The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-31

pithy items of interest to eVeryona of
TIE HERALD's readers. Therefore, the
editor invites correspondents to send
items Of practical receipts, hints, or sug-
gestic n :, that may have occurred in the
of our numerous and varied
classes OF readers, ard ne will endeavor
to put them in such shape as to give the
public the benefit of the infornation.l
A small quantity OF coal tar poured
into the ant hill. is one remedy fol
the troublesome little insects.
Brown bread and milk Oatmeal and
frni! conta n all the nutrition We need
to ensure health and strength, and
the perfect enjoyment Of life. The
more simple our diet, the better cur
health.
The evenings and early morn are
now quite cool, sometimes very chilly.
All persons should guard against the
extreme from the heat of midsday.
Very easy to take cold, children need
watching in this particular.
The Medical Times advocates grape
as a valuable diet for persons having
a fever. The chemical properties, the
salts and acids OF the grape. makes it
most desirable, even in dyspepsia.
When fresh grapes are not 10 be had.
raisins or diluted wine might be used.
A Georgia farmer says that sassa,
fras leaves placed among grain in
bins, will keep away the Weevils
Peas failed out on the ground aud
put away with the dirt among them,
were not harmed by weevils, while
those peas that were cleaned were
badly damaged by these insects.
After your geraniums have finished
cut them back at least one
half, and place them in cool shaded
place. Water them very sparingly
until new shoots begin 10 start, when
they should be repotted with fresh
soil and brought to the light, water
ing them more abundanlly as they az
tain growth.
The Fruit Recorder recommends
the scattering OF dry ooioken manure
ar,und the strawberry plants now,
ard working it in with subsoil pillow
and following between the rows. Re-
peat the blowing again next spring,
plant close. and of the best bearing
'oria, and big crops will be the re-
suit.
a London. England. omnibus
owning and using six thou
sand horses, has b en- experiment.
ng on the comparative value of iced.
ng horses with bruised or whole oats.
Results are that 16 pounds of bruised
oata, II pounds OF cut hay and p
DO nds OF cut straw. ware found
equal as as daily feed, TO 10 pounds OF
bats not bruised and IS pounds OF
uncut hay. Drivers preferred the
first named feed. This difference
means a saving OF $500 per day on
900 no:sfs This econ my will COM
mend itself to all hcrse-men.
Here is a fact, that is worth a
whole years subscription to any pa
per. It is 8 safe and ABSOLUTE oura
for rancidity in butter. To pint of
water. add thirty drops (about half q
teaspoonful) of LIQUID chloride OF lime.
Wash in this two and bait pounds OF
rancid butter. When every particle
of the but ter has come in contac.
with the solution, let it stand an hour
or TWO; then wash the butter we'll
again in pure water. The butter is
then free OF all odor. and has the
sweetness OF fresh oc!ter. These pre-
parations OF lime have nothing i'm
furious in them.
Early maturity of / eef cattle is de-
cided TO be the most profitable by the
best English feeders of cattle. The
old icea that four year old keei i
superior, has been disproved. II ha:
cen found that excellent qualify and
nearly the same weight can be pro-
duced in thirty months, and with
much greater profit. Sixteen month
old steers have dressed in the quart,
ers, 600 pounds, besides 120 pound;
of rough fat. 1t is claimed that early
maturity ia the best plan for proits'
BILE beef production.
Fort Collins Courier says: Therl
is great deal OF com plant reaching
US of cattle dying with impsction o
the stomach. Cattle, ,unuing upor
our ranges without salt, and especi-
ally those feeding ulon bottom La d.
that are very weedy and impregnate {
W tn alkali are apt to be troubled II
this way. The aIksii OF our soil il
largely glauber sails (au. phate OF soda
which is, in large doses. q strong pur
ga,ive. TIE continued use OF thi
must cause an unnatural and .ev:r
ish condition OF the whole digestiy
tract and cause indigestion which il
time CAUSES the impaction OF th
etomaoh. The worst Of the cause
tia have come under cur observa il
nave been OF cattle that have bee
confined upon sach lew pasture lanus
The treatment Is obvious. The stocl
shou d be removed TO upland pasture
asd given free access to good an
,ure water. Amorg our suaile
farmers who ara compelled to Us