Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-07-30
AGRICULTURAL.

caSitf UdilnS. l. Ne press can De move
easier than you can pitch from the rea
of a wide stack. In building the stack
unload alternately on different section
of the stack; this will allow the air t
circulate through each load before it i
settled down by another placed upon il
About three gallons Of salt thrown int
a load of hay will preserve Its sweet
ness. Three quarts are recommends,
by hay farmer.
BEANS FOR Stock FEED.-A Canada,
farmer says, although white beans ar,
of no value for fattening stock, We
they are the best things that can be fec
to yeung animals, as they contain tn,
necessary materials for making bone,
and muscle. For a young colt one pin
of beans and oats crushed together viii
be found much better than oats alone
A neighbor of mine few Years ago fec
his store-ewes with a regular allowance
OF beans and peas crushed, during the
winter, and, as a consequence. the mex,
spring never lost a lamb. They were
so strong that they were on their feet
and tried to suck as soon as they were
dropped.
WHAT IS A FLOODED HORSE Pie is a
horse having more than an ordinary
amount of drops or pounds of blood in
his system In proportion to his size and
weight. This large amount of blood
acts upon his system through large
heart, and CORRESPONDENCE large ar
teries and veins; and, put in motion, it
acts IN driving him to speed, the same
as an increased amount of fire under
the boiler drives off a greater amount
of steam, and makes the machinery 60
faster. This large amount of blood also
acts In refining the skin, making it and
the horse finer than in horse of less
blood it reirss and gives elasticity to
the muscles, the feet, etc. it refines
the entire horse, making strong the
valuable parts, and fitting the whole
system for speed and endurance.
SwARsIING BEEs.-A bee-keeper gives
the following plan to prevent a swarm
of bees from getting away from the
hive, with the statement that after ten
years experience he has never known it
to fail but once /: As soon as they show
the first symptoms of swarming, stop up
some of the outlets to the hive so as to
force them to be considerable time
coming out. The swarm being made up
In part of young bees, many of whom
cannot fly we'll, and as nothing can be
done by the swarm until all are out. and
fly about in the air, by prolonging their
exit, the feeble ones become tired, and
finding their plans frustrated, they
allght to arrange their journey. If
they can leave the old hive all at once.
they care verv little about alighting.
TENDER-F FOOTED HORSES. old man
who had much experience in handling
and dealing In horses for more than
half century, said to me recently that
he had never known a horse to get ten
der-footed that was kept loose in shed
and yard, or In boxed stall. That
turning around and treading with their
forward feet in the manure, keep them
constantly moist and soft. His theory
appeared perfectly reasonable to me.
/ have no box stalls, but I used shaw
ings for bedding, and every morning
with large shovel, moved the wet
shavings under the horses forward feer,
and then the last thing at night covered
these with dry shavings for him to lie
on. He also remarked that he never
knew hat-footed horse but that was
good worker.-C0r. Lire Stock Journal.
To DESTROY CURCULIos.- have seen
various methods of keeping these insects
of plum-trees, but none so simple nor
yet so effectual as the following: Soak
corn-cobs IN sweetened water until thor
oughly saturated; then suspend them
TO the limbs of the trees little while |
after blooming, being sure to burn the
cobs after the fruit ripens, as they will |
be found full of insects. A good plan |
IS to change the cobs every few weeks.
My theory Is this: that the insects de- |
posit their eggs in the cobs in prefer
ence to doing so in the young plums.
The first season / tried it upon one or |
1wo trees only, and in the summer was
rewarded by good crop of as fine plums
rs ever ripened, while those on the 9TH
sr trees fell off when about half grown.
Next spring found sweetened corn-cobs |
dangling from the limbs of all my plum |
trees, andthe summer found them full
Of delicious fruit CORES. German
oa0n Telegraph.
TRAP FOR CUT WoRxs. The Ameri- |
,an Agricuiturist gives the following:
An old shovel handle is split for about |
\ foot with fine saw. The split DOR |
lion is soaked in boiling water to soften
t, and the ends are inserted into holes
made In hoop or ring of wood two in
,hes wide, one inch thick, and eight in
,hes In diameter. In the bottom of the
ing there are inserted a number of
pieces of an old broom-handle project
ng two inches and placed not more
han a quarter of an inch apart. When
this is pressed into the earth around a
nil OF corn or cabbage plant, it leaves
circle of smooth round holes two inc
hes deep with compact sides and bot
;oms. The cut-worms fall into these
holes in their nightly rambles, and NAV
De found and destroyed in the morning. |
Pork RAIsISG.-A correspondent of
he Germantown Telegraph writes:
Ny own theory of pork. raising based
1pon experience, observation, and prob
IDLY a little philosophy of things, if
written for the benefit of others. would
De about as follows During the hot
summer months would feed very little