The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-06-27
The Farm. Orchard. Garden,
~ and Household. 49,
HINTS AND MOTIFS FOR ALL,
observation-disclosures Cough
Cool Cellars,

4 suuluel lOI lIult.
Water house plants only when thew
require 1t. This may be from two TO
thre times a week. depending how fast
the soil dries out in the pots.
When sowing seeds which are slow in
terminating, like parsley. celery. etc.
mix few radish seeds with the m.
They come up quickly and show you
the location of the rows, allowing you
! TO cultivate between.
! Borax 8 Iap Is made by cutting an
ordinary bar of soap in small pieces ;
put il in one quart of boiling water and
/ add one ounce of borax- Let Il all melt.
but not boil. When cold. cut in pieces
aud use like com mon soap.
The large green worm that destroys
| growing tobacco plants and tomato
vines is a dsiuty morsel 10 the turkey.
| Turn the flock into all the fields that
contain insects, and give the guineas an
| opportunity also, as they are industri-
Gus foragers and will perform efficient
service.
It's said that a mixture Of one pint
OF lime, one-half pound of sulphur and
ten quarts Of salt, feed tablespoonful
TO each COW, three or four times a week
will prevent abortion. IL IS also ADVISED
to feed hemp seed, one-hali pint once n
day, in meal or bran wAeneyer prema-
ture symptoms appear untn they dis
appear.
How to make ginger cookies: One cup
of molasses, half cup of butter, bali
cup of buttermilk. one spoonful OF GIN
ger, one teaspoonful OF Soda roll soft
and be sure 70 have the oven nicely
heated, as more depends on the ovens
heat than one thinks for. If you do
not have the buttermilk. they will be
excellent il yoi use warm water.
1t may interest boys who own good
dogs 70 know that DR.. n. Rowe OF the
Anerie1R Field, of Chicago, gives this
prescription for q setter dog badly
troubled with worms; Try areca nut in
one dram doses on an empty stomach
and give q dose of castor oil in two
1 hours after the pill. Repeat il in two
weeks. Feed well in the meantime.
Should your raspberry and blackber
~ patch be well pruned and cared for
aud still be grassy. we would advise q
i liberal use of a mulch of old nay OF
straw. This will keep down the weeds
and grass and protect the crop from
hot, dry weather, and you will have the
finest and moSt delicious berries, free
from grass. weeds, mud and dirt. The
rains will mol make the patch muddy.
Apple trees are often starved in other
ways than By neglect of manure. The
apple tree horer leads to starvation Of
tener than poor SOIL The supply of
food is cut of BY every move the borer
makes. Get the borer out somehow
even if by wire aud isckknife.or IL not
soon done they will quickly get them
selVes out, and after they have LETT be
sure 70 keep them out Paper put on and
then tarred over with gas tar or print
II er's ink will keep them out. One paper
viii last three years. 1i .4l 49,.
Filth is the great promoter Of all dis
eases that affect fowls, and during the
warm season no time should be lost in
making full preparations for the defence
for the fowls against the attacks
Every portion of e hen house should
receive attention, bu. the most impor-
taa- work is 70 occasionally spade up
the yard, and thereby turn under the
sue filth. IL hurried with the spade
Il bwing vegetation will absorb IL, or
il undergo a chemical change in
thetbil that viii render il harmless.
and prevent the dissemination Of DIS
eases.
Some OF the Colorado farmers are
meeting q new obstable this year in the
presence OF eastern weeds heretofore
unknown IN. that country Among
these varietirs are the purslane, narrow
dock, plantain. sickle and joint grass
When these weeds appear in the gar
: dens ana Fields 10 is time 10 begin exter-
Hination opperat0ns at once. There Is
considerable complaint about foxta.l
which should never be allowed 70 20 e
seed. 1t Is said 70 have ruined in Ne
vsda whole meadows Of alfalfa, the
spears or burs sticking in horses throat.
and mouths. sometimes causing death
making alfalfa hay when mixed with
} toxtsn unsafe feed. I'd The seeisof fox.
tail are said to have come from Utah.
Rz. -.a5o.. .. rsr r'rllT -. =
!, In answer 70 q correspondent who re
ports that his horse has bad cough
though be feeds well and has no fever
We would say that q cough is symp.
tom Of disease, and may be the resiiIt
Of variety Of causes. Irritation ol
, any part Of the air passages is frequent.
ly &C ompanied with more or less of :
cough, depending on the existing patho-
logical condition. -HeGves. which IL :
! complicated disease Of The digestive an
I respiratory organs, Is characterized nv
. short, dry cough, peculisr 70 the dis,
ease. The treatment Of cough must 81
4 regulated according to tie nsturp III
the disease which gives origin 10 Il. \ In
ordinary cases the following is a very
efhcient remedy n ydrocy snic acid
drachnsi Powdered extract, Ieonce'
ounce iaudanum, ounces campho,
water, is ounces. Nix and rive two
ounces three times a day.-Ez. ~
Southern Utah farmers have ende,v-
cred 20 grow rice CROP here is vbs,
Georgia exchange says on the nh
Jet: Plov your lands deep or shsIlow
II makes no difference. but choose .
piece Of land as free from weeds ss ms
sihle- Sow your rice broadcast. al m
rate OF one half to two bushels Der
acre; harrow or plor under. COVERING
toe seeds very shallov.f When vow
lice Is from i've 70 six inches high. Hood
! II, but leave the extremity OF the plants
aoUxe tne r4ter. !, Your nee then nsed s
no more attention until harvest time
nave cen good rice raised xith@,rs,