The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-06-22

the e" INDOORS and Out" columns Of such
interest that they will become every
oody's columns, by containing short and
plthy items of interest to everyon of
The HERALD's readers. Therefore, the
editor invites correspondents to send
items of practical receipts, hints, or sug-
gsstions, that may have occurred 10 the
experience OF our mum erous and varied
classes OF readers, and he will endeavor
to put them in such shape as to give the
public the benefit of the information.1
As to oyerwork in schools, it has
well been remarked by recent writer
that the difficulty We have to face is
the inevitable result of attempting to
educate a multitude of child err by
one process and up to one standard,
Hydrophobia is said to be unknown
among the dogs OF Australia, which
circumstance is supposed to explain
the action OF New South Wa es and
other colonies in for bidding the i'm {.
portation of dogs from Europe and
America.
Wisconsin has commenced dairy
schools, for instruction in the making
OF butter and cheese. An expert
from Syraouse.' n. Y, has been
engaged to spend four or five months
for that purpose. Would net such q
school be of advantage in Utah.
A few handfuls OF common salt
scattered between each layer of hay,
when being stacked, will prevent the
fermentipg and heating. which often
times results in the haYstack taking
fire and being destroyed. The salt
will also make the hay more desirable
for cattle; they will eat it more read
lily.
A wash OF one part nitric aoid in
ten parts OF water will impsrt stain
resembling mahogany TO pine wood
that does not contain much resin.
When the wood is thoroughly dry
shellao varnish will impart fine
polish to the surface. A glaze of cart
mine or lake will produce rosewood
finish. A turpentine extract OF
alkanet root produces a beautiful
stain which admits Of French polish
ing. Asphaltum thinned with tur-
pentine makes an excellent mahog-
any color on new wood.
The Farming World says the east
est way to reduce old combs to wax,
is to make bag of coarse cloth. like
a coffee sack, in which place the
comb, and sew it in tightly. Then
put the bag ipto boiler of hot water
and with something press it we'll
down into the water. As the wax
melts, it will escape through the
meshes of the bag and rise to the
surface of the water, while the dead
bees and other impurities will remain
in the bag. Skim off the wax, re-
melt, and work it into any shape you
like.
Another remedy for the cabbage
worm is recommended. It is Simply
a tea made from ta1sy ian herb that
grows around most farmers premises)
and applied to the cabbage with a
sprinkler or otherwise, when lhe dew
ia on in the morning. If put on
when the cabbage is dry it will not
adhere to the leaves, and therefore
does no good. A correspondent says
this will efectually destroy the
worms. In a few hours after the
first application not a worm was to be
seen. He repeated the dose once only
that year, but one application was
all required.
Four remarkable fieeces of wool
have been shorn from sheep owned
by John Furgson, living in Madison
township. Davis county, Ind, near
the Greene county line. Two ewes
produced heeces weighing respective
" 151 and 165 pounds; the other
taken from bucks, weightd 19a and
2O3 pounds. These sheep are from
bucks in northern Ohio, costing $50.
Farmers should gradually work of
scab al OK and raise sheep OF the
better grades. A good sheep, shear.
| ing from Is to 25 pounds can be kept
as cheaply as one producing half that
| amount.
Oats are considered an expensive
feed. but farmer Of much experis
ence saws that for teams either oxen,
or horses, half corn and half oats are
bettsr than all corn. Large quanti-
ties are fed to oxen by lumbeImen
every winter. Bruised oats are ex-
cellent Tor young animals and are
easily digested, as compared with
VIII lie ones. In feeding oats 10 horses
during the season OF hard labor,
remember that the best are not always
those which look bright and are free
rom mustiness or other cdor indicat.
inp previous dampness or heat; weight
Of oats determines value, il their con-
dition is good. Light oats contain
little uutrimept. It pays at this
hard working time OF year to feed
good grain and good hay,
Ramsdell, writing to the Philadel-
pbia press, says: II ever you are
t-o,bled NTH rheumatism avoid