The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-11-21

hard substance) for flooring to poultry
houses. unless il is covered with earth.
The fowls, Of course, cannot scratch,
and II keeps the feet constantly ION the
stretch, owing TO its unyie ding nature.
We should very much prefer the bare
ground.
A new concrete now being used quite
extensively in France is composed OF
| eight parts sand, gravel and pebbles,
one part powdered c:naers and one and
half parts unslaked hydraulic lime.
These materials are thoroughly beaten
! together, the mixture forming q con-
crete which sets almost Immediately,
and becomes In a few days extremely
hard and solid. 1t Is said these quail
ties may be improved by the addition Of
one part cement.
The practice is extending in France
and Switzerland, to cut. or castrate
cows, so as TO ensure, after certain
age, for definite period, uniform
yield of milk, simultaneously with the
putting up of juicy flesh for the butcher;
10 transform, In a word, the COW into q
veTitaoie milk and beef machine. NJ.
| ChaTher Is the great advocate Of the
new plan of OrdriOt0my. which is ef-
! fsCted by a special instrument. and is
j
| OF a vet. Inc COW will be i'll about eight
or fourteen days after t1e operation
/ Daring this period, the animals should
DC kept covered, 10 guard against cold
anc ON hslf-diet, to avoid Indigestion.
On recovery, the COW will be found less
liable To diseases, since CESSATION and
parturiiion nave been rendered impos-
-ible.
To make cheap. simple and efficient
battery, suitable for the use Of expert
mentors ana amateurs: Takean ordin-
AIRY glass fruit-jar, fitted with a cover
OF wood or harQ rubber, and place IN u
3 number OF pieces Of electric light car
DODs. hundreds of which can be picked
up II the streets every morning after
the lamps have been trimmed. The con-
necIIUu oetween the carbons and the
binding screw on the top Of the cover is
best made with gutta-perch a covered
wire, having its lower end barred and
wound tightly round aud secured 70 one
Ut the carbons, thus making a connec-
ton with all other pieces in contact With
IL. A piece Of Emaigamated zinc of any
Cos venIent size or form is suspended
within ;he jar from the wooden cover
ana has binding-screw attached 20 IT,.
The Jar should be filed about tvo-thirds
iull with dilute sulphur.c acid or other
Suitable solution. The whole battery
complete can be made for 20 cezts. and
u will give = good current on q closed
circuit for long time.
The conditions Of failure in peach
growing, conciSely stated are:
l. A wet soil, or one that from any
cause holds water around the roots OF
the tree, whether the land is situated
high or low.
2. Excessive fertility, while the trees
are young. whether il be secured in the
natural conditions of the soil or by the
ingenuity of man.
3. Severe cutting back OF the young
growth each year. thus dwarf ng the II G
aud robbing il of much natural vitality
4. Allowing the trees TO overbear and
thus exhaust their vitality by q single
crop of fruit.
5. By deficient and improper cultiva-
ton. On the other hand. the conditions
OF success in peach growing are:
l. An elevated location that is not
su Jet 70 late frosts in the spring Of
early frosts in the fall.
| .. A warm or moderately fertile soil
that Is well drained by nature. Ariif-
ella. drainage may prove successful. but
its utility has not yet been fully demon
strsted IN this region.
5. Thorough cultivation, without
manure. until the trees come into bear
ing, then combine the two So as TO sup
ply all the depletion produced in the
soil BY growth of trees and fruit.
4. Never let tree overbear.
5. Continue cultivation until the
close of the dry season, every summer,
even if il continues until SEPTEMBER
Er.
The idea thst every bull is incorrigibly
vicious, is not warranted by the facts.
Kindness and frmness are as necessary
III the management o. bulls as in the
case Of any other animals, a writer
says: In something like thirty years
experience OF q shOrthoFned herd. in
which bulls were reared for sale, and into
which sires were drafted from various
herds, have never known vicious bull,
if except the following case. which
goes to prove the truth OF nv contention.
One young bull was what ! called a
lively one, playful and simply needed
that you kept your eve upon him when
loose, or IN his gambols he might have
upset you. Once. when he was chatting
at his strap. owning tonfies, 3 visitor,
| friend Of the owner, struck him several
blows with his stick. remarking that he
needed correction. Had the bull been
loose. the correction would have been
reversed, for so long as the bull re
NAMED in the herd, whenever he hea d
the voice or the footsteps of the man
whs had struck him, he made desperate
effort to release himself. In proof that
hi. rage was reserved for this one man,
l / may mention that one night q noise
was heard in the farm-yard. One Of the
men went down, and found the bull
loose in the yard. He walked up TO II,
took il by the nose-ring. and led il as
quietl as lamb back 10 Tvs stall. In
this herd the animals were always
kindly but firmly treated, and kept in
constant contact with human beings;
| up TO year old they were let out Oily
in the yard for exercise. Before being
sold a ring was put in their nose, and
they were bound up in a stall by a
leather strap round the neck. and af-
! fixed to head stake with a movable
ring to the latter, regularly led out for
exercise, and kept in touch with the
human attendants. Whenever / hear
OF a vicious bull. come to the conclu-
sion that he has been badly trained IN
youth. Whenever I hear OF bull at
/ lacking a human being, | am convinced