The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-09-14

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lonesomeness is the best remedy foI
balkiness. Just tie up the horse and lie
him stand by himself, and he will ge
tired. Such treatment seems to do more
good than anything | have ever tried
This is not always possible, but in many
cases it can be done and a few lessons
of this kind often cures balkyshorse
and turns him from IAN annoyance into
a-pleasure Two-or three hours lone.
someness generally suffices, but some
obstinate horses may require more
After such treatment they generally
start off on their own accord. Nv plan
is, as soon as the horse stops and refuses
to go at the word, to tie him SO that he
can move as little as possible, and then
leave him. In ordinary cases the horse
is willing enough to go after such treat
ment.
Gathering the weed crop is always in
order, and many of the more enduring
and troublesome kinds are now full
grown and near seeding. Weeds should
be cut down or pulled up, before ma
turing to seed. One good thrifty weed,
if not destroyed, will SOW seeds for a
few hundreds, and oftentimes thousands
of its kind, to appear next season. The
weeds should be gathered into a heap,
allowed several days to dry and then
burnt on bonfire. This is the most
effectual way to destroy them, and the
ashes restore the fertilizing material to
the soil. The person who pulls weeds
and throws them over the fence to lit
ter the roadway, and scatter the seeds
for the injury of his neighbors, is an
enemy to the commonwealth of the
community.
find that oatmeal porridge is greatly
improved by being made some days
before it is required, then stored in a
closed jar, brought out and heated for
use The change effected is just that
which theoretically may be expected
viz: softening of the tibrous material,
and sweetenlng due to the formation of
sugar. This sweetening | observed
many years ago, in some Cruel that
was partly eaten one night and left
standing until next morning, when l
thought it tasted sweeter, but to be
assured of this, / had it warmed again
two nights afterward, so that it might
be tasted under the same conditions of
temperature, palate, ETC., as at first.
The sweetness was still more distinct,
but the experiment was carried no
further.
l do not think in fattenIng hogs they
should be too closely confined. They
are rendered uncomfortable and suffer
from lack of cleanliness. A hog will
keep himself in cleanly, presentable
if he is allowed to do so. Give
them sufficient freedom OF motion,
which they will use less and less as they
grow fat. To SOW peas for hogs is one
of the cheapest methods of starting the
fattening process, which is to come on
fully little later. Turned into a pea
field in September, they grow rapid v
fatten considerably and are put into
the best condition for deriving the great
est possible benefit from the diet of corn
which is next 10 follow The I'M srican
Farmer.
Tomatoes are extensively grown in
Utah. Nearly every season difficulty is
experienced in the early frosts appear
ing before all the fruit has thoroughly
ripened. In such case the ripening may
be completed by pulling up the entire
vines, with the tomatoes still attached,
and hanging them just as grown in a
dark and moderately warm cellar, only
reversing natures order by hanging
them upside down, the roots upwards.
In the course OF two or more weeks the
tomatoes will have ripened and ma
tured, and may then be plucked and
the vine thrown away on to the weed
pile.
s. ?. Madeira, manager Of the C S 3
herd at Loveland, Colo, says as a pre-
ventive against blackleg he keeps
troughs where the cattle can get to
them handy with the following mixture
in them: twenty-five pounds common
salt, one pound saltpeter and onepound
sulphur. The cattle by having free ac-
cess to this mixture are never troubled
with it. As a cure he uses the following
remedy: Make an incision in the upper
part Of the brisket and put button of
garlic in the incision, this causes the
blood 10 thin down and circulate freely.
Discontinue supplying water to the
raspberry and blackberry canes, or
bushes, from now on until next spring.
They will draw from the soil and at
mosphere all that is necessary to sup
port them and harden, this seasons new
wood before winter sets in. Any addi-
tional moisture will induce another
growth of new wood which will be
killed off by the first hard frost; and
rob the roots OF the vitality which
should he reserved for next season g
fruit.
Professor A ]. Cook says the short
horn sfor beef, the Ayrshire for milk
the Jersey for cream and butter. No
breed can be excellent in all these diree-
tons. 1t is enough that an animal gives
very rich milk, without giving a large
quantity. Beef and milk qualities of
the highest excellence cannot co-exist in
the same animal. So, too, the draft
horse and roadster are wide apart in
their forms and habits, as also in the
kind of work which each is expected TO
perform.
An Illinois man says: ~ have been
noticing for several years difference in
calves and colts, and TO sex when the
service was rendered at different stages
of the moon. When a COW or mare is
served after the third or fourth day af-
terithe full, nine out of ten are males,
and after the third or fourth day from
full moon to same period after Iull moon,
females. s.-t :F
1t is reported that new trouble has
attacked the sheep IN several large
western herds. A grub or worm IS found
at the base of the neck, causing death in
numerous instances. rurpeptine poured
on and well rubbed in. has been used as
a remedy for grub worms IN the head
and it is suggested that probably it will
be efficacious in destroying this new
enemy.
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