The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-11-07


( be beneficial. The ripper the grapes lne
/ better thew are. Slire sari.ties are
more suitable than others. In Germany
l the grape cure has b-en reduced 20 q
sc:enre. and yalCa5is aDuss or tnS
subject are pupii> ~ hsdi'''
tits not the fierce cold weather or even
the occasional deprivation OF food when
gets away" with cattle, so m CHI as the
/ chilling rains with prevail much OF the
! time during the winter monthsin regions
classed as mild and open. These facts
I, should be understood ana considered by
| farmers who Judge OF the necessity OF
shelter by computing the number o.
DAYS OF severe weather which occur IN
tine course Of Z season. Il Is not against
these incleIn sncses that the cattle need
| protection 50 much as against the or
dinary stormy weather which comes
along almost any time. A good grove 10
break the wind Will 60 very well IL really
/ sharp, frosty weather; and even when
| the thermometer Is far below zero the
cattle, although deserving OF something
| better. will make. II generously Eel bit
moderate protest. BG. wheu the
| trees are stripped OF their foliage 'he!-
| dripping branches at, I'd tut slight pro
lection against the cold. driZzilnG ins
0
and keep cattle aud other farm stock IL
perpetual discomfort Where the skin Is
wet there IS a steady loss o. heat which
/ tells more rapidly upon animal vitality
than any other unfavorable condition 70
which live stock IS likely 10 be subject.
Ii l. the general impression that the
kaliue 'oil, that Is, one msnifesting
effiOresence. is of very little agricultural
very rich in the three ingredients most
needed in improving soils, viz. the
salts OF potash. phospboric acid and
nitrogen. The alkai lands are the
result Of an arid climate. il which the
rainfall is not sufficient 10 leach the
| surface soil of its alkaline salts. The
salts found in the alkaline soils ~ Coli
/ fornia are OF these classes, VIZ tie
neutral salts Of alkali. such BIS common
| salt. glaubvr salt and sulphates and
chloride Of potash, etc. These are
I injurious only when present in consider
aole quantities. Secondly, the earth
salts. such as EPSON salt. coppeTss. etc.
The cheap and effective remedy for
these is lime: Thirdly, the alkaline
carbonates. These are injurious in
| small quantities. rendering the soil
water corrosive 20 plants. The antidote
is gypsum or land platter, which
changes the corrosive carbonates into
| bland sulphates. This antidote has
been employed, and should be more
generally known and used. Prot.
/ Hilgard is sanguine that gypsum. in
conjunction wi b judicioHs culture, will
reclaim all but the worst alkali soils.
The gypsum fxes both the phosphoric
acid aud potash, and prevents their
escape when the land Is afterwards irri-
gated.
Horses are liable TO an attack of collie
at al seasons of the year, but among
farm horses this complaint is more IRE
quent during fall and winter, also when
! 1rst turned on grass in the spring. II
| Is brought on BY a variety Of causes, one
of which is drinking cold water when
the animal is heated. The farmer who
reaches home late at night in the winter
season with his horse heated by exer-
ton. and allows the animal 10 drink
from q trough in the yard with the
water ice-cold, then puts it into a cold
barn, will be fortunate If he does not
have q case of collie TO deal with IN
short time. It is sometimes oCcasioned
by changing from old 10 new oats in the
! fall OF the year. IL is not iufreauently
oy eating frost bitten clover. The first
SYMPTOM OF an attack of collie Is q man
/ Hesitation Of distress. The animal
changes his position frequently, lying
down and almost Immediately getting
up again. In q few minutes these
symptoms sre likely TO disappear and
the horse is apparently easy; but they
soon return, and with each recurrence
the severity of the pain seems to
increase. The sufferer frequently looks
around 30 its TANKS, paws with his fore
| feet and strikes at his belly with the
hind ones. In q short time 3 cold sweat
/ breaks out all over the body. Animals
suffering from colo generally Try to
I void urine, and a person witnessing .
case for the first time, would be led to
suppose that il was q case OF water
stOppage. An excellent remedy. ard
one most likely 20 be available in the
country, is 20 mix : heaping teaspoon
/ ful OF saleratus with a pint OF milk, stir
Il well and pour 1t down ;he sufferer
throat from q bottle or horn. = half
teaspoonfui Of cayenne pepper added 10
the saleratus and mix will render il
more liable TO be effective. Probably
the best remedy that . farmer can
employ Is one pint Of raw hnseed oil, 70
which is added one ounce Of sulphuric
ether and two ounces OF uncture OF
opium. Care should be used 10 give oil
which has not been boiled. As soon as
the medicine has been administered,
whether the saleratus and milk or the
oil. give an injection Of about two
quarts of oiood-Earm water, TO which
little CASTLE soap has been added. If st
hand, but If not give the water clear. III
the pain is not relieved within an hour
of giving the first dose OF medicine, re-
peat the dose. IL is safer 70 take the
chill from the water for few days after
the attack.-AuIeriodil CulfirdtOT.
A cellar which will keep vegetables
will answer very well for wintering bees,
and the going into IL everv day need not
disturb the bees. especially If they are
placed where the light does not strike
them. If the cellar is dark, all that is
necessary Is 10 hang q thick blanket IN
front of the hive, so that the light from
the lamp shall not strike them, but If
the cellar is light the hive should be
lowered down into box, or place IN
one corner of the cellar can be par
titioned of so as 70 make it dark The
hive should also be up two or three feet
from the bottom, the bench or platform
upon which il stands resting on the
ground, otherwise the jar, II any, from
ne haGz and