The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-11-28
INDOORS AND OUT.
The Farm Orchard, Garden
and Household.
HINTS AND NOTES FOR ALL.
FatteBiDg sheep-stOrinE Onions
PrubiBg-Corn Seeds Shelter
-Sprains-Etc.

with white OF egg, ana they VIII not De
soggy.
Henebore 5, rinkled on the floor at
hight destroys cockroaches. Tney eat
{ and are poisoned.
onion seed sown now. and protected
" tn litter during the winter, Will give
early onions next spnrg.
To clean wi low furniture, use salt
and water, and spTly with a coarse
brush aud dry thoroughly.
Give the SHEEP a mess of ground oats
every evening from now until the lamb
ing period. As soon as the grass fails,
give them all the hay they can eat.
Every daiIyman should be prepared
TO feed green grass or green corn fodder
IN the stable night and morning. as
soon as the pasture b. gins 10 fail.
Egg shells crushed into small bits,
and shaken well IN decanters three
parts filled with cold water, will not
only clean them thoroughly, but make
the glass look ike new.
Milk yeast is made with one piAt new
milk, one teaspoon of salt, one large
spoon OF -four stirred in; set by fire 10
keep warm; will make yeast tit for use
in an hour.
Tight glass shoppers may be loosened
by putting drop or two of glycerine or
sweet oil In the Crevice about tie stop
per. In an hour Or mole the stopper
viii be loose.
Mica in stoves (ofien wrongly called
''islnglass' }, when smoked, is readily
cleaned by taking il outand thoroughly
washing with vinegar little diluted.
IA The black does not come of at once,
let il soak little.
A severe sprain should have very hot
water poured over il every two hours,
and IN the interval kept wrapped in
flannel wet with hot a cohol or extract
OF witch hazel; the part must have per-
feet rest uaul it can be moved without
pain.
In cases Of poisoning hundreds OF
lives might be saved by knowledge
OF this single recipe. A large
teAspoonful OF mustard mixed III
q tumbler of warm water, and swal-
lowed as soon as possible. acts as an in
slant emetic. and is sufficiently power
ful 70 remove all that is in the stomach.
Always remove the contents OF tin
cans the moment they are opened. IL
Is positively dangerous TO 10 leave can
ned goods in the open cans. The action
forms an oxide which renders the food
unfit for use, cases Of poisoning from
this cause being reported from time 10
time.
A correspondent of the Country Gen
tleHldH says that GOV which at home
wall test up to fourteen pounds of butter
q week standard, If taken TO a strange
place. among strange cattle. and MIXED
by cross man, will not make half that
quantity. Every observant dairymaa
knows this to be true.
Poultryhouses should face the south
east. instead of the south, and they
will receive the warmth of the sun as
soon as the sun rises. and will be
warmed until nearly 3 O'Clock in the af-
ternoon. II the house faces the south
the sun rays do not enter until 3
O'Clock. Early in the morning Is the
time the warmth IL most needed.
Now that the garden season is over,
aud the matings of the yards can be
broken up, turn out the poultry and
let them have free range. 1t will do
them good, and assist in getting them
in proper condition for winter work.
Do not throw down the corn to them,
but let them do their own foraging.
only be careful not TO let them 90 TO
the roost hungry. And be sure that
they know where 10 find the water
trough at all times.
A pond Of an acre in extent and four
feet Of water will hold 700 carp in
growing condition, il fed. They will
eat anything that a hog Hill, and will
gain about three pounds each annually.
till they weigh from twelve to fifteen
pounds. Ii Will thus be seen that 81
900 pounds of fish can be raised on an
acre of ground, worth 81. 100. This
looks as If it were almost as good a
business as raising beef. where il takes
ten acres TO q COW and calf worth at
most S25 at the end of the year,.
In late years thousands of cattle and
sheep have persisted every winter IN the
western prairies from cold and starva
ton, in consequence of the criminal
neglect Of their inhumane owners, to
provide shelter and sufficient food.
and love of ease, however.
has powerful hold on some people,
and we would like to see law passed,
making il q criminal offense for any,
body TO keep through the winter any
kind of stock, for which he has no suit
able stabling facilities. Shelter saves
food; food say es flesh and life, and the
meat from one critter, when alive and
in fair condition, is worth twenty car
No farmer can pillow intelligently now
without knowing what the succeeding
crop is to be. II takes twice as much
manure 70 fertilize the soil ten inches
deep as five inches. and If the coming
crop is q surface feeder, and if the
manure is scarce. there may be an
derived from shallow plow-
ing. II Will take twice as long to ex-
heust ten inches OF soii as FIVE, other
conditions being equal. But then il
must be remembered that shallow soils
are favorable 20 drOuth. In manyIe
spec;s feeding soil is like feeding stock,
and it is a bad practice 10 stint il for
seversl years and then cram il all IL
Once.
The duck can stand vet and cold. |
DUt il will succumb 10 damp quarters,
ii the floor is not dry. Sleep
ng places that are unsuitable often |
cause convulsions or leg weakness. and 1
he floors should be OF wood, with cut |
straw or leaves thrown upon IL. The /
luck does not 20 on the rOOs.. and must I
therefore find a dry place on the I
ground. II the weather IS damp. anaIts j
ocat!On cold il becomes chilled and 1
lffers accordingly. An earth floor may I