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Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-04-12
Mutton for the Home,

Whatever may be said of the present
prospects of sheep as Il commercial ven
ture, there is one aspect of sheep hus-
bandry in relation to which no farmer
can ever make 4 mistake. and that is
the keeping of sufficient number of
the right kind of sheep to provide an
abundance of good, wholesome meat for
the use OF his own family. There is 10
time like the present for the wide
awake farmer to secure n dozen or
more good sheep of one of the mutton
breeds, the increase of which will sup
ply his own table ut lower cost and
i'll more satisfactory way than it can
be done with any of the other domestic
animals If it is not written that man
shall not live by hog alone it ought to
be, and any farmer who once adopts
as Il part of his bill of fare a regular
and frequent use Of good lamb and
mutton of his own raising will be so
satisfied with the practice that he Will
never abandon it. Sheep of the right
kind were never so cheap as now and
the cost of small flock for the purpose
Indicated will be almost nominal. AS
compared with other live stock the
carcaSSeS are small, and there is only
q small part of the year when Il healthy
family cannot consume a lamb, or Il
mutton while it is yet fresh, or if this
be too much for them an exchange with
a neiShbor is never hard to effect
There is further advantage in this,
that the sheep industry will revive be-
fore a great while and become one of
the most profitable, commercially, in
the not distant future, as it has been
in the past. The farmer who retains
or purchases small flock now will not
only supply himself with good meat
for his own table, but he will be &C.
custOmed TO the management of sheep
and when the good times for the golden
hoof come again he will be ready
to take hold. not as n novice, bat as one
having working knowledge of the
business. He will, moreover, have a
small flock to start with that has cost,
if bought at present prices, very little,
and has paid its way during the whole
time he has had it.-Iowa Homestead.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-04-12
AGRICULTURAL NEWS
THINGS PERTAINING TO THE
FARM AND HOME.
Too Many penny Wise and Pound
Foolish" Farmcrs-Naluc of Mutton
for the No:ue-Over- Feeding Fowls
MISUNDERSTANDING Cheese.
Reading Farmers.

When first commencing business 4
farmer should be willing TO sell his
produce for what it Will bring. but III
all cases he should use his utmost en-
deayOrs TO produce the best article.
This he can DO TO some extent by care
fully experimenting. but to obtain the
highest state of perfection 4 man must
be constant and careful reader. thus
adding to his own experience the eX-
perience of others and also receiving
much benefit from the inyestigat tons of
scientific men like L. 4. Terry, Galen
Wilson. Waldo Brown and others who
contribute regularly TO the Practical
Farmer. But we often hear from the
farmer the declaration: We have no
time to read Why" Because we
have too much manual labor to do our
selves, and if we should spend any time
in reading. investigation or experiment.
ing, we should have TO hire more men
and pay more cash for the additional
labor, thereby mourning immediate
financial loss Quite true; we agree
such appears To be the case but we also
know the idea is penny wise and
pound foolish" for by adhering to it We
keep in the same old ruts as our fore
fathers. But this we can do no longer,
as the sell has lost much of its virgin
fertility. and calls loudly for more en-
lightened huSbandry. We have repeat
edly noticed stud:Ous young farmers
who had no better school advantages
and not as good financial starts in life
as many others, who have in q few
years taken honorable situations in our
country and have been the means of
elevating the agricultural standard of
the United States and Canada These
men have been ridiculCd as scientific
farmers" etc. bat the hard times of
the last few years have shown that
these men have shielded themselves
from much of the evil that has fallen
on the other class.
Another noticeable and praisewOrthy
feature in favor of the reading farmers
is that their homes and farms are more
beautiful and more comfortable in all
ways, and if this were the only argu-
meDt it should be sufficient to convince
any sane man; but besides this, their
families are more refined and intelli-
gent and better fitted for higher and
more useful spheres in life. The read
ing farmer also becomes fully converS-
ant with each department of his bust
ness, and does nothing in the dark, Il
striking contrast to the non.reader who
does much ut haphazard, hoping for the
best results, but not knowing whether
they will be obtained or not The wis
est, most useful men the world has ever
known have been to Il greater or less
extent studious readers and there is no
calling in life which demands more
careful study and investigation than
that of farming. Reading will elevate
the farmer from Il tired drudge to an
Intelligent and respected citizen. Then,
and not until then, will his calling re-
ceive the respect to which it is entitled.
for knowledge means power.-R. III.
Canady in Practical Farmer.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-04-12
Profit from Breeding SOws.

