The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-05-31
INDOORS AND OUT.
The Farm. Orchard, Garden,
and Household.
HINTS AND NOTES FOR ALL.
THE ws-TurIaeys-Seed Peas
Mole Trap-FrusS House
Ivy VS. Damp.

A little sulphur in their food occasion
ally viii keep lice frcm fowls Boiled |
rice is good for young chickens
Recent experience and experiment
have Convinced me that raspberry canes
should be removed as soon as the frtlt
is gathered.-C. H. Green.
Peas planted about the 4th of July,
or second crop peas, will net be infested
by weevils. This is the best way to raise
seed peas Of the early kinds.
Sheen should have their feet trimmed
at least twice year. If they are not
trimmed the hoof turns under at the
edges and retains a mass of filth and
dir which isapt TO cause foot-rot.
The following novel mole trap is sug
gested by a correspondent of the
Prairie FGFYaer: Castle horns placed
in mole runs, will do the rasoals up"
Thev will enter them, and as they never
turn back, perish there.
It's recommended to place peas in a
ecolander cor sieve, closely covered, and
set over kettle of boiling water The
steam pegetrates among the peas, kill
ing the bugs without any great injury
to the termination of the seed
A fatel diseaseTs prevailing among.
the horses of Dakota, and several valu-
able eGGines haveGone to thet5oneyard-
The first symptom is larneRess In ONE
of the feet, after which 2 running sore,
develops. The disease tiaE&ly affects
the whole system and the horse dies
En-
The AmericGn Gdrdea says that the
scrapiSzg of fruit trees is often. carried to
excess A ha<hy vigorous tree does
not require to be scrape6 at ALL it needs
all IS natural bark for protection
against the cold, dry winds OF winter,
and against the parcillGg SUI of suEa-
mer.
Says an exchanges: Phosphorus, SO
necessary to the higher tissues of the
body,es abul6antly supFIied in wheat.
but tits very uaearly ground ont in the
choicer grades of -four
To which VIE add, taGS by using the
Supenfne Wkole Wheat -four, you OBJ
tain fdll benefit of every ingredient the
whea1ccontains.
The benefits of meGeAing trees and
shrubs have come to be toO we'll, under
stoodi6y practical hort4euIturists tore
quire durther proof. Itundouotedly
retains in the soil much of the moisture
that would otherwise escape by evapor-
ationJ end it :eiso appears to lave
fertiliSi1g effect, probablys5y. collecting
nitrogen, and possibly by Eavoring the
notification oftehe soil.
1t is well to have patch of .Hurgar-
ian grass to f&ll back on in the case
other things fail 1t maybe put in the
last of Jane with good results. A buHhel
of seed Per acreiis sufficient; many sow
but three pecks. It will be ready to cut
in six oTseightWeeks. Harvest wilhelm
blossom Horses have been i1j ured by
eating teo much of the ripeRed seeds.
Hungarian differs very little drom ma
;let.-Er.
The following food contains all the
elements that exist in eggs: Oats, corn,
wheat, barley, bran, inseed, hemp
seed, rape seed, crushed fresh bones.
mustard ssad green cabbage and clover
and reasonable mixture of all these
varied more or less, with the aid of
crushed limestone and gypsum, would
affGrd every element called for to pro-
duce a constant yield of eggs 4 large
quantity of broken fresh bones is ore of
the most important aids.
Cotks may be made imperviOus by
soaking them-5est quality-for several
hours in solution of .ehe-half ounce OF
glue OK gelatine in a mixture of three |
fourths of an ounce of glycerine and /
one pinE of water, heated to the tenn
peratare of about City degrees G. Such |
prepared corks may be rendered nearly /
proof against acids and other chemicals
if they are dipped, after thorough dry
ing, for ten or fifteen minutes into |
melted mixture of four parts of para
1ne and one part of VasehRe.
Numbers of trees with good roots and
we'll planted die after removal, simply /
from weakened constitution brought |
about by poor living. 1t has always
been understood i'll this country that |
transplanted tree is safer fer being |
pruned. but the pruning generally con-
sisted of shortening in all the branches,
strong as well as weak. But il is now
found that the tree should not be
shortened in, but merely thinned out.
The weaker branches should be cut out
and strong ones left.-Ez.
The turkey hen will make her nest
away in the fields if given liberty. Bv
removing the eggs she will lay a larger
than if they are allowed to re-
main. Although the eggs are often
Matched with chicks under hens, the
turkey hen is the best mother. Dryness
is the most essential requisite for young
Feed them on hard boiled
eggs for two OF three days, and four or
i've times day, giving a small quanti-
ty of mashed potatoes mixed with
chopped onions. Then feed on clabber-
ed milk, oat meal mush, and continue
the chopped onions, allowing meat in
line condition once day. Do not keep
them too closely coafned.-Er.
An Illinois horticulturalist last year ,
fruit house which proved 1
% successful that it is now being taken
Is model throughout the country. 1t {
s designed on the simplest scientific !
and cost very little. The
walls are double. being composed OF two
ows of wooden posts boarded within
Ind without. The intervening space, s
wo and a half feet wide, is packed as 6
loosely as possible with straw. Above {
IRE two sets of rafters three feet apart
Vith boards on their upper sides, and l
With straw. completely filling the space
'etween them. Over all is a cheap
'oard roof. Inside, we are told, the a
temperature remains appro xiunately S