The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-01-25
1TnOORs AND OUT.
IN Farm, Orchard, Garden,
and Household.
VOTES AND HINTS FOR ALL.
ponItry House-Cattle for Beef
Tn Tsst Eggs-Mineral Waters
Dressing for Harness.

- vou aware of the fact that groom
no saves feed7 Ifyou have any doubts
lnnn55cerning it just try the experiment
for yourself.
GOOD egg will sink in water. A
~ egg which is done, will dry quick.
- an tIe shell when taken from the
tstfje. The boiled eggs which adhere to
The she'll are fresh laid.
A recipe to make potato pudding.
Rise til wooden spoon, through a
ooIander, six large or twelve middle
siysd potatoes; beat four eggs, mix with
. mint o. milk. put in the potatoes, add
ak ounces of sugar and fiavoring.
One remedy for catarrh. is to use a
nasal donche with the following solution,
nigbt and morning: Tincture tannin, one
quarter ounce; borax (pulverized), one
ouuce carbOlic soda, one quarter ounce {;
saft water, one half pint. Keep bowels
epen.
A cheap and very effective way to
raise the temperature in cellar that is
dangerously near the freezing point is
N set one or more common kerosene
lamps on the cellar floor during the day
time, when not wanted for lighting the
rooms above.
The new German mode of treating
pneumonia, consisting of six grains of
iodide of potassium every two hours,
and the application of an ice bag over
the seat of The lesion. is just now one
of the leading topics in the medical cir
cles of New York.
The recipe for the government har-
ness dressing is as follows: One gallon
neatsfoot oil, two pounds bay-berry
tallow, two pounds of bees-wax. Put
the above in pan over a moderate fire.
When thoroughly dissolved add two
quarts of castor oil. then while on the
fire stir in one ounce of lampblack
Mix well and strain through fine cloth
to remove sediment, let cool, and you
have as fine dressing for harness or
leather of any kind as can be had.-ET.
Here are two excellent ways of pre-
pairing very dlgestible and economical
meal of apples with rice. Boil rice very
soft and line with it well buttered pud-
ding dish. Lay over it layer of sliced
apples, using an easily cooked variety.
alternate layers of rice and apples until
the dish is full. Add little water to
keep the rice from becoming dry on top,
and bake until the apples are done An
ether way is to pare some apples and
remove the cores, and fill and cover
them with boiled rice, allowing a cup
full Of unlocked rice for each half dozen
apples; cook in a steamer. Eat with
cream and sugar.
Says 8 correspondent of the Prairie
Farmer: Some fifteen years ago my fowls
and poultry-house were thoroughly in
tested with lice. was told to procure
sassalras poles for roosts, but as they
were not at hand. l made sassafras OF
my old ones, by smearing them lightly
with oil of sassafras; also put few
drops in each of the nests. In a few DAYS
the pest disappeared entirely and to this
day Ihage not been troubled with them.
continue to use the oil. a. little every
year, dropping it in the nests, and on
the roosts, few times during the sea-
son. l have never seen this recommend
ed In print, but know it is a sure cure
Two Polish physicians have been
making experiments for the purpose of
ascertaining the effect upon the flyer of
alkaline mineral waters. Their results
indicate thst alkaline waters increase
the quantity Of bile when taken freely.
These experiments also included ebser-
Ystons upon the effects of hot water
upon the liver, the conclusion being that
not water possesses the same properties
as alkaline waters. We have proved in
srge number of cases that the use of
hot water is one of the most effective
means mes oil encouraging torpid liver.
Hnen the liver is torpid, there is usual
" red sediment in the urine. From
PIX 20 eight glasses of hot water should
Oe taken daily until the sediment disap-
pears.- Ez. sf n
me following from the Southern Live
otocK journal should prove interesting
~ many Oh our readers: Any man who
5dS leq cattle for beef knows how much
f GePenu' upon regular and systematic
lGeulnS; There is a skill or peculiar
AhacK IN the business that can only
oe acquired by long practice and close
observation. At the north, where farm
efs BUY steers TO fatten through the
WINTER the feeding IS seldom left to the
Alred hand The farmer feels that If he
IS 70 make anything on his investment,
ne mast look sharply after his business
ana trust nothing to luck or hired
HanG. VI men 4 steer is adding to his
"tlSht al therate OF 4 pound and half
cay. II takes but little 10 throw his
SeStANe machinery out OF JOINT. We
nave seen steers drop in gain nearly
pound per day simply because their
fauons were not given regularly. The
most successful beef growers try to give
great variety OF food. They try to
make the rations for beef animal a
series OF surprises, 50 that something
new will be given at frequent Intervals.
Cattle ike change OF diet just as a
man does.
Many good horses devour large
quantities of grain or hay, and still con
anue thin and poor; the food is not
properly asSimilated. If the usual feed
mas been unground grain and hay, moth
ing but change win effect any desirable
alteration IL the appearance of the
animal. In ease oil meal cannot be OBJ
famed readily, mingle a pushed OF flax
seed with bushel OF barley, oneof oats,
and another bushel of Indian corn, and
.et Il oe ground into fine meal. This
WI be q fair proportion for all his feed
Ut the meal or the barley, oats and
corn, IN equal quantities, may first be
procured, and 0ne-fourth part of oil
e4he mingled in it when the meal is
sP5lhkled on cat feed.
reed two or three quarts of the mix
1ufe three times a day, mingled with