The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-03
There is a variety Of opinions among

doubtless injurious; moderation is the
safest plan. Ice cold drinks OF milk
etc., in cases of fevarare generally ad-
mitted to be BENEFICIAL to the body.
The liability to Indigestion increa es
as the summer heat approaches the
maximum point. In the treatment
OF this trouble the old rule about pre-
vention will be especially useful. At
this time the avoidance of tat and
heating foods and of unwholesome
breast and other milk are very i'm por.
tant points. The foods most suitable
for summer are those the most nutri-
tious and digestible that can be COM
manded. Meats baked or boiled and
used cold, cold cup custard, lice pud-
ding cold, coed ice cream, milk and
sponge.cake are prime articles Of sum-
mer diet for ell, and especially for
children Who can uge food other than
milk.
The Farming World gives the
following practical advice: Let the
farmers OF cur noble land beautify
their homes. Set out an orchard Of
fruit trees. vineyard and a planta-
ton CT the many varieties OF choice
email fruit suited to their climate.
Keep first class, raise first class
stock and have the best Of every
thing, for such is not only the right,
but privilege and duty of all first
class farmers. Keep 10 with
OF little ahead of your
farm work so as not to let your
work drive you. Study your useful
calling, from root to branch, like
the merchant and manufacturer.
Make your farm, as it should be, a
source Of profit and pleasure instead
,, of dull drudge. When this is dor
: you will see vast Improvement in
: our agricultural wealth, peace,
. prosperity ard happiness. And
our noblest sons and daugh-
tiers will see and know there
: is virtue in their peaceful lots.
For all people in sickness or in
:, health, lemonade is safe drink. Il
!, oorreots billiousnees; it is specific
! against worms and skin complaints.
. Ths pippins, crushed, may also bt
- mixed with water and sugar, anC
!, used as drink. Lemon-juioe is tbs
best anti scorbutie remedy known
;, it not only cures the disease but pre-
vents it. Sailors make daily use o
:, it for this purpose. A physician sug
I gesis rubbing OF the gems daily viii
:, lemon Juice to keep them In heslth
= The hands and nails are also KEEP
i clean, white, soft. and supple by dali!
) use of lemon instead OF SOAP. 1t ais
prevents chillblains. Lemon, used il
intermittent fever, is mixed will
e strong. hot, black tea or coffee, with
g out sugar. Neuralgia may be curer
i by rubbing tho parts affected will
e lemon. It is valuable, also, to cur
q warts and to destroy dsndruf on th
= head. by rubbing the roots of the hal
u with it. In fact, its uses are manifold
q and the more We apply it externally
% the better We find ourselves.
b Now is the time for making ney
o strawberry beds. Po.ted plants ar,
n best, because the rooslets are ken
altogether and the plants are not in
-liured or set back in transplanting;bu
n they are also the dearest. PotteC
If plants need not be set out until th,
# end OF Septt mber, while the ordinar,
o self-grown ru ner plants should b.
= trsnsplanted into the new beds ac
g coon as possible, to give them a chance
;, to start and grow thrifty before win
u ter arrives. Some Authorities say that
> a new bed should be made every thirc
> tyear, and that three years ia sufficient
Il to exhaust the fruit bearing capa eity
. of the plants on one location; the new
q bed should be on new ground which
2 has had q rest from growing straw
s berries. The Lew bed s5ould consist
j. of soil made up largely of well-rotteG
e stable manure. Ground that has
b proven rich in producing crop Of
t potatoes, is good for the new bed ate,
the potato crop has been dug; some
growers have planted the stra Wberriec
: between the growing potato vines
= taking advantage OF their shade spc
q few weeks time before gathering the
:, potato crop. In such case care mus
- - be taken when digging the potatoes
y, not 10 iniure the strawberry plants.
:, Peter Henderson, one of The mos
successful American fruit cul
! turists, Gays he prefers h
/ luse potted plants and sc
:, out new bed en- fresh ground eacl
:, year, only depending upon the plant
= one season for large and lucratiy,
&c yield.
J. SaYs the New York Times: TIL
i, greatest waste of the farm consist
I'd in the unnecessary loss o. manure
VI and chiefly the liquid portion of il
ID OF the food consumed by an anima
" 95 to 96 per cent. OF the nitrogenou
part of it ia ejec,ed as waste in th
excrement, only about per cent
~ being utilized in repairing the vast
~ OF the system; and about 73 to Z
Il per cent. out of this 95 or So per cent
&c exists in the urine. And yet en- yer
ID large proportion of fsrmE-probahl,
Or 50 out OF every 100-no provision q
le all is made for saving this Iiquj,
Il manure. To save and utillza it
ly Iquite easy. There is 10 necessity TO
of ord I.-,el