Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-08-29
Agricultural and Domestic.

Agricultural and Domestic.
An exchange states that IL shirt
bosom or other article has been
scorched in ironing, laying it awhile
in the bright sunshine will take the
discolored spot entirely out.
Smoke will remove a bad smell
more effectually and with less labor
than anything else. II the hands
smell Of anything disagreeable, re-
move the stove-lid and hold them
over the smoke minute and it will
all be gone.
1t has been found by chemical an-
alysis that mornings milk is not
nearly so rich and nutritious as eve-
nine's milk, and will not yield more
than half as much butter to a given
quantity. The fatty matter increases
as the day progresses from two and
one quarter per cent, in the morning.
to three and one-half at noon, and
five and one half at night.
Physicians OF Berlin have sent forth
an urgent warning against the use OF
the popular baby carriage, in which
the little ones sit facing the nurse
and are pushed backward. The nat
nral desire OF the eye is to draw near
er to what it sees, and the practice of
reversing this normal order OF things
and causing surrounding objects to
recede is liable to affect injuriously
the development Of both sight and
brain.
1t sometimes seems hard to be-
lieve, but birds are the staunch
friends OF every man who raises fruit,
grain or grass. They are the consti-
tutional check put upon depredating
insects. Every cherry that the robin
eats he pays for five hundred times
over by countless and nameless in
sects devoured as part Of his meat
diet. Woodpeckers, larks, jays, spar
rows, and the whole tribe of thrushes,
are indefatigable friends to the gar
den and the farm.
Bone dust, wood ashes and such
like fertilizers are best for grape
vines in low ground. Stable manure
applied in large quantities on damp
soil will produce diseased vines. On
dry ground the effect is beneficial.
The best soil for grapes is dry, light,
warm and rich. On such a soil ap-
ply top-dressings Of. well rotted ma
nure, alternating every third year
with dressing of slack lime. Where
grapes are being raised on damp
ground care must be taken 10 keep
the roots near the Western
Rural To the above fertilizers we
would add another, which Is very
valuable, soapsuds after the family
washing. especially il the soil is dry.
IN. I. observer.
HEALTHFULNEss OF LEMONS.
When people feel the need OF an
acid, il they would let vinegar alone
and use lemons or sour apples they
would feel just as well satisfied and
receive no injury. A suggestion may
not come amiss as a good plan when
lemons are cheap in the market. A
person should, in those times, pur-
chase several dozen at once and pre-
pare them for use in the warm days
Of spring and summer, when the
acids, especially citric or gallo, or
the acids OF lemons or ripe fruit, are
so grateful or useful. Press your
hand on the lemon and roll il back
and forth briskly on the table to make
it squeeze more easily; then press the
juice into bowl or tumbler-never
into tin; strain out all the seeds, as
they give bad taste. Remove all
the pulp from the peels and pour in
water-a pint to dozen pulps-to
extract the acids. A few minutes
boiling is enough, then strain the
water with the juice OF the lemons
put a pound OF white sugar to a pint
Of the Juice; boil ten minutes; bottle
1t, and your lemonade Is ready. Put
teaspoonful or two OF this lemon
syrup in a glass OF water, and you
have a cooling, healthful drink.