Sow pigs, il of a good breed, are
worth much more than their value for
feeding and Strengthening. If they are
managed properly, they will bring two
litters a year, and increase in value
until they are four or five years old,
and longer still if they do not learn
bad habits. Each litter of pigs repre-
sents a value of $40 to $50 as soon as
they begin to drink milk and can be ia
ken from the SOW. The breeding SOW
need not be fed extensively, except
during the time she is sucking her
young. No kind of stock can be kept
more cheaply and none will turn itself
into money quicker if there is need 10
sell it, The breeding sow with pigs
will always sell for more than her val
lie to the butcher.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-04-12
Hot Mater.

A prominent physician of New York
recently declared that hot water is
woman's best friend. 1t will cure dys-
pepSia. if taken before breakfast, and
will ward off chills. when she comes in
from the cold. 1t will stop n cold, if
taken early in the stage. 1t will relieve
Il nervous headache, and give instant
relief to tired and infiamed eyes 1t is
most efiicacious for sprains and bruises,
and will frequently stop the flow of
blood from Il wound. 1t is Il sovereign
remedy for sleeplessness. and, in con-
clusion, the doctor asserts, wrinkles
flee from il, and blackheads vanish be-
fore its constant use. "-WOmankind.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-04-12
What Is n "Lady? ~

1t would never enter into my head to
think Il person of great wealth and pos
sessed of a fine establishment, Il lady.
if she could turn in her own house from
beaming recognition of some star of
contempOraneOus fashion To bestow a
frozen greeting upon Il social make
weight, or Il poor friend of other days
who had not kept pace with her in
progress up the ladder of society. writes
Mrs. Burton Harrison i'm an interesting
discussion of the proper usage of the
terms woman" and lady" i'm the
Ladies' Home Journal.
To lay down n law for the use of the
word in the present condition of Ameri-
can society would. l think. puzzle the
most ingenious makers of social codes.
For the time it must remain matter
of intuition when and where to apply
the graceful courtesy title of lady"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-04-12
Mistake in Feeding Fowls.

The greatest mistake in feeding fowls
is in overlooking. Hens are gorgcd
with food which makes fat instead of
providing those elements which go to
make up the egg. Corn consists al
most wholly of starch and oil, and,
while it is good food for fattening
fowls, 1t Is one of the worst of all foods
for producing eggs. No one food con-
tains all the needed elements, and a
mixture of several kinds should be con-
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-04-12
Root Calls on Nursery Stock.

A new disease appearing in the form
OF nOdules or gals on the roots of ap-
pie, peach and other roots has done
considerable injury in various parts
of the country. The gals are of two
kinds, crown gals, appearing in a
bunch usually where the root joins on
the trunk near the surface Of the
ground, and what are called nematode
gals, which consist in thickening of
the root. In both these forms the ap-
pearance is much like the black knot
on plum trees. The nematode gals
are produced by small worms which
are killed by cold weather. This form
of gall is not much known in the North,
but prevails in some Of the Southern
States. The crown gals are known
in Germany, and are believed there to
be due to injuries to the roots by cul-
tivation. AS the bark is broken the
sap exudes and makes a home for the
fungus grOwthS. If this is the eXplana-
ton, cutting away the gall and apply
ing some antiSeptic to the wound
should remedy the evil.-American Gull
tiVatOr
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-04-12

such dress, and before long had it
modelled exactly to her satisfaction.
Since then she never wears any other
when paying her annual visit to Scot
land On these visits Lady Florence
INDUCES in long tramps through the
moors. occasionally doing twenty miles
in day without feeling any incOnven-
of course, do in ordinary skirts, which
she declares are the cause of many q
woman's enfeebled condition.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-04-12
Reaches TO the Knees.

Long ago Lady Florence Dixie voted
the dress skirt an abOminatiOn, seeing
neither beauty nor sense in the I'M
comfortable, feet-hampering costume.
In this view she has been joined by all
dress reformers, nearly every one of
whom has evolved one or more ideal
costumes for herself and her sisters.
About the time Lady Florence began
to be convinced TINT the skirt must go
she visited theater where AS You
Like It. was being played. The cos
tune worn by Rosalind struck her
fancy as being just about what was
needed. With the go which character
ises everything she does, her ladyship
gave orders for the construction of
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-04-12
Spanish Onions.

