The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-05-01
Agricultural Notes.

l,aIIeT tUo WOOL HAS RtO0H W sOlnc
considerable length, sheep or lambs
become annoyed with lice or ticks,
wash the lambs in a strong decoctiOn
OF tobacco. Another way 10 to take a
pair OF bellows and inhale tobacco
smoke; then blow the smoke with
considerable force among the ticks.
This viii prove instant death.
An English farmer. very successful
during ten years in fattening cattle
and sheep, supplied a ration made as
follows: Eight bushels corn soaked
in ten pals water two days, then
simmer for and hour. afterwards mix
with fourteen pounds coarse sheep
sugar, and commingle with cut straw,
hay or other fodder.
An experienced poultry man gives
the following receipt for chicken
cholera: For every forty fowls take
q piece Of asafetida the size OF a
hickory nut, break in small pieces
and mix il in about a pint Of corn
meal; wet it thoroughly with boiling
water and place it near the roosting
place SO that the chickens can eat il
the first thing In the morning.
The liquid Weddings OF animals are
worth more-good authorities say
one sixth more-pound for pound,
than the solid excrements, and they
are saved with greater care by the
best European farmers and gardeners
All the leaks in the stable are not in
tho roof; those often in the floor are
quite as Objectionable d are the
cause OF q great deal Of waste.
In preparing ground for squashes
put liberal quantity OF manure in
each hill add cover 1t some two inch
es with soil. Then cover the whole
with coal ashes with which the whole
IL filed, and the soil on the manure
covered. The seed are then planted
in the ashes directly over the ma.
nure. At each. hoeing, scatter a fresh
supply OF ashes around tho plants
and grubs will never trouble the
plants.
Confinement and want Of occupa.
tion are among the chief causes why
fowls eat feathers. The former Is
often inevitable Ia winter. but the
latter can be avoided by buryine
some of their grain food in the sand
and allowing them to hunt for IT,
which will afford them pastime and
healthy occupation. Give thom some
green food, fresh meat two or three
times a week, burnt bones, oyster
shells, charcoal, clear water and &
clean hennery, and IL all this doesn1
cure them OF the habit, wiring theil
necks for they are incirable.
1t is folly 10 keep old sheep. The,
should be turned off to the butcher
while they are In their prime. Il
does not take half as much t. fatten
them then. When they get old and
thin, in order TO put them 10 condi.
ton to slaughter, the whole super.
structure must be rebuilt. Four SET:
OF lambs are all that eve should
bear; this will bring her TO five years
and this is an age when, with a little
extra care. she will round up to 9
fine and full carcass. Exceptions
may be made when the breed |,
scarce and the blood Is more durable
than anything else.-Nelo York Trib
u7ae.
Many orchards become unproduc
tive. TIC restore them TO productive
ness, SOW them in clover. and wher
the clover IL well established turn il
the hogs and sheep. Their droppings
will fsrtilize the ground. They viii
pick up all the worm falls. and this
will wonderfully lessen the destruc
ton OF fruit by worms. Top dressing
or rotton manure, leaf mold, ashes
lime, etc.. are very beneficial Il
orchards that have been In bearing {
few years. Orchards can only b,
kept good by care. good manurint
and good pruning. Labor is indis
pensable to success In fruit culture
az In all other things.