The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-11-23

pose !nat therS are no living germs
the disease still lurking in the odd co
/ ners OF the country, we shall certainI
keep free from 1t till we import it agai
from some foreign source. 1t can n
more arse spontaneously" than
cnlcRen can produced without an eg.
inns TACT Is as clearly sustained as an
: fact IN veterinary science. y This eoe
to further illustrate the truth of the al
adage that, prevention is better tina
; cure.
SAT- Lake merchants are seriousl
troubled, during cold weather, by tn
steamlng of their show windows. TIL
IoloWlng from an English Journal cor
respondent, will prove as valuable as i
Is practical. 81 found the glass covered
with moisture to such an extent that i
was utterly impossible to distinguish
anything from the outside. Happeninl
one evening to require an article at the
top OF the window, noticed the air wa:
unu: lily hot. l at once came to the
conclusion that the hot air condensine
on the cold glass was the cause of ali
my trouble, and if l could sufficiently
lower the temperature at the top /
should have dry glass. / next dav
! bored holes Seven-eighth of an inch in
diameter, and about eight inches apart.
In the top rail of the sash and covered
them on the outside with a strip of per-
Iorated zinc, OF rather large mesh, to
/ prevent dust, etc. The result exceeded
my expectation, and my window is as
ury as possible. Another method is to
Ve-ulate the windows by allowing the
ar 10 enter at the bottom, and having
tubes at the top communicating with
the room above. This plan answers adj
mirably.
The Northwestern Society of Bee
Keepers have recently concluded con-
Vention held in Chicago. Many inter
eStlng items were discussed and valuable
information elected. Among other
business was the appointment of COM
mlttee to secure legislation for the
authentic compiling of honey-crop re-
ports, and the enactment of a measure
Tor the suppression of foul brood.
In the ensuing discussion it was de-
termined that sixteen cents per pound
was the lowest price that could be profit
ably allowed on comb-honey; that the
queen bee should be given the liberty
OF the entire hive until fall when she
should be confined in the lower story,
and that liquid ammonia applied after
Scraplng out the sting. the bee smoker.
turpentlne and ammonia, alcohol and
plantain leaves, salaratus and saliva.
internal application of oil of cinnamon
With external application of hartshorn
and sweet oil, were all effective antidotes
for the poisonous sting of the bee.
1t was decided by the experience of
twenty-five members as against fifteen
that cellar wintering was preferable for
the preservation of bees. Bee diarrhea
in the winter, it was claimed, was the
result of loading up the bees with solid
vegetable matter. Sour and fermented
honey and pollen was also said to be
cause. Plenty of pure barley was
recommended for winteEfood. Twenty
five of the members voted that the bad
food was the, real cause of the winter
mortality, only five voted negatively.
Mr.. Fahenstock recommended a remedy.
he had cured sixty colonies that were
afflicted with dysentry BY a syrup made
from granulated sugar.
The question of how best to transport
colonies from one apiary to another was
brought up. Mr.. Van Dorm said that
he used rack wagon, with a good hay
bedding under the hives. Mr.. Sherman
sand that bees should not be boxed up
tightly In transportation. The standard
size of sections was fixed at one and
One-half inches thick in one pound
frames, without separators. The con-
vention then adjourned to meet the last
week of the Chicago Exposition, 1885.
Everyone owning a cow is anxious to
know how to obtain good mixers. No
matter what breed you have, something
further is necessary in order to reach the
best success in raising good mixers.
Good blood, whether Shorthorn. Jersey.
Devon, Ayrshire, grade or native, is not
everything, but lies at the foundation:
cannot come from nothing.
Treatment in raising a mixer should be
somewhat different from that in raising
a beef animal, or an animal for labor |
Begin as soon as the calf is day old;
see that it has sufficient to eat, and is |
kindly treated and regularly attended
TO. Never pamper or Overfeed, but give
it good, generous food, to couse regu-
lar, early and steady growth. Accustom
II TO be handled, but not to Such an ex-
tent as to acquire objectionable habits
as a COW, but rather to be fond OF the
presence of the keeper. Kindness helps
to create a quiet disposition, so impor-
tant In a dairy COW, and this education
must begin when the calf is young-any
habits acquired when young are apt to
cling TO the COW when grewn.
For mixer / would have the heifer I
come IN at two years cid. She is then
old enough to become a COW. / would !
not as a rule, allow her to go to farrow,
but milk her up to few weeks of calv-
ing, even if l did not obtain but little at |
a milking. A COW thus trained will give !
more milk and be more likely to hold /
out longer in milk, if her after care is |
iudicious and liberal, as it should be. !
Such treatment tends to form the habit |
of giving milk, and as We know, habit |
is sort of second nature. Couple the /
heifer with an old bull, one, two or three |
years older than she is, is preferable to !
a yearling, and better stock is likely to /
come from such. After the heifer has /
come in, her feed should be regular and /
liberal. Good clover hay is best of all, |
but we all may not have this for stall |
iced; then we must make up for what |
IS lacking in some concentrated feed |
such as oat meal, shorts, oil meal or the |
ike, but great care and judgment must /
be used not TO overfeed or crowd as the |
future COW may be ruined. Undue |
forcing shortens the useful life of the }
COW very rapidly.-[Er. /