Onions are often eaten raw with
bread in Spain and Italy. They take
classes, to whom meat Is altogether
too expensive luxury. But the Span
ish onions are much milder favored
than any varieties we grow here. The
difference must be in the climate or soil
of Spain, as seed of Spanish onions
grown a few years i'm our climate soon
produces onions that are as strong
favored as are our native varieties.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-04-12
Making of Cheese,

A most neglected part of the domestic
economy of the farm is the making of
cheese, says the New York Times.
Cheese should be daily food Of a far
mer for il is the most nutritious. one of
the most economical, and is. or may be,
made of what is frequently n waste
product. Six quarts of skinned milk
rightly managed will give pound of
cured cheese at Il cost Of less than two
cents all told, and there is three and 2
half times as much nutriment in this
quantity of cheese as in Il pound of
bone. American farmers consider
skinned milk lis an undesirable thing
without value. but the total nutriment
in the whole of it is equivalent TO 200
pounds of the best round of beef per
head per year for every man, woman
and child in the United States. or 80
pounds per head for every inhabitant
of North America from the Gulf of
MpXica to the arctic shores. At two
cents a pound all the cheese that might
be made is worth not less than $22,-
100000 every year. 1t may thus be
truly said that the wastes of the people
on this continent are, taken all togeth
er. equivalent to the complete mainten-
ance of as many persons in Europe.
This may be saying much as to the pow
erty of the majority of European pop
ulationS. but does it not say very
great deal us to the neglect and eXtray-
agance of our people"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-04-12

A RE women quite sure they know
~ what they want why they want
Il y il, and the best way to get it? Is
the mere wanting of certain thing
evidence of the propriety Of having it?
We need not expect that with the
ballot all women are going to be 1T
once preachers and workers of right
eOuSneSS; neither are we to be sure
that because some women will vote
one way and others another way. the
first are entirely honest in their con-
victiOnS and the others dishonest. We
are not to suppose that all the women
of the country and all the good men OF
the country are going to see things in
tie same way and that way diametri-
cally opposed to the way i'll which all
the bad men see things. No, there are
going to be differences of opinion in
political matters, and different ways
of looking ut moral questions, and diff
ferent methods proposed for moral re-
forms, whoever does the voting. Not
all men are bad, not al women are
good; not all men ore foolish. not all
women are wise: and multiplying votes
is not the only WAY to purify the cOun-
try, even if the increased votes are all
female. 1t will not do to be too san
guine as to results, merely because the
women we happen TO know seem de-
sirous for the good of the community
in which they live and of the nation
of which that community forms 4 part.
People do not see things just alike, and
the new woman is as likely to find per-
pleXity as to what is best. and how to
secure it, as her brother has found it
in the ast-WOmankind.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-04-12

stantly given. 1t is quite possible that
the production of eggs may be largely
Increased by truly scientific system
of feeding. and every poultry keeper
should make q study of such a system,
not being alarmed at the idea of the sci
entitic part of it, because science is
nothing more than perfectly right and
exact practice, and is nothing an ordi-
nary sensible person need be afraid OF.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-04-12
How Troubles Are Divided

Troubles are pretty evenly divided
after all.
A girl has to fold her hands and wait
for Il man to ask her to go to the thea
ter with him, but when she does go she
has the comfort of making the man
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-04-12
HOOSIER HAPPENINGS
NEWS CT THE WEEK CONClSELY
CONDENSED.

What Oar -vesghbors are Doinc-Matters
OF General and Local MISUNDERSTANDING
and D-aths-Acci,lents erd Crimes-Per.
son2l Pointers About Indianians.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-04-12

Tight collars are apt to produce a
permanent swelling of the throat
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1895-07-20
CUE HERE AMD THERE.

ONLY one book on aluminium has been
published in the United States and that
is now out OF print.
ONE hundred years ago coal oil was
unknown. 1t was first made use of as
an ointment for rheumatism.
ABOUT sixty thousand acres have been
reclaimed in Ireland during the past
year from bog and marsh lands.
NEW ORLEANS has a vestibuled train
to San Francisco that covers the dis
tance in less than seventy-eight hours.
IT has not been many years since
amputations were performed with the
patient in full possession of all his fac
ulties.
THE one hundred and first half-yearly
meeting of the shareholders of the
North British railway was recently held
in Edinburgh.
FINAL patents on the basic steel proc
ess viii soon expire. The owners of
the original made more than seven
hundred and fifty thousand dollars in
Great Britain alone.
TIE cap of the Washington monu-
men5 is a pyramidal massAof aluminium
weighing one hundred ounces. When
this was made aluminium was eight dol
lars a pound.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1895-07-20
FINANCE ITEMS.

