The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-03-15

1 The French Minister of Finance has
issued circular to people in the coun-
! try, in which he warns them against
destroying tOads, lady-bugs and insec-
tiverous birds, which he pronounces the
friends of the farmers. Toads exist al
most exclusively upon the worms and
bugs they find feeding on useful plants.
The little spotted lady-bpg destroys
plant lice, scale bugs and many other
harmful insects. The birds that feed
on insects cannot be too well protected.
The boy who kills one of these or a
toad should be whipped, and the man
should be fined and Imprisoned. This
excellent advice does not apply to the
vicious sparrows, who are an enemy,
the destruction of which should be
everywhere encouraged.
To a practical Colorado stockman,
belongs the credit of what is thought to
be q solution of loco poison in stock.
He claims to have found on the weed
small egg, which he thinks, is deposited
there by some insect, and on being taken
into the stomach of animals form what
IS known as the Thread worm," the
effect of which Injuries the brain and
causes spasms, and finally death. He
has examined several head of horses
the past season that died from loco and
found them literally alive in the stomach
and intestines with worms. A table
spoonful of copperas given to horse
will, if not too far gone, effect cure;
and if horses have plenty of salt and
copperas put at convenient places on
their ranges so they can lick it when
ever they want it, there is no danger
from loco, and they may Craze on 1t
every day in the year.-Er.
Owners of horses may not be aware
that a number of cases of "pinkeye"
Turk in this vicinity, and that the adj
vent of The usual April wet and stormy
weather, will more than probably
develop the disease into more serious
proportions. We therefore reprint the
following valuable recipe, which if
faithfully followed out, will obviate the
fatal results that always ensue from
neglect.
Regarding the treatment of the
disease termed 'pinkeye,' of course the
symptoms vary in different cases, but |
will give some general directions which
will be found serviceable. The horse
stall, but not where it is exposed to any
bandage the legs loosely with flannel
little cut hay during the sickness-no
grain or long hay. Give one of the fol-
lowing powders on the tongue twice a
day: Nitrate of potash, one ounce,
pulverized gentian, half an ounce, and
thirty drops of the following medicine
in the water four times day: Tincture
nux vomica, four drachms, tincture
OF belladona, three drachms, tincture
aconite root, one drachm."
Here and there on all farms and in
most fruit gardens will be seen an occa-
sional tree or grapevine, which seems
to lack vigor-does not grow well, and
yet seems to have no particular disease.
The probabilities are that the tree is
dying of starvation and needs a liberal
supply of food. When you give it this
ration, do not pile load of manure
around the trunk of the tree or the
bottom of grapevine. That is just
the place where it will do the least good.
Nearest the trunk of the tree, the roots
are all large. The fibrous roots-the
feeders-are further off near the ends
OF the roots. These only can take up
the nutriment. It is always safe to as
sumo that the roots extend as far from
the trunk in every direction as do the
limbs of the tree, and to properly fer
uilze, spread the manure all over that
area. Then FORK it in and you have
done good work and done it well. If
some disease has begun its work on the
tree, you put the tree in healthy,
vigorous condition, the better enabling
it to successfully contend against its
enemies. We have seen numerous old
pear and apple trees, bearing poor and
gnarled fruits, which the owners con-
slider of no vaIue hIIt which Suph fraaf-
ment as we has outlined above would
restore to their original usefulness
Orange County Farmer,