome-
~ county, Va, writes to the Country
Gentleman that he was fortunate in
having most of his farm seeded to
orchard grass, as his moist bluegrass
bottoms failed. He has two barns filled
and a long row of stacks from his
orchard grass meadows. Timothy did
not head out, and clover was hardly
worth cutting. All the orchard grass
ho bod caa,, lid not oaox,,
by the drought.
The Farmers Journal, Cedar Rap
ids, Iowa, In an article on our State
agricultural societies uses the following
language 1t must be admitted that
our fairs, agriculture and horticultural
shows and meetings are among the
Walt Die educators of the land. Agri-
culture is an old pursuit, but a new
study, and is daily becoming more and
more appreciated by the people through
the varied associations for its advance
ment. The State societies hold fairs
that are very interesting and profitable,
but do they In any measure afford an
swers to the numerous questions which
they propound? Do they improve
themselves, their methods and results,
as they might by greater interchange
of thought and expererience,
A CORRESPONDENT of the Iowa Fine
Stock Gazette says that it is fact that
many varieties of seed lose their vitali-
ty by drying, and blue grass retains its
vitality but short time in dry state.
By cutting and sowing as soon as cut, it
will generally prove successful and fur
nish a good sod the next year after
sowing. 1t will be found more sue
cessful where it is sown on land that
has been well tramped by cattle, and
the vegetation mostly killed out. Sow
ing on old pastures where the cult
waited grasses have been partially killed
out, is very good plan for starting
blue grass. Sowing on the ground
with no covering, is the most natural,
as well as most successful plan with
all kinds of grass seed.