The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-07-27

as ioiioWs; During the hot weather 0
summer the farmer should be oarefQ
| az 10 his diet and drink. Heath.
Iand s'i"u'ssiug food and dTIDI
should De avoided. A pain diet il
moderate GusntIty is best for the hot
season. Few farmers make as fres
use OF mug ID they should. On 4
diet of bread and milk man can dc
as much work, and DO it with less
tdiscomiors. than upon any otter diet
ing II iaTm5lS would more gener-
ally paTssks Of bread AID mig 10,
their suppers, and breakfasts too. il
tEey preferred, it would be much
better for them. Meat should be
eaten sparIngly in hot weather snn
only onos a DAY. Strong coffee should
he avoided. and weak tea or wat.
taken tor drink. Ice water should be
partaKen OF sLaringly il a. all. Hot.
new bread should not be- eaten. :
digestion too severely tries the disge. :
i've organs, which are cd! TO Ia en-
lee0led during tbs hot weather. Sale
Dread and butter, bread spd milk.
fruits and vegetables. plain pnddrne-.
hsn' ana a moderate allowance OF
meai. will make a euficleu,Iy soor
diet for the months of Jriy AND
August.
An Iowa gentleman writes the
'PTalri9 Farme," that he sue seed.
Ia accomplishing the sometimes
difficult i. Jpo of preventing hens set
ting % follows: He has two nova
Ole c00ps with slate sides apo
ends, tight roofs and ground Cor
doo5- These afford iight, afr anu
9n9da, al Necessary in summer. In
The evening he catches the broody
hens aud puts them in one OF these
soops for four nights and days, Civ
ny them all they will eat a AND !
rink. On the fourth day. toward |
'TeniDg, ne lets them Out: at dush |
hey win hurry to the roost, forget
Ing all about the nest. Two nights
fter catch them again, using the |
theE coop ana repeat alternate
lights. four times. Move the coon
2ch day.
If any one has 3 pear tree that
ears epotted or cracked fruit, SAYS
roDpie, in The New York Tribune
t him sprinkle wood aahes lsAelv
yer the soil beneath the tree, as far |
, diameter as the branches extend-I
OF 9 light sprinkle, either, but a
OelNl dressing. Then wash the bark
thoroughly with Strong soap.snds(old-
soft.soap preferred), With
le addition OF lime water, and a little
our OF sulphur. had = white Dow
me pear tree treated in this way,
lat previously bore only Imperfect
uit, but which af.er treatment gsys
'me delicious highly oolored
oecimens. It may not cure in every
sse, but it will do no harm
American Garden Gays to main~
ain a lawn in perfect condition, it
lust be moved every week or ten
avs, but not 80 close as to lay bare
ne grass roots. Nothing is go DIES.
tuctive to good lawn as too close
lowing. If the moving is done
eguiarly at proper times, the Clip
ingG need never be removed, ex
ept, perhaps, after the first NOW
lg in spring. In fact, the clippings
onstitute valuable fertilizer and
lulch, of which the lawn should
OF be deprived, and rakes do gen
rally more harm than good on al
AVID. The best implement for
mOothipg a lawn ia a good roller.
A correspondent Of the Gardeners
ionthiy attestS that the old rem.
dy, dropping castor oil beans in
he runs of moles,sis adequate. A
int will rid an acre from them.
thrust the forefnger into the mole
ole, put in a single bean and cover
p the finger with bit of earth,
hip, stone, or cIod to keep out the
ght. The mole will be cure to eat1
ne bean and 1t Is death to him.
Also in planting corn in fields
There this pest abounds, If q seed be
ropped occasionally in hill, the
lole will eat it in preference 10
be corn.
DR. Bennett, in his address be-
're the Nov1a SeoJis Fruit Grows
rs Association, said he preferred
orchards during the
7hole period in which the trees are
cling prepared for fruiting. When
hey reach full bearing the land
lay be laid down to grass, but
ven then there must be no failure
f surface-feeding and mulching
publications., without which the
ruit will dwindle to small size, and
ecome spotted and fungus-marked.
a correspondent OF the Fruit Re-
orde. Gays be has boiled leaves and
.ems oil tomato plants until the Juice
|, all extracted. and finds the liquor
eadiy to oaserpillars, lice and many
Their enemies to vegetation. Ii does
ot injure the growth OF plants, ADD !
q odor remains long time 10 disgust |
asect maraUders.
The Germantown Telegraph says
be best psnsies are obtained by sow
ng the seed soon after it natures, say
n August, In winter cover the plants