The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-02-01
INDOORS AND OUT.
The Farm, Orchard, Garden
and Household.
NOTES AND HINTS FOR ALL.
peoistratfon of Stock = Disease
In CattIe-Bee CuIture-Flowers
and Their Growth.

.9-a1{d he grated this spring. 1t is a
80 Tlan 10 mark them now so that no
80 70 or commission Will be made next
n has been found that good remedy
CO.. cabbage worms, to be sprinkled on
tSa heads. is made by dissolving a table
s.noonfyl of saltpetre in twelve quarts of
water
The Quarterly TherGPeuticaI Rerielc says
,5erbyl salieylate Toll of wintergreen),
mixed with an equal quantity of olive
al or linimentum saponls, applied eX-
ternaIlv to infamed joints affected by
scnte rheumatism, affords instant relief
and having pleasant odor, its use is
very agreeable.
To make glue waterproof, soak for
tUenty-four hours in water until reduced
to a stiffjelly. pour on a desert-spoonful
of drv linseed oil, and mix well with the
ieTlv before boiling 1t will then be i'm
neryiOus to damp; and woodwork, if
nrqyiously mended with the above, will
remain sound throughout the winter.
Any COW can be MIXED dry in few
weeks by irregular milking, sometimes
at intervals of twenty four hours and
sometimes Of six. Separation from her
usual company, a change to new loca-
tion. q strange mixer and scolding voice,
are sources of irritation that more or
less impair the milking qualities of
good COW.
Pumpkins are easily dried, and those
who like can have them all the year by
taking a little trouble. Take off the
skin Of pumpkin, cut it in thin strips
and dry quickly over hot stove. The
pieees are as hard as chips, but little
stewing will make good as when fresh
from the field. They will keep until
pumpkins are grown.
Mix silicate of potash or soluble glass
with ashes and apply to cracks in stoves.
This cement viii stick to red-hot iron
and bricks without crumbling off. but
will not bear moisture If holes are to
be stopped in hard finished walls, mix
the silicate with whiting; if in holes III
CRATES, mix with fire clay. Soluble glass
sells at drug stores for one dollar a gal
Ion.
The Colorado Farmer sensibly remarks
that once in while partisan of one of
one Of the various breeds of cattle has
something to say about the poor rust
ling" qualities of the others, and the
latest victim of such spleen seems to be
the Polled Angus. The actual truth of
the matter is, as every stockman we'll
knows, that animals that are not raised
on the range, and are stall fed, rarely
if ever, make good rustlers. Good range
and accustomed from birth to endure
that kind of life, and no one who has
knowledge in the premises can truth
fully claim otherwise.
Many farmers are quite too prone to
let their cattle into meadows during
winter thaws and early in spring The
animals are glad to escape from the re-
straint of the barnyard, and the owner
looks upon the nip of frost-bitten grass
they obtain as clear gain. But nothing
IS more rum0uS to meadows, and even
pastures, than the hoofs of cattle cut
ting and pOaching the soft surface. The
forage they obtain has little if any more
nHtrltlTe value than oak shaYings. Let
no hoot touch grass land while it is soft
and spongy, is the advice OF the Prairie
Farmer
Stock require sailing and regular salt
ing to be kept healthy and thriving, as
much as regular ratiens of other feed.
There IS a disposition on the part of
many farmers to give them all the salt
they Will eat at one time, and then let
mem go without until you happen to
thlnk OF It again and then give them
another over supply. This is a mis-
taken policy, as stock often sailed this
way will take more than is good
IoT them. The best and most success
lul method Is to keep salt in reach of the
STOCK at all times. and let them get it as
nature demands 1t 1t should be put in
al1aLI boxes or trOughs protected from
1Le weather, but so arranged that stock
Nguiu nave Tree access to them. Pure
San IS the best, and at the price it can
low oe obtained, there is no excuse for
hand. = o'o'' 'uPPi9 VII
hyaeinths and crocus will grow freely
- Almost any medium capable OF re-
al, Daii4i ~ moisture. 1t as said that they
WI. WIZ ol9om almost as well in sand as in
1I IeolaHy prepared and rich compests.
L uses, Geep saucers, shells and wire
ID. ttis-iislils baskets can be made use of for
o--e purpose, either filed with moss, sand
u water and by a succession of plant
~ Jug IqowerS can be had from December
' ~ LAY. One OF the cheapest arrange
s -,iel.I y we saw last year was a lot of
ii l.. boxes, painted brown (mere-
y u!pped In the paintl. In these
Iiyacih I5AS, tulips and crocus were
p.&ahte". Some had three hvacinths. /
ooneIs lhree tulips and six. crocus. and
as 1i.,, some mad one hyacinth. two tulips
~, III some SnoWdrops or erocus. After F!
oi L1ss. paskeis had stood in the closet for
,''-OGI 4 month. quantity of Trades !
,,Ia Aulticolor and other drooplng
sIIa!lIs were planted with the bulbs. and
tEy the ume the latter were in bloom the /
oaSAeIS were covered with a dropping
very pretty. ''O --0-i' ''o"
Inc Herefords have not the imposing
mem and lordly style of the Short !
,..5.' out are nearly as heavy. 4 little
:; fI8 u IN head and horn. much shorter
n Lat t5e leg, and every way lower set. The
i leu Is carried lower also, which de-
I t1eSts from what has been called the
ibolely style in speaking of the Short
Lh sS; Nevertheless this magnificent
, Uteeq mas points of practical excellence
o "-.lcA nave repeatedly enabled it to
ny ~! on the pIize of the Smithfeld
'0T nc Club, for the best fat beast. /
I,;,,-I NJ steers mature young. fatten very
,c,i1uly and perfectly, and it is said.
,,tole prohtably TO the feeder than those
"a any other breed. It's fair to note
y yriae ms claim is also made by those
VINO VINO iatten Shorthons, Devon and Angus
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