The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-06-13
The Farm, Orchard. Garden,
and Household.
HINTS AND NOTES FOR ALL.
Moth -Blackberries-Sm
Poison Ivy.

| ing upon IL. DO that IN the morning OF
evening.
The only remedy for rust or black
berries IS TO dig up and burn all affected
plants. and renew the same from some
plantation not affected.
If few bitter apples. which can be
bought at the chemists. are enclosed IN
muslin bags. and put into the drawers
or closets, no moth will ever come neal
them,
Several years since, a gardener dis
covered that by planting his squash
seeds in earth that had layer OF coal
ashes above and below it, the vines
were not molested by cutworms.
Farmers are beginning to learn that
COWS regularly supplied with salt in
their rations, not only give higher
yield of milk, but the butter from the
latter is less inclined TO become rancid.
Manure is the farmers saving bank,
and If more of them would have large
heaps of il every spring to spread upon
their lands, instead of money at inter-
est. they would prosper better In the
end.
Tomato soup should be made of one
quart OF tomatoes, one quart of water.
boil together half an hour; add one
pinch Of soda and let 1t foam up well;
add one quart of boiling sweet milk.
Season with butter, pepper and salt;
add broken dry bread or crackers. then
after coming to a boil, lift and serve
hot.
The natural life of the sheep is short
er than that OF any other domestic
anima.. Five or SIX years old is the
limit of prime feeders, though valua-
bic breeding ewes may be kept one or
two years longer. II any old ewes have
lost their lambs the present is good
time TO fatten them. The Increased
appetite which comes from bearing
lambs continues, and goes to flesh and
fat forming when the lamb is withdrawn
or-dies.
We believe that every farmer is in
duty bound 70 plant q mulberry tree or
two on his premises. or by the road
side. All birds. even poultry. are very
fond of mulberries, and will rarely
touch other fruit during the long period
when they can get mulberries. Plant
Downing's Everbearing. This is the
best, though in q cold location the Rus
sian may do. But plant one any way.
you foT it.-EL.
If cows are not allowed 70 go dry and
rest about six weeks before calvIng they
will, as rule. milk poorly the succeed
ing period, after being MIXED up to
time OF calving. Not only does the COW
need rest, but she should be well fed, so
as to be enabled to build up in flesh and
recuperate her wasted vitality. If this
- \ L-ss
and more thrifty calf. but she will milk
better and do better on less feed than
when she is not allowed a suitable rest
To kill lice on cattle. one good way is
10 wash the animals in tobacco water.
Boiling water poured over any kind of
tobacco. or over tobacco stems. will
make the fluid. Were it not for the
eggs. one application of this would al
ways suffice. have often found il I'M
necessary to use il more than once
The work OF washing an animal is
quickly and easily performed Il IS
better to wash colt or COW on a
warm day. If the day is cold, a warm
barn and good blanket will protect the
animal.
There are many prescriptions given
for horse hoof ointmentS, some of which
are good and some are worse than use
less. The first thing to be considered
in the management OF the feet is clean
illness. Each night the hoof should be
wiped clean and the mud and dirt
picked out OF the soles. Too much
grease or fatty substances OF any kind
are not conducive to the health of the
horn, and their over-application should
be avoided. Glycerine, applied once or
twice per week, is very good, and is
also less likely TO gather dirt than some
other ointment.
A standing antidote for poison BY
dew. poison oak, ivy, ETC., is TO take a
handful of quicklime. dissolve in water.
let il stand half an hour, then paint the |
poisoned parts with it. Three or four
applications will never fail TO cure the
most aggravated case. Poison from |
bees. hornets. spider bites. etc. Is in
stantly arrested by the application OF |
equal parts of common salt and bicar-
Donate Of soda, well rubbed in on the |
place bitten or stung. A correspondent
OF an exchange. says, on the same sub |
lect: It Is well to know whatwill re- |
lieve in cases ef blood D, isoning By |
poison ivy, RhHs ToEicOdeRdron.A Hay- |
ing suffered from it for years, / have
founI nothing better than bathing In |
water, as hot as can be endured. for |
some ten to fifteen minutes. 1t relieves |
the tolerable itching atonce, although |
two or three applications may be need !
ed to cure / have used q kerosene |
stove at night 10 heat the water. Sugar
of lead, butternilk. spirits of nitre, ex
tract of witch hazel, anu dry salt are |
common remedies.
Smilax should be cultivated as fol-
lows: As soon as the seeds are ripe.
usually about June. the earth is allowed /
to dry out and the foliage 10 die. The |
pot is then turned upon its side in some
convenient place in the open air, out of 4
the way. and where il will get no water.
About the first of September. take the
bulbs from the pot and shake the earth
from them. To prepare for planting,
put a quart or more of broken bones in
the bottom of the pot, then fill with soil
Of about one-haf leaf mold, one-fourth
line sand and one fourth garden loan.
pressing it down firmly with the hand,
and filling not quite up to the top of the
pot. Select the choicest of the bulbs
and place them around near the sides of
the pot. then cover with earth. but not
too deep. Set a trellis firmly in the