The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-11-30
INDOORS AND OUT.
The Farm, Garden, Orchard
and Household.
HINTS AND NOTES FOR ALL.
The Worth Of Falling Leaves - Cows
and Their Raising Certain Fruit
on Certain Lands.

Wnen IOWlS are Wei h6)I anu AOA vel
ENTHUSIASTICALLY those in close con-
fnement-salt is as indispensable as
green food. It assists digestion and
6eIps the bird to assimilate its food ad
Yantageously. 1t should be mixed with
the soft food and in same proportions
rs in making bread Fed in this man
ner no fears need be anticipated Of its
disastrous effects.
A medical man advises the diSuse Of
feather busters, and advises the use of
cloth to wipe away dust. He asks: Do
YOU know Just what you are doing when
brush away duSt2 You disseminate in
The air, and consequently introduce into
your own interior, into your tissues and
respiratory organs, all sorts of eggs,
spores, epidemic germs aud murderous
yibrioneS which dust contains.
To prevent cold feet let a layer of
curled hair be basted to piece of cloth
and slipped into the stocking; the hair
touching the sOles of the feet, will it'll
late the skin and draw the blood thither.
The hair conducts the moisture from
the feet to the wooden cloth and thus
keeps them dry. These hair sOleS should
be placed before the fire at night so as
10 be thoroughly dried by the morning.
Cork sOles absorb moisture from the
shoe and the feet also. and require sever
al days to be thoroughly dried.
The Jersey Bulletin, is authority for
the following: The flavor of beets, tur
nipS and cabbage can be overcome by
dissolving half a teaspOonful of salt
petre in a teacup of water, and pouring
it into the churn with the cream at
churning time Cabbage may be fed at
night, after milking, without favoring
milk.
Half pound to a pound of bi-carbon-
ate of soda-cOmmOn baking seda-
should be put into new tubs or boxes,
and hot water poured over it, and every
part should be thoroughly cleanSed from
odOr by repeated washing or shaking.
1t is all the better if this mixture be left
in over night. This viii prevent butter,
or lard, or milk from absorbing the Odor
Or favor of new wooden vessels.
& sanitary practice intimately con-
nected with religious tenet is that Of
fasting" TAose were clear-headed,
0bSerYant men who instituted fish dim
ner on Friday. The daily use Of meat
has its disadvantages, and sets up evils
of a serious kind connected with glut-
tony which the fathers of the Roman
Catholic Church turned to good account
on Friday q part of their religious duty.
Fresh fish contains much of the mater
ial which renOvates nerve matter and
assists to prevent its decay, while an in
terval of rest from strong meat enables
the brain to become clearer for its Sun
day work by giving time to the blood to
be purified from excess of heterogeneous
food SANITARY Rerie,r.
Salt should always be within reach of
every herbiYOrous animal, says the
Kansas Farmer. It is an actual and
physiological necessity to them. One
animal may require little and the next
one a great deal; but without it perfect
health cannot be maintained in horses
and cattle. Its importance can be seen.
from the following physiological facts in
connection with it: The serum of the
blood containing four to six parts per
thousand. 1t exists in all secretiOns
and IS the chief source of the muriatic
acid secreted by the stomach. 1t large
" increases the secretions from the gas
trio and SaGvary glands; it promotes
the digestion OF vegetable food, and
renders it more fit for absorption.
Hence the greed of salt in all heriivor-
Gus animals. and the utility of those
Saltlicks to which the buffalo, deer and
other wild animals resort.
a writer In the National .St0ckH5da SAYS
about colts and calves:
Having been watching the markets
for some time, and seeing that the
prices for the former are increasing
while the latter are steadily decreasing,
[ have thought that it would be a good
way for farmers to keep for their own
use on the farm none but goOd-sized
draft-mares. 1t is known by all that a
mare can and will do about as much
work as a horse, and raise colt besides.
In raising colts one has to be a little
more careful than with calves, but when
it comes to stabling one can put about
rs many colts OF the same age in a shed
as calves. The cost of raising colt
will not vary far from that of calf, ex-
cept when II comes to Stal-feeding cat
tie, where they need and consume about
twice the amount OF corn to fatten them
that it will require to keep the colts in
good order.
"Then when it comes to the disposal
of the horses one can always get about
twice as many dollars for a good three
year-Old colt as for steer of the same
age. 1t is very true, though, that if YOU
have a hin knocked down or an eye
knocked out, the colt viii not bring any
more than the aforesaid steer; for a
steer viii make Just as good beef without
an eye as with one But would it not
be best for farmers not TO raise too much
of any one thing? And the time has
about come when the overproduction of
wheat and cattle is not far of. Would
it not be well for many farmers that are
just commencing to begin with a few
good brood-mares, and raise some line
colts and get nice price for them, than
for all to raise few colts and a great
many calves? One. of my neighbors
sold two three-year-old colts last winter
for $3.50, or SOS per head. Now, a good
Shorthorn steer three years old mast,
ready for market, weight 100 pounds.
would only have brought $50. think
this is good showing in favor Of good
blooded horses.
Says Josiah Hopes. in New York
Tribune. That certain varieties of fruit
are adapted only to particular localities
appears clear, on account of the numer-
Gus failures arising solely from this
cause. Take the popular Clapp's Favor
lite pear, for example, Notwithstanding
it succeeds 50 well in New England, and
other places, with melt is invariably
poor in quality. The crops are fire.
quently enormous, but with all the pains