The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-05-30
INDOORS AND OUT.
The Farm, Orchard. Garden,
@ and Household. t
HINTS AND NOTES FOB ALL.
understanding sheep-Gr.pe Rot
hoses-chicken ChoIsr.-Bses
Cold Faiths -

Cover a burn Immediately with III,
pulp OF a raw potato.
To toast bread lay it on the srate /,
Ine oven and see how nicely Il vii
Keep your best lambs on the farm. n,
matter what the butcher may offer 10,
them. ~
III an old lawn is thin in places en-,
up the surface with a sharp-toothet
rake, and SOW grass seed.
On taking boiled eggs from the kettle
CHIP the shells on the end to let tn,
steam out and prevent their cookin,
more.
Bees serve as active agents in III,
lertlizatlon OF plants, and are not de
strucuEe. They are profitable becaus,
they gather and store up that vh;cs
would be entirely lost without their Aid
Examine your rose trees and bpsb.,
and ascertain If the rose bug il infest-
ing them. A strong decoction Of tobsc
co water applied with a sprinkIiag 81 m
VIII Kill the enemy. A surer means r
10 spend few hours in early morning
and pick OF the pests by hand.
Lemon pie is delicious food ons
cup OF cold water and a tab,espoonfnI
OF corn starch boiled together poured
on cup OF sugar. small piece of burter
or q little salt. juice and rind OF one
lemon, one egg; lemon and egg beaten
together and added to the other MIR.
lures when cool.
A writer says: / have reason TO he
heye that copperas will prevent the
grape rot. In small vineyard in Mas
siiIon, ONO, where n quart of copperas
70 the square rod had been sown ia July
lot three years has been no rot, while
otner grapes In the same neighborhood
nave rotted more or less every year.
They formerly rotted in this vineyard.
The juice of the common miIk.yeed
VIII generally cure warts on the hand
or face. IL is an inexpensive and pain
less application. and much preferable 70
cutting the excreScence out, which will
not always extirpate them. II will
probably serve the same purpose on the
teats OF COWS, where warts often come
and cause much Inconvenience in milk
ing.-Er. -
The increasing preference of mann.
facturers the past season for nnvashed
woods 70 washed has been more notice
able of late, in that many lots of washed
woods held at what have been consider
ed relative prices are still unsold on all
markets, while unwashed, of the same
grades, are all sold. Ii is better for all
concerned that wool should be shorn
unuashed.-Ez. I'Tr = -
Those who are just commencing bee
keeping should remember that the less
they handle their bees. and vet accom-
plish what may be required, the better
Tor their colonies. II the bees come
after you, stand still n moment With
head bowed. Never run, make other
quicker motions. or fight the bees. II
stung, make n little mud with spittle
and hold on the spot for three minutes.
Hominy cakes are made as follows /:
Boil two teacupfuls OF small hominy
until II is soft enough TO mash with q
SPOON add an equal quantity OF corn
meal, with one tablespoonful OF butter
(melted in) and a teaspoonful of salt.
Beat three eggs light, add them, with
milk enough to make q batter Just thin
enough TO pour; beat all together until
II is very light, and bake either in small
griddle cakes or rs waffies. When eggs
cannot be procured used more milk in
stead, and half 3 teacupful of yeast.
setting the batter % rise three or four
hours before it Is to be baked.
If you cannot gather up enough ma
nure at once for all your arabic land,
get as much as you can, apply il iber-
ally as far as it will go, and plant as
much OF your ground as you can spare,
in stock peas for a green manure crop.
Next year spread your compost on that
portion of your farm that had none
this year: alternate the crops Of each
field. always manuring as much ground
as you can, and you will find that your
time has been well spent. Your land
will be kept in better than 1.-The new
ground state" and its owner viii be
growing richer year by year.
So mach has been said about the ef-
hcacy Of cold water, that thousands
have made q too lavish use OF il, there
by sowing the seeds of disease. Al
though bath should always be cool TO
the body, it should never feel cold. A
cold bath is a powerful stimul7nt, and
like Other stimulants, should be used
sparingly. From eighty TO ninety de-
grees, Fahrenheit is about the right
for a bath. Very coarse
towels or brushes should never be ap-
piled 20 the healthy skin. Although
the towels should be moderately coarse.
the friction should be given BY the
hands. A sponge bath every morning,
according To these directions. viii i'm
prove the health. Instead of feeling
Of lassitude there will be one OF quick
.ned vitality, and the good looks viii be
nsturally increased.-E-.
From various causes many bee col
,nies come out weak in the spring.Such
Will require much care 70 build them up
INTO good colonies, ready for the honey
1arvests whenit comes, and unless they
ire got into working condition by that
lme, they are worse than useless CAPT
al. In their weak condition they can
Increase but very slowly for lack OF heat,
md should be assisted as much as pos
'ibIe. by the closing up OF all spaces
Ehereby the heat may escape. In
RANGES should be made small, so that
hey NAV be able to protect themselves
rom the depredations OF robbers
They will breed very slowly at first, but
yith plenty of stores easy of access
o 4. . har