The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-08-16

/ Peas 1re retOIlmen1eu a> 4 SOOu crop
to smother wire grass. the grass cannot
thrive in the dense shade.
Eight and kve-tenths pounds per gal
lon is rapidly becoming the standard
weight Of plill IN this country and
Europe
Ripe and fresh fruit harms no one
even in cholera seasons. 'Unripe stale
tation OF the bowels.
a little horax put in the water in
which scarlet napkins and red-bordered
towels are 70 be washed will prevent
them fading.
There IS no doubt that the slight
sweating OF hay in the cock adds mas
terially TO Is v;llue especially ii clover
constitutes a portion.
Ants at times, become very trouble
some around and about the hives. A
thorough application OF strong salt
brine il the nests viii destroy them.
Pun FIVE drops of chloroform on
lictle cotton or wool in the bowl OF q
clay pipe. then blow the vapor through
the stem into IN aching ear and instant
relief will be afforded.-Er.
Turpenuine. coal oil and vinegar,
equal parts. well shaken together. and
rubbed on the eggs OF the betty on
! horses legs. il * claimed. will kill them
af:er about three applications.
An authority says that cross Of Jer-
sey and Ayrshire makes excellent COWS.
| The offspring of the union. he con-
tinues. give more milk than the average
Jersey and it is of better quality than
the AYRSHIRE milk usually is. Ii were
to breed a COW for the family, or TO make
family breed, this would be the breed.
Take a dozen carp, say of the scale
variety. ami place them in two ponds;
| feed half OF them barley and cabbage,
the other half feed boiled potatoes,
shelled corn or meal baked in cakes.
The former will grow long and slender
and will be quite active the latter will
grow short. Esore chubby and much
fatter, and disposed 10 be stili and lazy.
Ohio Fqrmef-
A Colorado sheep grower of large ex-
perience has never failed to cure scab
in sheep by dipping them in solution
of SULPHUR and lime, the proportion be-
ing twenty-five pounds OF sulphur and
twelve and half pounds OF lime to 100
gallons of water. This liquor is Kept at
a ITO to 120. degrees by the thermometer
in the dipping vat He also feeds sui
Dhur with salt regularly
There is no room in the stable for
poultry OF any description. The fowls
will ruin more hay and feed than their
eggs are Worth. Not only-iS there this
loss from the covering of everything
vita the droppings of the fowls, but the
lice which infest poultry so little cared
for as to be allowed the range of a stable
viii transfer their attention 70 the horses
and COWS, and the owner will have n
sorry time before he dislodges thu ver-
min from their new quarters.-Ma
Pioughmdn.
All things considered, the most prac-
teal method we know Of reducing the
amount of corn-snut is to go oyer the
fields two or more times in the latter
part of the season, and collect the sopty
masses before they become dry and fri
able, and so before the spores are scat
tered, Carried in baskets and ultimate
Ily committed to the fire, the myrlads of
minute reproductive bodies are pest
no longer. To be most effectual, neigh
bors should join in agreements to stamp
out" the unwelcone fungus.-Pfdjrie
tdrmtr.
The Philadelphia Cal recommends
the following as Il panacea for sleep
less baby: | took ID piece of Canton
flannel. large enough when doubled to
cover the whole head, and wrung it
rather dry out OF warm water, then put
it closely over baby's head so as to cover
both ears and eyes The effect was
wonderful! There was brief struggle,
then perfect quietneSS, and in less than
five minutes the little. fellow was fast
asleep. Since then have tried it again
and again, and always with the same
: quick result. 1t is simple remedy for
sleepleSsness and well worth knowing
and trying.
Egg producing food of various kinds
is frequently recommended, much OF
which is undesirable Without resorting
to medicines or chemicals the food may
be SO combined as TO be complete in nu-
/; tIitive qualities, and in cheap form
An excellent combination is ten pounds
OF wheat, FIVE pounds of corn, five
pounds of buckwheat, and ten pounds
of oats, ground together, and fed once
day, first being scalded with boiling
E water, and given in the form of stiff
dough. There should be no other food
whole grains, but corn should not be
given during the summer
A practical gardener makes the follow
r ing statement: "a year ago, as test
E of frequent practice among growers
of melons and squashes, l pinched the
> ends of the long main shoots of the
melons, squashes and cucumbers, and
: left some to run at their own will One
squash plant sent out single stem,
: reaching more than forty feet, but did
not bear any fruit. Another plant was
pinched until it formed compact mass
!, OF intermingling side shoots eight feet
square, and it bore sixteen squashes
;. The last year musk-melon plant, thu:
u pinched in, covered the space allotted
8 it, and it set twenty-three specimens o.
fruit; the most of them were pinchec
off. The pinching causes many Iatera
branches, which latter produce the fe
male or fertile blossoms, while the MAR
vine produces only the male blossoms
r, The difference in favor of yield of ar
acre of melons treated by this pinchins
process may easily amount to one hun
d dred barrels. ''-EGr7n, Stock and Home.
There are horses which suffer from
:. disease of the eyes, from coughs, from
II scratches and other skin diseases, all o