The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-04-12

well mixed with one fourth OF pound
of sulphuric acid is recommended as an
outward remedy for ringworm.
seeds with onions, parsnip, carrot, and
all other seeds which terminate slowly.
The radishes come up quick and even to
indicate the rows, thus enabling you to
use hoe and cultivator early.
More horses have died from CHAMBERS
in this country than many are aware
of. tits not every horseman that likes
to own up to the fact that his horses
have such aloathsome disease, and some
are mean enough to conceal the fact If
possible
Remember the frosts towards the last
of May of the past year. Damage from
late fr0sts, however, can often be pre-
vented by setting few heaps of old rub
bish. corn stalks. weeds, grape-wood,
brush, etc., on fire late at night, thus
filling the atmosphere with cloud of
smoke.
AT the late meeting of Kansas Herti-
culturists, delegate from Labette
county, gave these remedies for the
prevention of ravages of the canker
worm in orchards. Tie band of wool
or cotton batting around the trunk of
the tree. The worm becomes tangled in
the meshes, and is prevented from de-
foliating the trees; also, placing boxes
or gourd shells in the trees encourages
the presence of wrens and blue birds,
which prey upon the canker-worms.
The easiest and quickest way to SOW
onion seed, is with a garden drill
(Mathew'sl. If you have none, and can
not borrow one from your neighbor, /
advise soaking the seed in tepid water
for day or two. then mixing with dry
plaster, to dry of the surface, and plant
ing pinch of seed Is or g., every eight
inches in the row. The onions come up
in little clusters, far enough apart to adj
init hoe between them. A great deal
of hand labor is thereby saved, and the
onions spread out and grow exactly as
well and as large, as if they were grow
ing one every two inches.-Er-
This month is an excellent one for
hens, but it usually causes roup owing
to continued dampness on the ground,
as well as moisture in the atmosphere,
hence the hens take cold, the result be-
ing roup. Roup often occurs when least
expected, as the poultryman is deluded
with the apparently favorable weather.
On cold, rainy days keep the hens con-
fined, feed them warm food in the
morning, and add a teaspoonful of
tincture of iron to every quart of drink
ing water.-EI.
Those who have made the production
of live stock as much feature of the
farm as the circumstances of its locality
and character would permit, now find
that they have acted wisely. Times are
hard and dull, every thing and every
kind of business is depressed, and there
is not one but to some degree feels these
effects. But on whose shoulders do
they rest with the greatest weight?
The farmers whose main dependence
is upon embarrassing, and whose cattle
and hogs are of the ordinary unim-
proved kinds. feel this depression al
most as keenly as any other class, while
those who rely mainly upon live stock
production and who have given proper
attention to securing cattle and hogs of
character. feel this depression
less than any other class of men in the
world. 1t is historical fact that when
the meat producer has been found on |
top.-Eg.
The Farm and Garden advocates cult
waiting strawberries in hills instead of |
matted rows and says: There is great |
advantage in hill culture over the mat
5ed-row system, where fine-szed berries
are in demand Planted as we recon-
mend in this number, in hills, there will
be Il, $50 plants per acre. Should the
plants yield, under high culture, one
pint per hill, "a small CROP, and the
berries command only ten cents per
a,-f( low 60 +lol
yield in mony value would be over $500
)ne third in price above those of the
matted row, there would be left over
300 for the extra care in culture and
Always use high culture
md plenty of manure with the hill sys-
em, and raise extra fine berries where
here is a demand for them. You can
EASILY net $500 per acre. Where there
s only market for low-priced berries,
he matted row system will answer.
You will have the quantity at the ex-
,ense of size and quality.
An exchange very opportunity calls
ttention to the following mistakes
made by farmers. The idea that large
arm, half stocked. and poorly cultivat-
d, pays better than few acres well and
titled.
What is it but the worst kind of a
MISTAKE to pay hundreds of dollars
or good farm machinery, and allow it
or want of proper shelter to rot and be-
ONES useless year or so sooner than
t should?
It is a mistake to let year after year
Ass by with no attempt to improve the
uality of the farm stock. Bloeded
attic pay. They make beef quicker,
he cows give more and richer milk.
Setter blood in horses pays. A Nor
nan or part Norman colt is valuable
iece of property.
To let foolish pride or narrow-minded
rejudice prevent the adoption of new
nethods when they have been proved r.
v practical men. a i+.)
To get up after the sun, lean on fork |
andes, speculate for an hour or two
pom what the weather is going to be,
It the weeds get a good start and then
Tonder why farming don't pay.
To leave a lot of unchopped wood
ret or half split wood at the pile, lot
t old harness hanging in the kitchen,
nd muddy tracks in the dining room
nd expect to see the women folks good