The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-09-21
INDOORS AND OUT.
The Farm, Garden, Orchard
and, Household. -
NOTES AND HINTS FOR ALL.
Egects of Alfalfa on stock-Building
Straw Stack - Cleanliness
Necessity = Other Items
of Interest


Those persons who destroy a healthful
oonetitution Of body by intemperance
an d an irregular life, do as surely ana
manifestly kill themselves as the
suicide.
If you cut the back legs OF your char
two inches shorter than the front ones,
the fatigue of sitting will be greatly.
relieved, and the spine placed In better
position.
Re prepared for sudden changes OF
work should be hastened as rapidly as
possible. The present weather is too
good 10 last.
If their curiosity leads children TO ask
what they Should mot know, 1t is better
to tell them plainly that It's a Inns thn
that belongs not to them 10 Know, tlIiiii
To non them off with q falsehood.-
Locke.
kbout n week or ten days before
onions are ready to pull, the tops should
he broken down, which will make them
form more rapidly and OF larger SIZE.
The usual way to break onion tops IS TO
run hand-roller over them, taking two
or three rows at time.
Take advantage OF the first opportun57
ity to repair your corrals, barns ana
stables. to keep out the rain storms and
snow Of the approaching autumn and
winter. Your horses, COWS ana othef
live stock win appreciate good shelter
and give YOU better returns Tor properly
caring for them.
Bog SPAWN, or nistension OF the caosu-
lar hgament of the hook joint, cannot
he removed and the horse worked. Best
treatment for one just come or Is rest,
pressure and cold water; afterwards lire
and blister. If OF long standing the
fluid should be removed with an mstr'l-
ment for that purpose then tired ana
blistered.-. Il.
The pasture system does not do away
with the necessity for moving The
stock eat only the best grasses, leaving
the coarse stuff and weeds to grow with
out check. Unless moved 10 prevent
weeds seeding the pasture will soon be-
come very foul. especially with Canada
thistles. the seeds OF which will be blown
all over the neighborhood.
Vegetation requires time OF rest Just
as much rs humans and animals. Many
persons kill their trees and plants by
giving them too much water. When
through Towering - and particularly
when the leaves begin TO fade and fall,
the sere and yellow leaves are now to be
seen-withhold artificial moisture from
them. Let dame nature supply it. Some
potted plants are an exception.
Mr.. dinner. OF the Montgomery Co.
O.. Horticultural Society says it has
been ascertained at the Columbus expert
mental station that the temperature
three inches above the ground III straw
herrv-bed muIched with straw Is foul
degrees lower than in one not mulched
thus rendering it possible for every buC
IN bloom in a mulched bed to be killed
during frosty night, while in an adjoin
ing bed not mulched they might escape
Says celebrated author We wan
common sense IN cookery, a. in mos
other things. Food should be used anC
not abused Much of it's now ALSO
lutely wasted wasted Tor want Of
little art in cooking it. Food j. not oni,
wasted by bad cooking, but much OF /
is thrown away which FrenchwOmei
would convert into something SAVIOR.
and digestible Health, morals, an
family emoymentS are all connecte
with the question OF cookery
Although analysis does not indicate i
coal ashes have 4 great practical Valu
in growing fruits and vegetables. The
change the mechanical condition OF tn
soil for better, whether II be light Q
heavy, and one of their best effects is
diminishing the ravages OF insect
Trees planted III beds of coal ashes al
invariably healthy. Squash vines gro
with less liability Of attacks from ii
borer and radisheS are grown free frOl
maggOts. These well-attested facts sho
that coal ashes are far too valuable TO
thrown away as they often are. 1t ma
not pay to apply them TO grain crop
but in the orchard they are almost ;
good as = dressing OF manure tt
cherry and pear trees coal ashes a
better than manure.
The following is said to be certai
and perfect cure for lameneSs III
horses foot. caused by inflammation
fever, and known as founder. Prom
relief has been obtained IN less than 4
hour. in many severe cases: "Clean OF
the bottom of the foot thoroughly-hO
up the leg so as to bring the bottom
the hoof upward, holding firmly III
horizontal position, and pour in, say
tablespoonful of spirits of turpentine,
the cavity of the hoof will hold withol
4 danger OF it running over; touch Il
turpentine with red hot iron; this "
set it on fire: hold the hOOf firmly
d EOSlIiOl llltl11l bQIA O0t. b1CstS Vi
4 must be ken that none runs over {
the hair OF the hoof, lest the skin
. burned. II all the feet are affected, bul
turpentine in each of them. Relief W
speedily follow, and the animal
ready for service in n short time"
Doit now. and continue TODD it eve
morning, and as thoroughly.as possibl
n You have several hundred dollars
\ your stock of horses, cattle, ETC., and y
/. many of you neglect to clean out t
/ stables until the manure gets so high
. the stalls that the animal cannot ma
use of them, when the manureis throw
\ out. Perhaps, before this time, some
+ the animals become sick or disease
( The COWS lose their appetites and II
. short in their flow of milk; the hors
+ do not seem to eat with any appetit
Z while one or two of them are gettil
! incipient thrush or scratches. Dosing
then generally resorted to, and mo
money is spent for medical compoun
than would have kept the stable clea
i Yet dosing does not seem to remedy t
matter. and the horses are turned out
grass. for a week or two, to get bett
which they almostinyariably do besau
thew have pure air, clean sod to run
and no filth toibe kept standing on C c: