The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-05-09
INDOORS AND OUT.
The Farm, Orchard. Garden,
and Household.
HINTS AND NOTES FOR ALL.
Seed corn-Tomatoes- Goats-Dueks
-Swarming-sleepl Baby
Alcoholism.

One days fasting and two nights OF
good sleep will do better for you when
your system is clogged, than a hundred
doses of medicine.
The bee moth is a small miller OF a
rusty brown color, which deposits her
eggs in the hives OF the weak colonies
during the night time.
A lump of alum in the fowls drinking
water Will greatly assist in purifying it
and preventing cholera, though it Is not
given as a cure Being cheap and mex
pensive, it should be used extensively.
Hogs often become covered with ticks
and lice. If a little sulphur is fed IN
their feed occasionally. it will entirely
rid the swine of these pests. Often the
hogs are covered with these parasites.
when the owner would not suspect II
from the appearance OF the animals
and consequently il is always well 10
examine them closely occasionally, so
as 10 be sure; they have too much tax on
their vitals. to steal away what should
go towards making growth and flesh.
An exchange recommends the follow
ing as panacea for a sieepiess baby: /
took 4 piece of Canton flannel, large
enough when doubled to cover the whole
head. and wringing II rather dry out OF
warm water, then put it closely over
baoy's head SO as 70 cover both ears and
eyes. The effect was wonderful! There
was brief struggle, then perfect quiet
ness, and in less than five minutes the
little fellow was fast asleep. Since then
have tired it again and again, and al
ways with the same result IL is a
simple remedy for sleeplessness and well
worth knowing and trying.
The best indications that a swarm will
soon issue are these: First, general in
activity of the bees. second. clustering
around the bottom board; third. pollen
bearers remain with this cluster instead
of entering the hive; fourth an unusual
commOtion among drones in the after
noon and lying out with a cluster; fifth,
piping" or answering of queens in the
hive is almost sure indications that
within few days a second swarm will
issue. IL generally begins nine DAYS
after the issue of the first swarms and
continues at intervals till the twelfth or
thirteenth day, when the swarm issues.
-Ek.
The ducklings can be kept near the
house better if Matched under hens, as
hens and turkeys are alike about keep
ing their little ones as far away as posi-
Bile from hawks or other destructive
animals, when the old ones will come
home as tame as hens. Ducklings
should be fed raw Indian meal dough,
salted little, once or twice q week. A
dish containing a few quarts of water,
and refilled when empty, will do for
them as well as a creek, but it should be
fixed so that they can get out of the
water easily. or they Will drown. Do
not confine them, and they will help
themselves TO sand and insects.
Concerning tomato culture, it is stated
that plants should be frequently re-
moved to induce an abundance of
fibrous roots. Train TO single stakes
and trim in the side shoots close beyond
the first cluster of fruit. The main
stem should be topped at four feet. BY
this method, which only necessitates
tying twice. the tomatoes ripen much
earlier than when allowed to ramble
over the ground. are always healthier
and invariably clean. A larger crop
may also be secured than in any other
way. The seedlings of Livingstons are
preferred TO any, although the Trophy
generally yields well and in a fine varf-
ETY.. Manure heavily, as il appears to
cause an earlier maturity OF the crop.
DR.. D'Unger's prescription and mode
OF using Peruvian bark for re-
moving the appetite for alcohol
is as follows: take q pound
of the best fresh quill red Peruvian
bark and soak it in a pint of diluted
alcohol Then 1 strain il and evapor-
ate it down TO half pint. Any one can
prepare it. give the patient tea
spoonful every three hours and occa-
sionally moisten his tongue between
doses the first and second days. 1t acts
his head aches, that he is getting too
much. The third day / reduce the dose
TO half teaspoonful, then down to If
teen drops, ten and five drops. The
medicine is continued from FIVE to IF
teen days. in extreme cases, thirty days. |
Seven is about the average"
One of the worst kicking horses the
writer ever saw was cured in q very
simple way. A dozen methods had
been tried. and the horse passed from |
owner TO owner quickly like bad pen
ny, and did not improve. She was held |
down with straps and bars. but these |
restraints placed behind and beside the |
creature only made her worse and |
worse. The kicking was done while the |
animal was in harness. A brace of half |
inch iron was made with fork At one |
end so that each end of the fork fitted |
into the end of the bit. The opposite |
end of the iron bar was made to fit |
upon the front of the lower part of the |
collar. This end was also somewhat |
forked at right angels to the FORKS on |
the opposite end, and each one made
into a loop. A short strap was fastened
TO enc end, passed around the collar,
and afterwards buckled. The length OF /
the kicking brace needs TO depend upon
the size OF the horse. the points being to
keep the kicking horses head well up.
A horse with its head well up cannot
raise the heels at its opposite end. Such
q brace as described proved a cure, and
after few weeks OF wearing the brace
the habit was given up. The brace can
be made by any blacksmith. and is
easily adjusted to the animal.-Ex.
At present there are few If any goats
on the ranges, and no one seems TO
consider that they have any value
The fact is. however, they can be made
quite profitable with other stock. In
the first place, IL costs absolutely moth