The Marshall republican., 1911-05-19

A render Of an eastern farm Journal
who has tried Il recommends the fol-
lowing mixture as excellent as q rust
proof coating for plows: Melt three
pounds Of beef suet and add one pound
Of white lead; apply when warm with
an old paint brush. This combination
Is good TO apply on any metal tool to
prevent rusting.
The trouble with most prohibitive or
restrictive laws as affecting the con
duct Of people n that their enactment
does not change desire or will, but
count that those agitations are most
effective which are largely educational
and furnish new interests and new
aims-that IL, furnish new channels
for the operation of the energy and
will.
An observation made by a syndicate
writer the other day was to the effect
that weeds require poor land to do
well. Probably what the writer meant
was that weeds would flourish where
some grasses and cultivated plants
would not; yet. other conditions being
equnl. the richer the land the more
rank weeds will grow. as they take
from the soil In the main the same
elements ms do other crops.
II takes something more than a ped
igree 10 furnish assurance that n Civ
en- animal Is worth anything for breed
ing purposes. In the same way a boy
can come from a pretty good family.
Jet BE IN all round scrub and no ac-
count. Many an animal sold at stock
sales nj n price n trifie above an every
day commercial basis should be sent
20 the block instead OF being lntrusted
with the highly important duty OF be-
coming the sire Of future breeding ami
mails. 1
The poinsettia. which In coming TO DO
n very popular early winter house
plant. has several very interesting
characteristics. One Of these IL that
II sheds its green leaves some time
before II does the red bracts encirciing
the blossom cluster. Another Is that
each blossom Is equipped with n little
cuplike projection containing about q
drop Of clear sIrupy liquid. which In
evidently Intended rs a bait TO draw
bees and other insects TO aid In q
more complete polarization OF the
flower. II Is well worth securing one
Of the plants. not only because of Its
SNOWY green leaves and beautiful red
crown. but FOR the peculiaritics above
noted. The plant Is %subtropicai and
will flourish best II kept where the
temperature IN quite warm.
Since the federal pure food law went
Into effect a good many sugar BUSH
%" over the country seem TO have
gone u OF commission. judging from
the very limited supply OF maple strip
which Is able to bear the legend
pure" Yet II n cannot get the real
article a very wholesome substitute
can be made by the use Of ~corncobs.
which win impart both flavor and
color. White cobs clean and freshly
shelled are the best for the purpose.
They should be put In a kettle and
boiled for about an hour. or until the
coloring matter shows clearly In the
water. They should then be removed.
the water carefully strained to remove
particles Of cob and sediment and
enough coffee or light brown sugar
added to give the strip tho desired
thickness after q few minutes' boiling.
II the Job In carefully done mo- only
will this cob strip have q delicate ia
vor closely resembling maple strip. but
the color also will be q close counter
felt.
A lady reader Of these notes living
near Massillon. o.. writes inquiring II
there Is any truth In the articles which
have been published lately as to In
furious effects from eating food cooked
In aluminium vessels. While we have
heard statements to this effect and ar
ticles charging such TO be the case
have been published. inquiry Of med
zeal men does not show that the claim
that stomach trouble Is due to the at
ing Of foods cooked In aluminium ves-
sells has been conciusively proved. We
would suggest to our correspondent
however. II her family use aluminium
utensils and some of them have stom-
ach trouble seemingly as a result. that
II might be a good idea TO go back to
iron and granite ware for a time and
see II the disorders referred to dIsap-
pear. Should they do so there would
be considerable reason for ~supposing
that the use OF the aluminium vessels
was the cause. II any Of our readers
can furnish US definite proof on the
point under discussion we would be
gind to present their experience and
hndIngs In these columns.
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