The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-08-01
INDOORS AND OUT.
The Farm, Orchard. Garden,
and Household.
HINTS AND NOTES FOR ALL.
summer Following Honey Cab
bages-Dorset sheep-BuddIng
Trees-NOse bleeding


The mosquito nuisance is avoided in
Florida by throwing oil into ponds and
standing water, which prevents The in
secIs from Matching.
Cabbsges are benefited by frequent
hoeings, but few farmers hoe this crop
enough. A little salt scattered over the
plant occasionally also promotes
growth, especially after the process Of
heading begins.
Don't forget to salt the cattle in the
pasture AZ least once a week through the
summer. A little fiue ground bone.
made for the purpose of feeding, If
mixed with the salt. will be found very
beneficial 10 COWS kept in low, wet pas
lures.
An easy way OF breaking COW Of the
habit OF sucking herself is by painting
the teats with mucilRge, and then dust
ing them with pure capsicum fred pep
perl 1t will not sicken the COW. but
she will be entirely satisfied with one
tas,e Of those teats.
To prevent and cure chicken cholera:
Mix three tablespoonfuls of carbolic
and fumigate your roOsting cOops after
your chickens have gone to roost with
this mixture. Also, put few drops Ia
their food twice a week..
When the early apple begins TO drop,
IL Is time to turn sheep or hogs into the
orchard. II this is not practicable,
pick up every apple as soon as il drops.
The worm Is il II. LET no guilty one
81 rgrrfa "a 70 oh q sNrNF
on that line. II il takes all summer"
Honey is now coming in rapidly from
white clover, and the bees are building
up fast See that all hives have the
surplus arrangement upon them, for
the me- t six weeks will decide crop
of white honey. A delay now will cost
part If not all Of the crop OF honey
EI.
The best apples for baking and roast
ing are those that do not fall TO pieces
when cooked. There is no art. but q
little attention. required to cook them
nicely for the table. Baked sweet
apples with cream OF milk is luxury.
II Is excellent both as food and medI-
We tnd summer pinching fruit trees,
that Is, pinching off the ends OF the
branches YOU will wish to remove next
spring. will cause a very rapid growth
of the branches you wish to allow TO re
main and add, also. greatly TO the Yigor
of the tree. We find again the neces-
sity, mora fOTcibly, the great necessity
Of stalking weak-growing trees.-Er.
For making q rust JOINT that will bear
heat, cold and rough usage, the follow
ing formula has been highly recon-
mended: Ten parts iron filings, three
parts chloride Of lime. aud enough
water 10 make into a paste. Pu the
mixture in between the pieces to be
| Joined and bolt them together, leaving
until dry. After twelve hours the &c
ment has been known TO break of the
solid iron.
Now is the time 20 buy ewes il early
/ lambs are desired in time for the
Easter" market. Lambs can nearly
all be sold at good prices az this time, ii
/ in good condition and heavy enough.
/ II the ewes are left until the latter part
Of summer before being allowed TO run
with the buck, the lambs will be late
and yield poor returns, causing the ewes
to be thin in flesh when they should be
ready for the butcher soon after their
lambs are sold.
which nat re royides. Civilized life,
especially in the great cities. has De,
come 50 harsh, OherOus aud artificial
that it affects even the little child and
| its mother. The hearty peasant wife
nurses her babe into vigorous child
hood. The refined and cultured woman
is unequal to the task, and falls back
upon the skill of the physician or the
science Of the chemist 20 preserve he
life Of her offspring. This Is the chief
cause OF that terrible fact in social life,
infant mortality. TwO-thirds of the
, baby deaths occur from inanitiOn. or
the disease TO which il gives rise.
II the practice OF summer following
was universal, there would be no failure
of grain crops. IS II the fields we're
put through the rotation Of grain, pas
ture and summer fallow, grain crop
being produced from each field every
third year, the crops would always be
large. A ranch of 600 acres could thus
always have 200 acres in grain. and IN
der this system mach greater profit
could be made than be incessant crop
ping of the soil without manuring. By
this method only one third Of ranch
n eds to be plOwed and seeded each
year. This plan IS entirely practical,
anu us OrGu AnOA9A-AA. 49, r.---
fornia, with the most satisfactory re-
sults.-EL.
In persistent bleeding from the nasal
cavity plugging the pOsierior mares
should be done until an atiempi las
been made to check the hemOrrha-e Dy
firmly grasping the nose with the finger
and thumb, 80 as completely to prevent
any air from passing through the cavity
/ in the act Of breathing. This simple
means. ifpersistenJly tried, will in many
cases arrest the .lesding. The hemot-
rhage persists because the clot which
forms at the rupture in the blOod-Tes-
sci Is disp'ace by the air being JraSn
fOrcsbly through the cavity ia the at
/ tempt Of the patient to clear the nos
irils II this air Il prevented from
passing through the cavity, the eiot
consolidafes in position. and the hemoT-
rhage is che, ked .-Hedie1l journal.
/ do not approve Of summer prDoing
grape vines. We found. in Indiana,
! that such strong growing varieties a.
Concord. Hartford, Delaware. etc, did
| A. ter yrhen allowed 10 crOa. unchecked