Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-02-28
Farm And Home.

Farm And Home.
Straw, when cut and mixed with
two quarts Of corn meal to the BUSH
Ell, is equal to the same quantity of the
best hay.
A good hay-cutter will save its
cost in one season. Hay or straw is
not made more nutritious, but 1t is
easily masticated when chaffed. and
saving Of exertion is q saving of
food.
Many farmers are exceedingly d.s-
satisfied with their profession, and re-
pine at their duties. On the other
hand. Socrates, the wisest o! ancient
philosophers. said Of it: Agriculture
is an employment the most worthy
the application of man, the most an
cient and the most suitable to his
nature. 1t is the common nurse of
persons in every age and condition
OF life; it is the source of health,
strength, plenty and riches, and of a
thousand sober delights and honest
pleasures. It is the mistress and
school Of sobriety, temperance, JUS
tice. religion. and. in short. of all vir-
tues civil and military.
Salt is emgloyed to destroy worms
q the orchard. and with excellent re-
suits. Two hundred pounds per acre
is the amount recommended. An
other remedy for codling moth is to
pasture hogs in the orchard, to eat
the wormy apples and the worms
herein. If the orchards are too
large for the number OF hogs kept,
sheep are turned in. II we will all
unite In this system we shall soon
see its good result. There Is no
doubt abont its being effective.
Fowls want to drink little and
often; see that water is clean. Dis
eases are often> brought on them by
their drinking filthy water, or too
much at time. Provide all your
laying hens with plenty Of pounded
bone, oysters or clam shells, especi-
ally IL they do not have access to q
coal ash heap.
The fleece Of the kerino sheep is
so compact on the animal that the
greese or yolk does not escape, but
is condensed in the wool and produ-
ces a gum which Is impervious to
moisture, and while it protects the
carcass from rain. its compactness
causes all the more perspiration,
which is produced at the expense OF
the food consumed.
Financially, the farmer is the
safest man In the country. or
eleven hundred and twelve bank
rupts In Massachusetts,, only four
teen were farmers. and yet the
farming community numbers full
half the population. The people
must live, and while the use of
luxuries may be diminished by hard
times, there always will be a call for
the produce OF the farm. Farming
has, of course, felt the general de-
preston Of business.
Ordinarily cows of small breed
yield more butter than those OF
larger breeds, and the smaller indi-
viduals OF particular breed give
richer milk than the larger speci-
mems of the same breed. The lar
ger animals and breeds however pro-
duce more cheese. A comparatively
dry and warm climate Is favorable to
the production of butter, and a cool,
moist region to cheese. The eve-
ning's milk of cows at pasture is
preferable for cheese; the mornings
milk for butter, particularly IL the
animal is stabbed or kept in the
yard.
In answer to the question: Why
are farmers so liable to rheumatism?
The Science of Health says: ~Be-
cause they wear wet clothing, heat,
and suddenly chill the body. over
eat after very hard work, and be-
cause they do not keep the skin In
healthy condition. If farmers would
avoid suddenly cooling the body
after great exertion, IL they would be
careful not to go with wet clothing
and wet feet, and IL they would not
over -eat when In an exhausted con-
dition, and bath daily. using much
friction, they would have less rheu-
matism."