The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-04-25

that for one had any peace. NY,
know that lily stems, or choice ms nios-
SONS. or gentian shoots are quite SAFE
with q Gordon OF wood ashes around
them. Either wood ashes or potash WIN
do.-Ex.
A friend OF ours told us the other day
how his wife cures hens Of sitting. and
as II Is a very novel way, We will repeat
n for the benefit of others who are
bothered with inveterate old settlers:
This lady took hen that was bound to
sit-the lady was bound she should not.
She would shut mp the old hen one day,
and when released back she would 60 TO
her sitting. Patience finally gave out.
Picking up some splinters from the
chip-yard (some four or five inches
Iongl she bound them firmly TO the
hens legs, leaving only the hip-iofnts IN
working order. Biddie was outwitted !;
like the old Duichman's hen, she would
have to sit standing up.
It's usually too much labor to apply
sand to heavy soil of gardens, so rs 70
change its character, for the practice to
be attended with profit. But in gar
den where heavy manuring and thor
ough culture are supposed to secure the
best possible returns il may be advisa
Ole. OnC III A44ahAAk WIS .
plication is that the texture of the soil
once changed will not go back by cul-
tiyation as it viii after heavy manuring.
The fertilizer is taken up by the crop.
The sand is not. The part OF the gar
den devoted 10 melons. cucumbers and
the very earliest vegetables may at least
be top-dressed with sand. A few loads
will make some difference, and the
work can be done when teams are not
TO be otherwise employed.
Dairymen and stockmen are beginning
to learn that TO feed with greatest econ
omy they must feed to produce definite
results. must feed with q purpose. The
dairyman who feeds to produce milk
for making butter needs milk of a diff
ferent composition from the one who
intends to make cheese. In the one
case he wants as large a proportion of
fat in the milk as possible, for fat makes
butter; in the other case he wants as
large a proportion Of caseine as posi-
BILE, for caseine makes cheese. In feed
ingifor the former he should select such
foods as are rich in fat or In such ingre-
dents as will be converted into fats by
the digestive and assimilative organs OF
the COW; in feeding for the latter he
should select foods rich in caseine, or
containing large proportions OF such
material as are converted into caseine
In the cow.-EI.
Sorghum yields a crop of seed equal
in quantity 10 corn. The largest grow
ers of this crop last year in the country
averaged twenty five bushels of seed
per acre. and the method and expense
of growing sorghum is practically the
same as in growing corn. Analysis OF
sorghum seed shows it to be practically
identical in composition with corn. 1t
contains little more starch than corn,
and starch is one of the most valuable
nutritlve constituents of the cereals
A stockman who has had more extend
ed experience than any other person in
the United States as to the feeding value
Of sorghum, last year fed and fattened
500 head Of swine upon the seed, and he
says that he considers sorghum seed
more valuable than corn for feeding.
1t should not be forgotten that for |
thousands of years sorghum has been
sown, as now it is grown over vast
acres, solely for the seed, and there ap- |
pears to be no reason why il could not |
be introduced as a cereal, taking the |
place OF corn in our own country, since |
IL boasts certain qualities as a plant |
which render IL less liable to failure as q |
crop in certain sections than corn.-E<.
At this season of the year typhoid |
lever prevails in many localities. But |
Il is never found unless in connection
with some violation of sanitary laws.
On some premises the cesspool is so |
that when IL is full and |
overtiows the overflow will be into the |
cellar of the house. We know many |
such instances. The overflow is most |
dangerous and should be anticipated
and prevented: but II not, disinfectant-
ants and ample ventilation should be
freely used until the cellar is perfectly
Innocuous. And here We would throw
put hint to those who are building to
avoid this contingency. o. some PFC.
lses the sewage is so disposed of that il
filters through the soil into the well and
pollutes the drinking water. On some
the barnyard is so near the well that il
fail to pollute il. Cementec els
terms and cisterns above ground, such
IS are SCI n in New Orleans, San Fran
cisco and other places, insure clean and
drinking PAGES with only
moderate care. Life and health can be
maintained only by obedience to estab-
lished laws. and those who violate these
laws, whether through ignorance or
must pay the penalty.-Ez.