Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-04-04
Agriculture Items.

Agriculture Items.
Scotch farmers, it is reported, have
met with losses the past year, on ac-
count OF the inferior character of
their crops. amounting to $50,000.O00.
American broom corn is now being
sent to Europe, and large shipments
of this product are expected to be
called for before very long in Euro
pean markets.
Do not plant trees deeper than is
necessary to cover the roots well, or
than they were plantedi in the nursery
rows. Never place the roots in con-
tact with manure.
More than five million cans Of corn
are now packed in Maine, annually,
and sold in every part of the world,
yielding business to the State of
about $1,150.000, and giving profita-
BILE employment to from 5000 to 10,
600 people during the packing season.
Agriculture is beginning to show
signs of improvement again way
down in Georgia. James II. Booker,
of that State. pulled in the largest
crop last year that has been known in
his section since war times. His
crop consisted Of sixty bales OF cot
ton, 1000 bushels OF corn, 500 bushels
Of potatoes, 1000 bushels of oats,
1000 bushels OF wheat and % fatten-
ed hogs.
Hungarian grass, cut green and
well cured, is used by some good
Vermont dairymen as a food for but
ter cows, and they say that it has the
effect to give butter the true summer
yellow. 1t is suggested that since
Hungarian grass so cured remains
bright and green all winter, and be-
cause one of the elementary colors
which goes to make green is yellow
color.-ScientiJ5c american.
Heaps of corn, the Nebraska Farm
en- says, are nearly as common in the
yards Of that State as wood piles at
the East, and for the same purpose,
to-wit, for fuel. 1t is to record that
Kansas farmers have burned corn,
and six months afterward paid rs
ceuts bushel for corn to feed their
stock. And again, that within one
year from that time, when corn in
that State was 7 cents bushel in the
field. there was ready market for it
at % cents. The easy lesson of
which is thatin years OF plenty it is
the part of wisdom TO prepare for
possible famine-as Joseph did in
Egypt-and not pile corn on the
kitchen fire.-Ne,c York Tribune.
A new industry has been started in
Mansfield, Mass. 1t is no less than
the manufacture Of jewlery out OF
sour milk. This seems a strange
anomaly; but it is fact. The milk
comes In the shape OF curd from but
ter and cheese making counties in
New York, and looks, upon its arri-
val, great deal like popped corn.
The secret in making it up is care
fully guarded; but it is certain that il
has to be heated very hot, during
which cooling matter is introduced,
following by very heavy pressure,
Some Of it is colored black and call
ed jet, while some appears as cellu-
loid. 1t makes.very handsome jewel
ry, and is made into all kinds and
styles known to the trade.
Feeding for Milk.="Litchfield
The most economical food for milk
cows is a mixture Of hay, meal, and
bran; and the most economical
way of feeding these is TO cut the
hay. moisten it, and sprinkle the
meal and bran over ;t. This gives
some trouble, but it pays. From our
own practice, we believe % per cent
OF the food is saved. One bushel-
basket OF cut hay, and 81 quarts oil
corn meal and bran, mixed in equal
portions, is feed for cow In good
milk. To some COWS more OF the
meal and bran may be given profita-
bly,; this must be found by testing
the different COWS. The above feed
is for half day that is, given twice
in the day, making 8 quarts OF the
meal and bran daily. In addition to
the above feed. few pounds Of dry
hay, or some roots, may be given at