Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-01-04
Around the Farm.

THE farmer who breeds high grade
and thoroughbred stock, whether
horses, cattle, hogs, or sheep, takes
better care OF them, realizes more money
from the feed they eat, and liberal
profit for the extra care. The higher
the grade, the better the profit. The
more enterprising farmers see this and
profit thereby.
The freezing of fruit in the bud, often
occasioned by few warm days succeed
ed by late frosts, may be prevented, il
is said, by spresding o thick layer OF
frozen manure, or of ice or snow around
the trees, in February or March, while
the ground is firmly frozen. The buds
will thus be kept back, since the ground
will thaw more slowly, and the roots
convey no nutriment to the tree. When
frosts are no longer to be feared the
covering should be removed.
FISH contain much valuable feftilz.
ing matter. A good method of making
them available is to mix them in heap
with earth or swamp muck, and leave
the compound to decompose. When
the fish is well rotted, the heap should
be mixed by shoveliDg 1t over. 1t may
then be used AZ a top dressing, or be
applied In the hin for corn, potatoes, or
cabbage. A small shovelful is enough
for each hill. If plenty eff swamp muck,
or the top soil from woods is mixed
with the fish, there will be little danger
Of injuring the land by their use.
AT a recent meeting Of an English far
mers' club, Prof. Mcbride spoke OF the
difficulty of administering medicine to a
pig. He said: "To dose pig, which
you are sure to choke if you attempt to
make him drink while squealing, halter
him as you would for execution, and tie
the rope end to a stake. He will pull
back till the cable is slightly strained.
When he has ceased his uproar and be-
gins to reflect, approach him, and be-
tween the back part of his jaws insert an
old shoe from which you have cut the
toe leather. This he will at once begin
to suck and chew. Through it pour your
medicine, and he will swallow any guam
tity you please.
The grasshopper region next spring
viii be developed by the first two weeks
OF dry, warm weather in the respective
localities, and will comprise two-thirds
Of Minnesota, one-half of Iowa, all of
Dakota, one-half of Nebraska, one-third
of Kansas, and all of Colorado and
Wyoming. Our investigator calculated
that throughout the vast area designated
every foot OF dry ground is impregnated
by at least 1000 grasshopper eggs. A
piece Of earth one inch in thickness and
presenting a surface six inches square
yielded 5000 healthy looking eggs.
That was in Emmett county, Iowa, on
the Des Moines river.-Miiwaukee
Commercial.
How TO PREPARE Roll BUTTER FOR
MARKEr.-Care should be taken in pack
ing and shipping. Country dealers and
shippers are in the practice of sending
roll butter to market In every conceiv-
able package. including barrels, pine
boxes, etc. The above named packag, s
should be entirely avoided, as pine will
have tendency to affect and flavor the
butter, while barrels are too large and
not easily handled ; beside, the weight
crushes the roll. New tubs or hard
wood boxes are the most desirable, while
half-barrels or kegs will do equally well,
and these only should be used. Care
should aleo be taken before putting the
butter in packages that sli the sides and
ends Of the packages should be lined
with new white muslin, thus keeping the
butter from defacement by touching
the wood. Another bad practice
is in putting the butter up in paper.
This ahould not he done aa the panay
sticks to the butter and damages the ap-
pearance. Each roll should be sepa-
rately placed in piece of new muslin
cloth, washed in warm water, to take
out the starch, and thoroughly wet in
good brine. The rolls should also bt
of uniform size, and not too large
Then, again, the roll should be of uni
form color, not packing the light on,
fresh made with the other that has beer
colOred,