The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-03-22
INDOORS AND OUT.
r,. Farm, Orchard, Garden
lH' and Household.
VOTES AND HINTS FOB ALL.
crops = Grape Mildew = Feed
hOO' potatoes to Cattle-Bees in
Orchards-Etc., Etc.

daisy t Snu nastures by keeping sheep on
iTom for for a faw consecutive years.
'nS-. -onb Harris. in the american Agri-
J y e'rif saws, ~ do not believe there is
cL. 4 cn rI,s for Goitre in lambs" and at
al iit1 Ies ii to keeping sheep in damp
tl ,Igors or barns. Is it not caused how
cellaiiT most cases by the sheep drink
eve, water "a too heavily impregnated with
Tne?-Er.
LA, nourishing food for young chicks
=, lien rice be boiled with one-third
L HI gio ond tWo-thirds water, adding one
ll Ll n each pint of liquid, and the mass
essyoned with oat meal and corn meal
LIlie boiling, it will prove an excellent
4ntf for yery young chicks. 1t keeps
. ulsi Al and NAV be crumbled worry easily
when cold.
member of a New York Farmers
rlnb stated that he had been looking up
tb s' matter of black teeth in swine,
abont which there was an inquiry at a
ioie meeting of the Club. Authorities
,arg that black teeth are caused by
;5digestion, causing an acidity of the
.H which affects the teeth. If the
INDIGESTION is not remedied it will finally
result in death.
Young lambs will come In this month
Init if thew are dropped in the field, the
chances are that one out of three will be
list Every eve should be confined, if
aTnected to come in, with few others,
IN as not to crowd them, and the food
sbould be ground oats and hay. No
corn is necessary as milk fever may oe-
cnr Init warm quarters and plenty of
fine bedding are absolute Indispensable
The first hour of lambs existence is
the ume to give it the most attention.
If kept warm and not allowed to chill it
will soon be able to take good care of
itself without assistance from its own
erS.
The Prairie Farmer says that Pro-
lessor G. C. Caldwell, of Cornell Uni
yersity. gave an account of valuable
discovery, made by accident in. Ger
many, through the use of which it
seem probable that damage from mil
dew upon the grape vine may be entire
" averted 1t has been found that
where the stakes, to which vines are
tied, are soaked in a solution of sui
plate of. copper, the vines are not at
lacked by mildew. The soaked stakes
exert an influence for a distance of two
and a half feet on either side. 1t is be-
leyed that single soaking Will suffice
for three or more years.
Acommittee of an eastern club, APP
pointed to investigate the subject of
planting trees, reported; Do not plant
TOO closely, would be the caution we
recommend. Too close planting is the
cause Of so many poorly furnished
trees and shrubs. Whenever you find
beautiful, symmetrical, fully foliaged
tree or plant you will notice it is an
isolated specimen situated where it has
room naturally to develop itself.
Avenue trees; Naples and elms, not
less that forty feet.
Large lawn trees; Cut leaf Birch,
Purple leaf Elm, Pines and Spruces, not
less than forty feet. -
Shrubs, unless planted in clumps or
hedges from ten to twenty feet.
1t is said larger crop OF apples is
raised when hive OF bees is stationed
IN the orchard. The bees visit every
Hover, busily flying from one to an
other, and then passing to an adjoining
uee' The pollen on their bodies is
rubbed against the pistils of myriads of
Movers which become fortified Ill this
way Many of the strange modifica-
IONS IN the form of flowers are due to
insects, the transfer OF pollen from diff
Isfent varieties resulting in hybrids.
pafWn remarks that all experimenters
nave been struck with the wonderful
.lgoT height, size, tenacity Of life, and
Tu4'dlnesS OF their hybrid productions. +"
a. Z. was the first to show that from q
aUsel ,iertllized by pollen from differ
81. Plant the seedlings were much
1GU9ger than from its own pollen. The
o.au and insects are natures great
s assaS IN performing this act of cross
vhe who has had long experience in
Raulllng tin roofs, says that the finest
n naeueh ochre is the most economical
penent that can be used for that pur-
V vgse, II dark color is indispensable,
!, enetlan red darkened with lampblack
and commended as the most durable
co In economical. For roofs, light, cool
All S's are preferable, because they re-
Nv NV .le warm rays of light, and there
II, iessen the expansion and contrac-
boa MAJ u tne metal, and shrinking of the
T foSfas underneath, and so lessen the
sa.noNI o. the tin to crack in the
al 'i y Rooms under tin roof paint
s1r IL Aght colors are not as warm in
SOS 'Ie5 OF In winter as when the paint
baco,'sa usrk TINT. Old paint which has
atmosth tatty from exposure to the
pait;Puere is better than new for roof
sboIII Not a drop of turpentine
Sao9ld be used for sncb v-orlr oI5d o,,no
sbonISS years the paint on tin root
1lu be renewed.
van II you intend to have some climbers
ibsnS 4 n readily make some treIlises for
wavS " grow on. There are various
oBs oe ~ which they can be made. About
inebse the easiest is to bore holes. six
sNct apart, through a one inch square
gaiyq,n;Hst. 5he desired length, and pass
snake leu wire through these holes In
taEaa f FORM. Another good wav is n
same I Zee or four flower stakes of the
them Ineight, and bore holes through
yopr WIN VIII gimlet the same Size Is
BEGIN; lre, at say, eight inches anarf
uSnailng abont two incbes go nps q, = :
p Epet end of each stake T5an ro +ol, ,ne
It Through e o doTty inches long, and pass
stakes sna each upper hole Of the foul
iastepins u arrange them in a circle
by twisst me ends of the wire togethel
the secoHd Inc wire to be inserted II
about f bi.. series of holes. should bC
long. and tey-ioEr or thlrty-six inohe'
less, So tbat Il the third and fourth Still
WV be smo T tle circles or hoops of wire
Ml make below than above Thi,
uellis for good, substantial. nortahI,