THE Iron Age estimates that steel
billets cost s14.T5 to mako with Bes-
semer pig iron at $40 per ton.
The sales Of wool at Boston for 1894,
according to the Wool and Cotton Be
porter, amount to 142, ,os5 pounds,
against 124, III, 600 pounds in 1893.
TIE Journal of Commerce, basing It's
calculation on the estimate Of conserva-
tive underwriters, fixes the alnuol fire
loss from incendiarism in the United
States and Canada at 939, 100000, or rs
per cent. OF the whole.
SOUTHERN spinners, according 60 the
Manufacturers Record, have about $780,
O00C eco invested in cotton mills, contain
ing 70,OOO,oOO looms and 5000, 600
spindles, and are sending the mills to
the cotton instead Of the cotton to the
mills
ACCORDING to the figures published
by the bureau of statistics, the imlni-
grafton into the United STATES for eleven
months of the year 1e94 has been less
than half as great as for the same period
of 1s9S-or 233, 691 compared with 1885,
976.
A ship canal from bordeaux to
Narbonne, connecting the Atlentie and
the Mediterranean, is one Of Giie COM
ing public enterprises. The distance is
500 miles. Boats viii be towed By fixed
engines. The cost OF the canal is esti-
mated at 1885, 000, eco.
NIEETEEN ships. ofan estimated value
OF g., $40, O00, are said to be now either
under. contract IN the saipyards of tilc
great lakes, or negotiations. for their
construction are so far advanced that
1T is quite probable they viii be built
20 go into commission as early as pos
sible next season
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1895-07-20
Thoroughly American.

It may be wise craftsmanship in
Great Britain to adopt the single gold
standard and require gold payment Of
all securities held by the government
and its subjects. It does not follow that
the United States should adopt Eng
lands policy 1t is claimed that all
our gold will be absorbed by foreign
creditors and we will have no money
but deprecated coin. This threat
should not trouble US in the least. If
foreigners viii give something in return
which Americans prefer to gold, let it
go. No government is strong enough
to take anything from US by force.
There will be at least two parties to
every transaction involving the pay
ment of money or the exchange ofcom-
modities. Americans are able to take
care ofthemselves.
They need no guardian to make in
yestments for them or see that they are
not cheated in the transactions Of daily
life. There are commodities more de-
sirable than silver OF gold. Wealth,
comfort, happiness and prosperity do
not depend upon the possession ofwhat
are termed the precious metals-pre-
cious not in themselves, but because
they will procure articles to supply
wants. A mine prospeetor in Califor-
MIA found a nugget Of gold so large that
he could not handle it. Fearing that
some other straggler might find it, he
sat down upon it. Impelled by hunger,
he hailed passer-by and offered him
So, 600 to bring him a bowl Of bean soup. |
a dish of soup was of greater value to
to him than large nugget of gold. It
had more Intrinsic value than $4,000.
After foreigners have absorbed our
gold they will be very glad 10 return it
in exchange for cotton and wheat and
ten thousand other articles of which we
have a surplus, and of which they are
in want. Gold will find mark ct where
it is most needed. Foreigners are well
come to every ounce of our gold, always
provided they will give us something
better adapted to our wants. Uncle
Sam is pretty shrewd in making bar
gains, and will be likely to get full value
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1895-07-20

for his merchandise. 1t is the duty of
the government to supply the people
with an instrument of exchange for do
mestic use which we call money. AS
between the subjects o.. different gov-
ernments there is no such thing as mon
is barter, an exchange of COM
modities. By adopting gold as the
only legal tender we place ourselves at
the mercy of foreign governments
Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1895-07-20
TIE ocEAM WAVE.

NATURALIsTs are still in doubt as to
whether the sponge is a plant or an ami
nal.
THE saline matter held in solution in
sea water comprises one-thirtieth of its
weight.
THERE are springs of fresh water in
the Persian gulf that furnish supplies
70 vessels.
THE sea-nettle s5ings its prey to
death by means of a poison secreted in
its tentacles.
FoR long time the coral was sup
posed to be a plant. Even Reaumur
treats it as such.
THE water of the Dead sea yields
about two pounds to the gallon of
saline substances.
THE water of the Mediterranean con-
tains a greater proportion of salt than
that Of the ocean.
THE average depth of all oceans is
supposed to be between two and three
thousand fathoms.
WHEN the gulf stream passes out of
the gulf of Mexico its temperature is
abort seventy degrees.
OVER seven thousand varieties of
microscopic seashells have been emu
merated by naturalists.
No PART of the Atlantic ocean be-
tween Europe and Newfoundland ex-
ceeds twenty-four hundred fathoms.
In cubic foot Of phosphorescent sea
water there have been found twenty
five thousand living creatures.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1895-07-20
CURIOUS FACTS.

THE fly eater Of Cuba can nest in a
working thimble,
In Corinth, about the time Of Christ,
twenty figs brought two cents.
POSTAGE stamps are gummed by a
starch paste made from potatoes.
BIRDS 1y by developing about three
times as much horse power per pound
of weight as man.
AT the Bombay Geological gardens
the skin Of a sea serpent sixty-four feet
in length is on exhibition.
THE white house corner stone was
laid in 1902, and the building was first
occupied by John Adams.
A FATAL fall from great height is
said to be painless, as Inconsistencies
precedes the crash of conclusion. s,...A