Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-11-05
FARM AND GARDEN.
MARK YOUR TOOLS.


or hard tallow, by first warming the
steel and rubbing on the wax, warm
until it flows, and let it cool. Wher
hard mark your name through the way
with graver and apply some aquafor-
it's nitric acid; after a few moments
wash off the acid thoroughly with wa
ter, warm the metal enough to melt the
wax, and wipe it off with soft rag.
The letters will be found etched into
the steel.
- HENS TEETH.
"Scaree as hens teeth" This is en-
old saw. Yet you should see to it that
your fowls are possessed of good teeth.
Not natural ones, exactly, neither arti-
fcal ones, but natural artificial ones, in
the shape of gravel stones, with which
they NV triturate the food in their giz-
yards. Hens teeth comprise no in
cisors. 20 CANNES, but are all grinders.
The hatish, or scaly gravel is not suit
able, but a form approaching the
spherical is to be preferred. If your
neighborhood is not gravelly, blocks of
granite or quartz may be reduced to
irregular, angular fragments, which
are excellent. Shells of the quahog or
round clam pounded serve the double
purpose of grinding and affording a
supply OF lime for the formation of egg
shells, and ON this account are better
than oyster shells.-CanadG Farmer.
FINE AND COARSE HAY.
Producers are sometimes puzzled to
know why city buyers generally ask for
coarse, well-matured hay in preference
to the more tender and in reality more
Journal thus enlightens them City
men feed hay for a different purpose
than the farmer. The farmer feeds it
for It's nutriment and as principal
food, while the city man regards grain
as the cheapest food, and only gives
sufficient hay to make bulk in the stom-
ach, and for the purpose of health.
Coarse, well-matured timothy serves
this purpose better than the early cut
and fine grass. They do not desire such
hay as will tempt the horses to eat too
much of it. Straw would answer this
purpose, If cut and mixed with the
grain, about as well. But farmers
should be contented with this practice
of the city customer, for it enables them
20 sell their poorest hay for the best
price, and to re ain the best quality for
aome consumption.
MULCHING APPLE TREES.
II mulching was not attended to IN
lhe spring the following is a good time
to have il done. Then, strawey manure
and such material could be obtained for
she purpose now, it will be good plan
B cut some swale hay, or trim up the
coarse grass and brakes growing in the
{ba o,1 70, he
.sed as mulch. One of the best or
hardists in Kennebec county informs
8 that ne has noticed the most excel
emit results from mulching bearing fruit
trees in August, and some of the heavi.
est crops of apples he ever obtained he
attributes to the use of mulching at this
reason. If the material used does not
decay sufficiently before winter sets In,
it may be good plan to throw it away
from the trees a little, that 1t may not
afford Judgment for the mice, as they
are very liable to injure young trees IL
winter by gnawing the bark, and the
mulch, if it is not pretty thoroughly de-
cayed furnishes them just the house
they like. Hence the advantage o.
putting on the mulch early IN spring
but it is better to be put ON nowthan mo-
at all. And, considering its great advan
tages, it is not little surprising that or
chardists 10 not practice mulching to a
greater eE.ent than they do. 1t is the
very best means for promoting the life
and growth of young trees, and the or
chardist who neglects il ought never tt
eat OF the fruit thereof. Maine
Farmer.
DON'T FEED TOO MUCH CORN.
It is evident that much of the disease
that affects swine in this country comes
from feyerish food. While we do no
agree with the theory that heavy corr
feeding produces cholera, and that it il
the chief cause of this TROUBLESOME
epidemic, nearly every feeder of hog
will admit that constant and excessive
corn feeding to hogs is dangerous ant
should be avoided. The following from
the Western Farmer is good advice
and should be followed, as much TO
the purpose of preventing disease as TO
economy:
The indications are decidedly in favo
of good price for corn during til
summer and next fall and winter. I
view of this, it is especially importan
that farmers should take provision t
secure as much growth and flesh 70
their stock during the summer as prat
ticable, and to provide food that Wi
take the place of corn to some extern
If there is good field of clover fo
the hogs, this will save the corn duI
ing the summer. We wish there wa
more attention paid to root growing fc
stock feeding. Some farmers hav
found peas profitable crop for feedin
from the field, sown either alone c
with oats. A great growth of pump
kins can be secured and they are we
worth their cost. Corn thickly sown i
drills is not only valuable for cattle, bu
for hogs in the early fall.
We would substitute artichokes fo
pumpkins, and plant them in field b
themselves.
TREATsr Mt OF HORSES.
Mere hard woIA does not break dow
horses. unless it Is carried to that e,
!. tent which becomes cruelty, when it d.
serves some rebuke. Good feed. wit