The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-06-20
INDOORS AND OUT.
The Farm, Orchard. Garden,
and Household.
HINTS AND NOTES FOR ALL
Observation-Disclosures Grass-Plums-
Herd BOoks-stable Files
Poisoned Honey.
INDOORS AND OUT.
HINTS AND NOTES FOR ALL

Young turkeys and chickens fed on
cooked food will be hungry nearly every
hour in The day. The more they eat
the faster will they grow. Don { waste
digestive force on raw food
I have been a breeder IF cattle and'oi
line sheep, and am satisfied that there
is more net profit in Shropshire sheer.
than there is in cattle. This country l.
eminently adapted TO their growth AND
prosperity.-E<.
The yellow Persian powder. or pyreth
rum. mixed with Scotch snuff. will kill
ticks in sheep effectually. Dust in. il
places about six inches apart. with %
powder bellows. Take equal parts Of
the snuff ana the powder.
During any time IN the next ten or
fifteen DAYS will il be proper 10 plant
buckwheat seed. IL will grow. mature
and ripen in seventy to seventy five
DAYS from the time it is putin the earth
| Twenty-Five pounds should he sown to
the acre. Be sure TO OBTAIN n good
quantity of wheat and go ahead with
the seeding.
To prevent the splitting or bursting of
cabb4ges. J. J. II. Gregory recommends
TO 90 frequently over the ground ard
start every cabbage that appears TO be
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sideways. Heads that are thus started
are said to grow TO double the size they
haG attained when about 10 burst.
A cheap and convenient disinfectani
may be prepared by mixing one bushel
of finely sifted dirt and one pound of
chloride of lime. If fine tobacco dust
be added. il will assist IN preventing
lice. TIE dirt so prepared may be
busted over the floors or on any portion
of the poultry house and it will greatly
assist in keeping off disease and yer.
min. The cost is but trifle.
There are numerous systems of keep
| ing farm herd books. Every animal
may have q number, given eonsecu i've
~, as purchased or dropped. This is a
simple, good way. Each has full page
CT two pages, in the herd book devoted
/ to him or her, with record of number
birth, colors and markings. sire and
dam, and former owners. with sp ce for
times of service. date of birth OF Off
spring, with names and numbers OF the
same.
The Prairie Farmer. speaking of the
apple tree borer. gives The following
remedy: Apply q mixture made by
heating gallon OF water in which has
been placed quart of soft soap. 10 boil
/ lucu Tic vessel COulGlU-
/ ing the mixture from the fire. and add
ing one pint OF crude Carlo ic acid.
This is applied to the trunks and large
limbs. early in June and july. This i
offensive TO the beetles, and prevents
egg laying The same application will
also prevent the ravages Of the big head
ed borer, which deposits its eggs about
the same time. The grubs SHOULD Re
cut out in july and Angus, when their
presence eau be told by the discplored
bark.
The market for GOOD horses is always
reliable and active and IS gaining in
strength each day. as farms are being
developed and street car lines increased,
and there is no prospect that there will
be any weakening in the demand Tor
] years TO come, il indeed there ever Is
! The horseman who expects 10 find buy
ers in eastern markets should never cal
cnlate to raise an animal lighter than
200 or 400 pounds, and then he may
rely on finding ready purchasers, will
ing TO paw remunerative prices. This
statement is borne out by the expert
ence Of those breeders who have tested
il and who are constantly in receipt OF
letters inquiring for just such horses as
have been described. and none OF these
breeders find their good horses seeking
in vain for purchasers.-Eg-
Even in this land OF free grass sheep
that Yields less than five and half
pounds of wool Is Improbable to keep.
Let every such animal be marked with
a spot Of paint on the shearing floor,
and be at once put into training for the
mutton market. This Is the only pru-
dent. sensible way in which the num-
Der OF sheep can be reduced. and. from
present indications in the wool market,
a main factor in the process Of getting
wool growing onto paying basis. A
sheep that will shear eight pounds costs
no more in time or feed to raise than
the one that yields but four pounds.
Better feed and better breed should be
the order in the future.
As few COWS have more than ten
calves, in small herds. the cows may re-
criye decimal numbers: Il. 10. %, 80.
etc. Then when they have calves these
receiving the following numbers in each
| decade. The FIRST calf OF No. viii be
No. 3 The third calf OF No. % will be
The fifth calf OF No. 10 VIII be ID. and
so on. Now. II the stock bulls receive
letter in place Of the regular numorr
| this letter may. be used with the num-
her. and the calf's sire and dam will be
indicated by the mark. Thus y 81 upon
a tag woulu indicate that the bull b
vas the sire. and that the COW 30 was
the dam, and tnat was her fourth calf:
| There are other systems, but few: II
any. simpler or more useful than TINS :
hnt !, is only applicable to herds OF less
than ten.-Ex. ~
Its positive fact. and one perfectly
easy 20 prove, that there is class OF
plants that yield poisonous honey 1
have now enough Of such honey TO sat
lsly thousand professors. care not
how Skepticai they are. II they VIII eat
little OF my honey. OF take the testi-
money OF hundreds Of witnesses mat
know all about il. Nothing can be more
snort sighted than for . man TO say
that no such thing exists because be has
not seen II. In the neighborbood where
/ reside, Central Park. Long isianu,
there Is q plant that always yields
poisonous honey. IL has been known
by ali the people there for many years,
and very small quantity OF II makes
sick every man. woman and child that
/ hrraf aHsanffnn- i Know