Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-06-02
WHOLE NO. 112O.
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

Watch your fowls and see that no
disease or vermin is getting Q sly foot
hold.
The English collar with points
turned down in front and standing ct
the back is still worn.
/ Sow salt early in the spring, and
the more the ground is stirred after
ward the better it will be.
Heavy feeding of fowls Just before
butchery is detrimental to quality.
Fowlsts shotaid Inc Killed. with cinpty
crops.
-Head-work will tighten labor; for
the hOusekeeper it will save valuable
time and give many an hour for study
or recreation.
hangers for horses. claiming that they
irritate the throat. and create Q tenden.
cy to heaves. He says the manger
should be on level with the feet, as
that is in accordance with nature.
Grass grown on manured land gives
more nutritive fodder, richer (es-
pecially in albuminoids) than that
grown upon unmanured or poorly ma
nured land. The difference il some-
times as great as ten per cent.
"A bit of black court-plaster Is very
good thing 20 mend q small tear in black
silk or any kind of black goods. Moist
Ell the plaster, put underneath the tear.
sticky side up, and press the frayed
edges of the goods down upon it.
Persons who suffer with cracked
hands would do we'll to wash their hands
in cold instead of warm water. After
each washing (Or after the hands have
been in water) wet the hands with lit
tie weak vinegar and rub together until
dry.
Farmers should endeavor to sell as
little as possible of that which comes
mainly from the soil, and rs much as
possible of that which comes from the
atmosphere. Butter and fat stock sold
will improve farm, while cheese, milk
and lean stock sold will keep the farm
lean unless manure or fertilizers are
bought.
"A very good smoothing harrow may
be made of three-inch-square timbers
framed together of q suitable size, and
with bars about eighteen inches apart.
Half-inch square or round teeth are put
in foot apart, sloping at an angle Of
fOrty-five degrees backward ON the line
of the draft. Such harrow works worry
well where there are no stones, but ON
stony land it is Of very little use.
Mix a little sulphur with salt and
feed occasionally to sheep. It will
effectually destroy sheep ticks. The
same remedy applied to cattle troubled
with lice will soon rid them Of vermin.
The use Of sulphur with salt repays the
trouble Of keeping q supply for cattle
and sheep. If q mixture Of one part Of
sulphur, with seven of salt be freely ap-
piled, there will be no trouble with YER
min.-ErehGnge.
"A cheap and easy way to make .
snow plow is to take two boards. from
twelve to fifteen inches wide and four
feet long. nail the two ends together and
spread the other ends thirty inches
apart, making them the shape of W
cOnfine them in place with boards nailed
across the top and by . board across
the end four or five inches narrower
than the sides, so If the path Is not per-
fectly smooth it win not catch the
stones; near the front end an iron bolt
Should be placed across to hitch the
horses to; on the top should be fastened
box for the driver to sit on, and the
plow is complete. The labor il so sim
pie and the cost so small That there is no
excuse for . farmer being without .
snow pl0w."