The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-10

gestion:, that may have Cured in the
experience of cur numerous and varied
classes o! readers, ard he will endeavor
to put them 10 such shape as to give the
pablo the benefit of the inGormation.l
Every dairymaa should own
reliable thermometer, aud use it IN
ascertaining the correct temperature
of the milk.
An exchange asserts that after a
COW has reached hsr seventh or eighth
year, she has ontlived her usefulness
in the dairy, unless she ia very good
one, and her calves have proven go1d
also.
To obtain the full product of a COW,
the milk must be drawn rapidly and
thoroughly. When the milk is not
all taken it helps to shrink the
quantity and decrease the value OF
tae COW.
Clover hay is said to be much retter
fodder for COWS than timothy hay.
Our own experience is that both are
good and that an even proportion of
the clover and the timothy may be
fed with great advantage to the milk
flow.
We again remind those who put
hay into stacks, that slight sprinkliug
of coarse salt between the layers will
not only prevent the rick or stack
from heating and firing, but make it
more relishabie food for the 1--we
stock.
A solution OF copperas, one-hall
pounds dissolved in five gallons Of
water. and applied to the roots of the
tomato vines,in moderate quantities,
will Increase tue fruit yield. Care
should be taken in handling the solu.
ton as it is poisonous.
An Engiisb breed OF sheep known
as the Oxfordshire Downs, is proving
very advantageous, in crossing with
sierino ewes. The Oxfordshire q ok
produce an average OF seven pound
heeces; and som OF the bucks hav:
weighed 337 pounds dead weight.
a correspondent OF the New Yorh
| World says that at sheep ranch il
| Montana a lamb which mad teer
bitten by rattlesnake was cured by
the application OF baking soda. 1t i
also usual in that vicinity to april
the same remedy to horses, and it il
usually followed bv complete cure
Whisky is reserved for human
beings.
| Al Illinois owner ola four hundred
acre farm, sows halt a bushel of tim.
othy seed per acre, with oats. Hi
reason for so doing. is that the dense
lower growth of the grass smother:
the weeds. We learn this from ths
Prairie Farmer which says, Certainly
this year it has accomplished the pur
pose, for scarcely a weed appears
above the Iinotby.
Il is fact we'll aItested BY Englist
writers, and by observant farmers o
this country, that when clover ha
been frequently sown upon the samt
land it not only fails 20 produce {
heavy crop, but fails to appear at sll
The lan1 is then said to be "clover'
sick" The remedy for this is by ex
tending the number OF crops in th,
scale OF rotation, so that clover will
not come so often upon the sam
land.
Professor Chaser, of Germany
recommends the following for kill
ing lice on plants: Dissolve tw
ounces soft soap in half-pint rail
water, make an infusion of one an
one-half ounces tobacco in half pin
water, mix together; add two ant
one-half ounces fusil Oil and hal
pint of methylated spirit, and max
up the mixture to quart. Sprinkl
the leaves of infectea trees with II
and it will kill the lice without in
juting the plants.
The careful experience and practi
cal experiments OF a numbef of year
haveidemonstrated bsyondIs possibilil
of doubt, that eating food before retir
ing to sleep at night is desirable
Human beings and particularly
ycnng persons should not 90 to be,
with an empty stomach. Animal:
} following natures own rules, meyer d.
The process of digestion of plain an
good food conduces to sound sleep
drawing the blood from the brain an
helping the mental faculties to resl
Resting the body and healthy slumbe
are two distinct things; most men an
women enjoy only the former, and al
being worn ont by the lack of soun
rest for and recuperation OF the bfsiI
The National Live Stock Journa
says; The horse of all work is Il
cheapest raised OF any kind. 1t cos
less food and labor to raise them, ar
! when produced they are quite as va
liable as any other class. They al
g well adapted TO our soil and olimat
they will stand the extremes Of he
and cold, and thrive on the vegetab
productions OF their native soil. The
will stand more constant labor tina
any of their species, except the null