The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-05-10

Eggs. for Matching should not be owe
two weeks old.
Increase the ventilation of you
stables as the weather grows warmer.
The most imperative work of earl
spring is to remove every atom OF de
caying vegetable matter from the cellar
give it a thorough airing and sweeten
with lime or copperaS.
In taking slips of geraniums it is Gus
tomary in making the cuttings. to let onl
two leaves remain; but equally as goo
results might be secured if more wer
left on, in which case little mOiste
atmosphere would be demanded.
Salt is being used freely by nursery
men in their pear nurseries, for blight
Iron filings and copperas in solution
have been used for the same purpose
If these remedies do not prevent the
disease they at least correct DISPOSE
ton to bhght.-Er.
Gloxinias tbathave been left over sine,
last season, in sand or in their pots
should row be replanted in good, rich
peaty, sandy soil; with good drainage
It is best not to give them too much
head at first; let them come out slowly
without giving much water, for fear Of
rotting the bulbs.
The Prairie Farmer advocates this
cure for erysipelas: A poultice of fresh
or canned cranberries, applied to any
part of the body affected with erysipelas
is almost sure cure and specific for that
disease. 1t is far safer than the use OF
nitrate of silver or iodine" Gran
berry sauce should also be used for food
with sugar as palatable.
Veal soup can be prepared in similar
manner to beef soup. 1t is unnecessary
however, to boil the meat the day before
1t is wanted. Three hours is sufficient
length of time for it to be over the fire.
The same proportions of meat and
water are used as for the beef Be care
full to skim it close, and if not clear to
strain it through colander. If maca-
Foni is used put little butter in with it
before adding to the soup.
An experienced raiser of poultry. in
reporting to a meeting, said that when
chickens are first Matched, after they
are tHenty-four hours old, he would
feed them with milk, mixing their feed
N it, such as crumbs of bread, eggs
chopped very fine, and when older, feed
them small grains, cracked corn, and in
the morning a feed of meal made into
dough with milk. SKINNED milk is
better than whole milk, because it is not
so rich-while the other properties re-
main.
a New York exchange says about
training grape vines: The best form for
a trellls combining neatness with utility
IS simply to set out stout posts in the
ground eight feet apart and eight feet
IN height, with 2x4 piece of scantling
securely spiked on top to keep the whole
N position Heavy galvanized wire is
then to be tightly stretched the entire
length of the trellis, fastening it to each
post with small straps, or wrapping
around large nails, which perhaps is the
better plan. The wire may be about
twelve inches distant perpendicularly.
A correspondent of the New York
Tribune says: There is nothing poison
Gus to growing crops in the exhalatlons
OF black walnut trees, but they are
enormous feeders, particularly after
coming INTO bearing, and the ground
would have to be rich and kept well
MANFRED to support hourishing crop
OF anything else near them. A farmer
planted a row bordering road As
they grew up it was observed that over
the fence in the field. to the south, was
an almost barren belt of land that in
creased annually in width, till when the |
trees had attained their full height this |
belt was nearly four rods wide.
Ifmilk weeds grow in cultivated fields
We would give deep blowing near the |
time OF poisoning. if possible. and |
plant hoe crop. We would follow up
with thorough cultivation and hoeing. |
Most plants are more readily DESTROYED |
when growth is nearly completed, and |
the vitality of roots weakened than at |
any other time. If the weed grew in |
pasture or meadow we would NOV at
about the same stage of growth. or be- |
tween blooming and maturity. and re-
peat, if they appeared again the same |
season, and be ready for them again the
next season. There are few weeds that |
cannot be subdued if attacked and fol-
lowed up with energy and perseverance.
-E5.
When a cows teats become obstruct
ed with thick, stringy matter, and when
this is forced out and thin watery stuff
IS drawn out instead of milk, it indi-
Gates garget. This troubIe may be
caused IN various ways. Lying in a
sold, wet spot out in field at night, a
sudden change from hot weather to
cold, squeezing the full udder as she
lies down, chasing about with full
ndder, indigestion from any cause-all
these will cause 1t, and so will bad milk
ing, such as leaving some bad milk in
the teats. When it happens the cause
should be discovered and the proper
remedy applied. Usually dose of lin
seed oil or a pound of EPSON salt with
4 teaspoonful of ground ginger, and
rub the udder with camphorated oint-
ment, will remove the trouble in twenty
four hours. The udder must be COM
pletely cleared of the matter and milk
IN it.-EG.
A correspondent of the Indiana
Farmer gives the following condition
powder for horses and hogs: One-half
pound resin, one-half pound of sulphur,
TWO ounces of alum, one ounce of salt
peter, one quart OF unslacked lime,
twenty-five pounds of salt. Pulverize
and mix thoroughly. Dose for horse,
enc handful twice week For hogs,
one tablespoonful for each hog once l
week. Given 20 chickens in meal twice /
2 week it will stop the chicken cholera. I
In bad cases of hog cholera give the t
hogs nothing to eat for half day, and 4