The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-02-08
INDOORS AND OUT.
THE Farm, Orchard, Garden.
and Household.
VOTES AND HINTS FOR ALL.
..oot in Soup - striking Horses :
,,.,,se PIants-Age of Hay-Sick
People and Food.

r.+ord The elements annually de-
nus os many dollars worth OF agrlcul-
suoi o. ;5ranIements and machinery as
tlIa 1,,se IEr. A good proportion of
doe aassr r is the result of careless
ness. ell.
Iye cine, Boil the potatoes, and while
lhE - hash them; then mix butter,
warm nar and and salt, little chopped parsley
4 desired, and one or more raw eggs;
E II these together thoroughly, then
pea aId in halls, dip in beaten eggs and
them tReII in IN -four, and fry in butter
A. nile farmers should save what
..-n7nkIn seed they need, and from the
o -,,tt and heaviest specimens. There
ID. graat deal of difference in the quail
- =, oE pumpkins. Seed. from the stores
T 70 often from inferior specimens.
g seed only produces specimens
aSort as large as two-quart pail, while
betrer seed on the same land quadruples
the size and value.
To make a homemade drop cake:
ono cofeecupful of granulated sugar,
two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, two
NOES Of butter. two ounces OF lard,
one COG one coffeecupful of milk, two
CnnsfIls OF flour. favoring to taste.
MY +besugar, baking powder and short
o-ing fhutter and lard) and fayorlng
veil together; then add the eggs, well
beatan and the milk. Thicker with the
9onr and drop on tins. Have the oven
bTisk nut in YOUR cakes and bake. Ten
minutes should suffice.
House plants, we'll cared tor, are an
ornament to every residences and give
\ cheerful look to the winter fireside:
To keep them well requires care; and
no class of plants repay care better.
The green color of foliage, so much adj
mired by all, is given to plants by Am
monia. This can be easily supplied by
taking little manure and soaking 1T in
water and allow it to settle, and when
clear. wet the soil very moderately with
It. Little and often is the best.
What shall we do with the coal ashes
is problem with many. Made into an
unsightly pile in the back yard, they
are disfiguring, and trial every time
one looks that way. | make them into
garden walks. Have the coal sitter
taken out TO path and the cinderS sift-
ed there each morning. No one walks
in a garden much in the winter, and by
spring you will have fine hard paths,
well settled by frost and snow, which
are never muddy or grass-grown.
As substitute for raw meat for fowls
an exchange recommends that tallow be
melted until quite warm, then stir corn
meal into il until the whole is thick
mass When cold it may be broken
into small pieces very readily, and will
be appreciated by the hens. We would
suggest that one-third tallow and two
thirds fresh blood from a slaughter
house, be heated in a small quantity Of
water, and a mixture of one part fine
bran, one part coarse bran, and one
part corn-meal, be added until the mass
will harden when cold.
The age of hay is important. Some
fancy hay cannot be too old. This IS
erroneous; for, however good the hay
may be, age will lesson its nutritious
qualities. Fresh, new hay is by no
means proper for horses in work, but a
little, even of this, as an alternative, is
by no means bad thing. Hay two
years old is quite old enough for any
horse. That cut in July is cured enough
by September of the following year; in
tact, We would prefer it to that any
older. Two years after cutting, hay is
old enough for any race-horse. Every
DAY after this it deteriOrates in its nour-
iShlng qualities-Er.
a Maine man of experience in sheep
keeping, says that the amount of food
gwen to maintain one COW, will give
better returns if fed to ten sheep. If
Sheep can be prOfitablv raised in Eng
land, wnere lands worth $500 per acre,
certainly they must be more profitable
IN America where good sheep farms may
oe bought for S. to $3.50 per acre, 1t is
thought that the sheep is a good one
11at, when shipped to market will pay
WHAT II cost, or if kept to increase will
pay profit. a good Texas sheep
. gslgnS IU9 pounds, but one will be con-
sluered good. if weighing less, it yet
Felds Tour pounds of wool.-ET.
The early pullets, if the next winters
mock are to lay early, must be hatcned
between this time and the middle OF
March, but the caller the better. We
;Suude' however, to pullets of the large
breeds, such as Brahmas, Cochins, and
plymouth Rocks. The reason of this is
that pullets require age before they will
Oegln TO lay, and the ovaries are not
Safhciently deveioped in the large breeds
OF puliets at the end of the wear. unless
the pullets are Matched early. This is
the reason why we often witness the
RAPID growth of pulletS without any re.
suit IN eggs. They must fully mature
BESIDES, we will state that eggs from
eafly-hatched pullets are the best fol
placing under the sitting hens, or in in
cubatorS.-Er.
Experiments have been made in al
eastern Agricultural College, to ascer
tam what is the exact amount of daily
raqons desirable to feed to an ordinary
mich COW. As applied to Utah condi
IONS and prices, substituting GROUND
iced OF oats and corn for cotton-seed
meal the following is the result:
Cents
nay, y lbs. a $40 per ton. .......-. 10
round Id iced, oats and corn. 6 lbs ....T
bran . lbs. a 5000 per ton 3.
Total. .............. %.
The changing of variety OF food, b,
giving occasionally feeding of squasl
ana roots should not vary the expens
much from the total cost of twenty cent
per day per COW.
It's not very many wears since tn
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