The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-06-01
INDOORS AND OUT.
The Farm. Dairy, Garden, Or
chard and Household.


dressing" of ashes TO the soil around
the trees. Wood ashes are prefer
able, when obtsinab'e: they are an
excellent fertilizer for almost any
kind Of vegetation.
It has been said that a flock CT
sheep having bell on the leader
will never be- w1rried by dogs. We
cannot vouch for this, but know
that good bell would help any flock
master better to keep in mind the
whereabouts of the flock if within
hearing distance. Try the bell.
The American Agricultural sdvo-
Gates green corn az a cheap and ex-
celient fattener of pork hogs. lis use
az soon as ready to cut, will enable
the farmer to fatten up the porkers
by the time winter arrives, aud dis
pense with the costly plan Of keeping
them in cold winter weather.
Cayenne pepper is frequently
used for domestic and medicinal
purposes. Unfortunately it is rarely
obtained pure; the greater proper
ton of that sold in this city is adul-
terated some with poisonous mate
riais. One test Of purity is TO burn
a little; if it leaves black sediment
do not use it. The ashes of the pore
are light colored. This subject Is
worthy OF attention.
The Scientific american gives the
following as sure method to destroy
red ants: Grease plate with lard,
and SET it where ans congregate;place
few bits of wood so the ants can
climb on the plate easily, they will
forsske any food for ard; when the
rlate is we'll covered with them, turn
it over q hot fire of Goals; they will
drop into the fire, and you can then
reset the plate for another catch. q
few repetitions will clean them out.
Those who intend to plant potatoes
as lats as the next two or three weeks
hence, would do we'll to carry the
seed into the barn and spread them
out in a secure place, so that the
sprouts may harden up and grow
dark colored before planting. They
should be cut only few days bsfore
planting, as the smaller pieces will be
likely to dry too much. Sprouts
which grow where there is plenty OF
light are not 40 likely to break of
when the potatoes are dropped in the
drill.
An experienced sheep breeder says
that the best ration he had ever known
to be fed for fattening sheep was COM
posed of equal parts. by weights. oil
oats. peas and millet; to fifteen bush
sls OF the mixture was added one
bushel of haxseed, and all were
ground fine together. Esch sheep
was fed two pounds OF this mixture
with bay, and made regular gain Of
| three pounds each week, besides grow
ing an unusually fine staple of WOOL
The small amount OF faxseed is pecu'
liarly soothing to the digestive organs.
It is a perfect preventive OF all diseas
es caused by dry fodder.
An Illinois farmer has this year
ninety colonies of bees or hand, and
after many years OF experience, now
devotes his whole personal time to
them, being oonfident Of success.
Here is what he writes to an OK
| change: l have fer some years CONS
| bined honey raising with farming,
end have tried to encourage my
neighbors to keep bees; for l find that
| my clover, fruits, ETC., ell seed and
! bear better by having plenty Of bees
TO fertilize the blossom and carry pol.
len from stamen to pistil. Besides
this, nay table is never set without all
the honey We are inclined to use.
The Farming World has the follow
| ing from two of it's correspondents;
"a good remedy for worms in horses
| il sage tea. Ihave tried it and know
| whereof I speak. It won't do any
harm, if isshouldn't succeed in doing
| any good" We presume the gentle
| man means the ordinary garden sage;
but Utah horse-men can try either
the garden cage. or the green new
shoots of the mountain ssge-brush.
The other item ia ''cure for chicken
CHOLERA, is the extract of logwood
dissolved in the chickens drinking
water. 81 know this to be not only q
cure and COED one. but also a fret
class preventive. 1t is splendid
thing to produce red combs; and il
good for Chickens at any time. Dis
solve just enough in the water to colol
it red, when used as a preventive.
When it is used as cure. the watel
should be made quite black"
The British Medical Journal sasy
that an epidemic of smallpox can 81
prevented by thorough re-vsccina
ton. The incubation at infsnc!
seems to die on. with advancing year
| and experience shows that secont
vaccination should be performed sool
before or at the age OF pubsrty. Lon
don has been several times, and re
Gently threatened with serious out
breaks OF the disease; in fact it is nov
prevalent in Hackney and one or twl
adjoining parishes. But strict issla
| ton at home or in the hospitals. witt
xonook aociDsti0n nf aduIta g.