The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-09-27

Prompt cutting down to health
wood will check most cases OF blight il
trees.
When clothes are scorched, remov,
the stain b placing the garment wherv
the sun can shine on it.
A stone smokehouse a few feet square
and cheaply covered by boards is very
convenient around farmhouses. Be
| sides its use for smoking meats it is {
convenient receptacle for wood ashes
To keep insects out of bird cages. til
up little sulphur In bag and suspend
1t IN the cage. Red ants will never be
found in closet or draw. if a small bae
OF sulphur be kept constantly in these
places.
Now is the time to plant hyacinths SC
as to have them bloom from Christmas
to New Years. For a succession OF
flowers in spring the bulbs should be
potted during October, November and
December.
An exchange gives this as a remedy
for Group: Take the white of an egg.
stir 1t thoroughly into small quantity
OF sweetened water, and give it in re-
peated doses until cure is effected If
one egg IS not sufficient, second, or
even third should be used.
Everyone will do well to act upon this
advice of an exchange: Don't spend
your money for a motto of Save NV
Lambs until you have cleaned out the
back yard and disinfected the vaults
and sewers. Cholera doesn't care a con-
tlnental for notices. Scrupulous
cleanliness is a safeguard against dis
ease.
Old fowls are more subject.to being
with parasites than are the
rapldly-growing chickens. The massed
plumage of adult fowls forms a grand
retreat for the inSidious "creepers
which are just now ENJOYING their an
nual carnival, where the birds have not
been properly seen to, up to this month.
-Er.
The application of from one to two
bushels OF Stacked lime per acre, in the
.all, and if necessary repeat it in the
spring, is said to be a sure remedy for
he Hessian fly. Common care in sow
ng 1t Will prevent injury or inconyeni-
nee resulting from the caustic proper
les OF the lime to the person who an
lilies it.-Er.
Never disturb your colony for three |
+ more days after queen has been in |
reduced. If the bees have begun tn |
all her, YOU cannot do her much good /
ecauSe oftentimes they simply bother |
er fora while and then let her go: but
any rate the chances of loss bv this
arly disturbing of the bees after intro
ueing the queen too frequently result
/ her death.-Er.
Ii any one gets choked, or is strang-
ng on fish bone, bit of oyster she'll /,
other food, break an egg as quickly d
possible and give the strangling per
IN the white-do not beat it-and IL
III almost certainly disiodge the OBJ
ructlon. what ever 1t may be, unless it ,
IS made its way into the windpipe. =
ne wrlter'has tried this with perfect :
ceess many tjmes.-Ez. +
The Scientific american informs nc I
at IN South Russia. hemp seed is e
wn IN and around vineyards. and near d
ected vines as a remedy against phyl- i
iera. The strong odor Of the hemp L
ant attracts the insect, who will for I
Ae the roots of the grape vines for the >,
Ipp plant roots. which proves to he
isonons to the phylloxera. Ina few o
Us the vine begins to revive and # a
t badly infected. will recover. t
4 very nice thing for lady to keep e
:, her oreSslng-tabIe in fancy bottle, Z
De az nano When little spots.are dis
Iereo ca a BLACK dress. Il costs a
% !, deal when put up by a druggist O
q called by some impossible name. b
t it can be cheaply made by fating n
e quart Of boiling water and dissniHs Fl
,in it one-half ounce of camnha- md ii
e ounce of borax. After If fs cold h
i.One-third OF pinto alcohol. G
I 8 little straw Is spread under bushes
II. it is desired to destroy and then
med, 1t wiz make a finish of tham q,
-oh. more certainly than cutting .,
m down. Now is the season to af. 90 -.
dito this. and after threshing. most h,
merS have an abundance of straw p
ne OF which they can hardly put to =
Ter use. Wheat straw burns more =
oily than either oats or barley. as il
suffer and does not compact in a
SIS IN burning.
IS quite usual for many poultry E
'erS 10 gave the earliest b-Oods for %
egg next season. This is all right so g,
as Late winter and early spmng eggs 81
concerned. One of the particular ~
sons. however. why farmers do NOT sl'
e continuance O, eggs during the " "
llneE, Is that they do not save late ~
1ds OF chickens for successive LAYING "a
ggs. We always save some. bot6 ~
the early clutches, and also rom NV
later ones, even so late as Auenst
which we have eggs all through the
weather and the fall. TRY #. and r.
the results, You will not be disap- an
ted.-Ex. "a "a
lis is the way the Prairie Farmer ven
maggots out of sheep7s heads: Al
ng emulsion OF warm soapsuds and tiol
Ole acid was prepared, and part of the
Is injected into the ears of the suf- lail
e animals. The neck and head Ell
thoroughly wet with the mixture. -.
n the skin and wool were dry. ear
acid and warm water were put into
-omizer and the spray was sent Into Az
Re folds of skin and saturated the Hk
aiSout the head. Care was used to Eel
the poison from touching the eyes. Un
thorough application was enough 10.
nrely stop the trouble As pre- tec
We the heads and necks are SPRAYED Lne1
'ionally. free
all cases, no matter what the ma. C,n S
: ZEN per Is. early and careful train khs
-. horses is Important IN the line of
u! IN handling and safety IN use.
- ~ Ii them with things COM