The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-01-04

Afarmer's wife says that three table.
spoonfuls of ground Java coffee given
to a COW in mess will cure the scours.
and less quantity given 10 a.cah or pig
will never fail 70 accomplish the desired
result a. -
Corn smut like every other disease
will increase IL neglected. Every smut
ted ear Of Indian corn viii REPRODUCE a
larger quantity the nextlyear. There
is only one way 70 get rid Of it, and that
is to carefully gather up and burn every
ear showinglany symptoms OF the infec.
ton. @tM N
Lame sheepSwill neither fatten, winter
well, nor produce their natural amount
of wool. Give the feet OF snch careful
pairing, cutting away all affected parts,
and dip each foot in a cup of hot blue
vitriol and vinegar. This can be easily
and quickly done by having kettle
upon an oil stove at hand. One applica-
ton will generally cure the worst cases
of foot-rot.
Sheep are profitable in several ways.
says the Farmers Call: First, from
wool; second, from mutton, and the
third from manure. The gain from the
last source is not susceptible of change.
whether the price OF wool and mutton
be high or low. A sheep gives returns
in these items for his Keeping. and in
balancing the returns the gains from
the accumulation of manure should be
considered as well as the weight of
fleece and carcass ~.
A farmer writes US that for scratches
on horses take white pine pitch resin,
beeswax and honey, one ounce each:
fresh lard, one-haf pound, melt well
together over a slow fire, stir till quite
thick, SO that the parts may not settle
and separate. This also makes an ex-
cellent application for harness-galls, cuts
and sores of all descriptions, on horses
and cattle.
All fields not sodded should have open
throws made through them to allow
surface water to run off during the
winter. If wheat has been sown, the
burrows should have been made before
the grain terminated, in which case
there will be no loss of crop. But it is
better to plow burrows through the
wheat at the beginning of winter than
to leave the work undone.
The most common vegetable soup is
bean soup. Any kind will do, although
the best are the French beans. Soak a
quart of them over night in lukewarm
water. Put them over the fire next
morning with one gallon of cold water.
Boil for three or four hours, add celery,
onions if desired, and one or two thinly
sliced potatoes. Simmer until the vege
tables are done. Caraway or dill seed is
a good addition to the seasoning of bean
soup.
Split-pea soup can be made in the
same way as bean soup, except that 1t
requires less boiling.
The following treatment for COWS re-
tanning the placenta, or cleanings, is
recommended as sure cure by farm
er of thirty-eight years experience: In
an apple or potato make hole large
enough to contain a half-dozen dead
honey bees. Feed these to the COW and
the placenta will be released in COM
/ paratively short time. He further says
that dry oats, fed to a COW about ten
daAs before she is to calve, will in most
cases, prevent retention of the placenta.
i Apis, the poison of the bee-stinger, is
used as an uterine remedy among ply
sIcians, and we are inclined to believe
! that the remedy given above Is OF value
! to dairymen.-Eg.
The Scientific american gives the result
S of experiments which have been made
a in England as to the comparative val ne
of good hay for stock. 1t is estimated
f that 100 pounds of hay are equal to 275
/ pounds of green Indian corn, 400 pounds
: of green clover, 42pounds of rye straw,
s $50 pounds of wheat straw, 100 pounds
of oat straw, 180pounds of barley straw,
f 153 pounds of pea straw, 200 pounds of
a buckwheat straw, 400 pounds of dried
!. corn stalks, It's pounds of raw potatoes
t 504 pounds of carrots, 81 pounds of rye,
t 46 pounds of wheat, 81 pounds of Indian
/ corn. 68 pounds of acorns, los pounds OF
:, wheat bran, 167 pounds of wheat, pea
r and oat chaff, 179 pounds of mixed rye
:. and barley, SO pounds of inseed and $50
;, pounds of mangel-wurzel.
: The main objection to the use of tarred
a paper for winter protection of trees
against rabbits and mice is its dark color
which takes too much sun heat. White
. washing the outside after it is fastened
to the bark would remedy this defect
But in land of corn, why not use
! stalks? Half dozen of them-m ore
: or less, as the size of the tree may re
: quire-would form cheap and durable
e guard against sun, wind and rodents,
\ If fastened loosely to the trunk with two
2 or three ties of tarred strings, they coulC
i remain for two years or,more without
r injury. Nothing greasy should be pu'
e on the tree after the fall of the leaf II
r autumn. When the sap is dormant the
q oil will kill as far as It penetrates the
I bark.-Er.
: 1t will not pay to raise COW on whey
Y or substitutes for milk. A calf must be
a fed on milk-skimmed milk is gooC
C enough-for six months to make gooc
COW. But no dairyman except a butte
5 maker or who sells cream can rear calves
e And therefore it is useless and aggravat
e ing to a dairyman to be told he is vast
a ing his opportunities unless he rears al
:, his heifer calves. If he rears the bes
n and learns how to select the best, and
: rears them well, he will be doing well
n A good judge of dairy cattle says {
Y promising calf should have fine mar
row head, clear, large eyes, four well
. developed teats standing far apart, anC
should be up and searching for its break
3 fast before it is an hour old. This indi
= Gates the good points of future GOV
: and good feeder.
h Panic ON Main Street.
;. Tho crowd at the great CLOSING on