The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-05-16
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in the ovary, and the duration Z" 'h
time the hen has been layins.-Ez.
I'm answer 70 a sheep man. qu-r,
for treatment for his sheep. Woui.. :
l have bad some experience with ia
same trouble. and my plan OF treat
nent was as follows: Make frrdinp
trough IN the shape of aV Sprnk.
SAT along the bottom and about rn.
inch above the salt apply with SuHi
brush. pine tar along the sides. the oh
Ject being to get the tar on the she~p'-
nose while they are licking the ssl'.
Ibi~ Is more expeditions name thai
catching each one srpar -tely aud appl.
lug; but in bad cases they will have e
DE caught separately and the tar spplie,.
TO the nose with a small brush. Fee
TO all the following: One half pound
OF assafetida powered. one-half y nnd
OF sulphur. four pounds of common.
salt, two bushels Of bran and cats Thi-
IS an excellent tonic. and after hard.
severe winter, sheep need a tonic an'
blood Purifer.-Ex.
Bnbyhood replies thus to a question ~
10 the propriety of keeping plants In
the children's sleeping room: Plan
are usually injurious in a room during
the daytime. When there is SunliSht
the plants absorb carbonic acin and AZ
propriste its carbon and set free Ger
tain amount OF oxygen. This process
Is not harmful, but rather the reverse
to imal life. The Only harm tha'
need be considered is that possib;,
arising from any considerable quantity
OF damp earth in the room. but this is
probably very slight. But with the
coming Of darkness this process of alb
sorption of carbonic acid ceases. and n
certain amount of the gas is gwen of:
I Just how much, of course. varies with
the quantity and kind OF plants in your
greenery. The effect is IN kind. il not
in degree. very much the same as that
of having another person sleeping IN
the room. II you can arrange your
plants upon a stand with casters that
eau be rolled out OF the room before
shutdown and can be brought back in
the morning, the plants will probably
be harmless; otherwise they are better
away.
1t would surprise many 10 know
what a number of horses are annually
sacrificed by ignorance and carelessness
in their management. Good horses
should remain serviceable until twenty
i've or thirty years old. but a horse Is
usually regarded old by the time he
reaches half these years. And the
worst feature in this matter is that so
many who kill their horses off so I'M
mercifully are men who imagine tina
they ase treating their stock as well as
circumstances will permit. 0yer-feed-
ing will impair the digestive organs
quicker than not feeding enough, yet
hundreds of horse owners persist in
| gorging their horses at the expense OF
their own purse as well as at the expense
of their horses health. The character
of the food provided is also of greater
Importance than many imagine. A
small amount of the right kind of food
is much better than an abundance OF
inferior stuff. The different ways in
which the lives OF the best horses are
shortened are too numerous TO men
ton in detail. III you would have your
horses to hive to good old age and be as
servicesble when they are twenty years
old as when they are i've or ten. give
them nothing but the best treatment
| Er.
It is only here and there that farm
er fully estimates the value OF salt as
an every day portion Tor his stock. He
lis apt to look upon II as a luxury rather
than a necessity, and therefore becomes
careless about Its daily supply. The
French government has made report
on this subject giving the results OF a
number Of practical and scientific per
sons commissioned to investigate it.and
a scale fixed upon by them as the mini
mum daily allowances for the different
animals in ordinary condition. In this
q working or or mich COW is allowed
two ounces of salt. Reported trials
seemed to prove that the amount speci-
fed produces in mich cows the great
est flow of milk. Oxen fed the same
amount presented sleek and smooth
coats, while others receiving no salt
were rough, NANCY and ill-eonditioned.
The scale alluded TO allowed for iatten-
ing Stalled oxen two and half to four
ounces Of salt per day, and for fatteu-
ing pigs, from one 10 two ounces. For
sheep from one half ounce TO two-thirds
of an ounce was allowed. One ounce
was set down as the daily portion for
horses and mules. Boussingoult. the
well known French chemist. once tested
the salt question with six steers. The
experiment consumed thirteen months
times. The steers were placed three in
one lot and three in another All re-
ceived an equal amount OF food and
water, but the animals in one lot were
given in addition one and an eighth
ounces OF salt daily. while those IN the
second lOt IcCclFcu liOilC a. n44- ~ TIC
end of the test the first lot were in
prime condition and weighed some 40
pounds in excess Of the ill-cOnditioned
second lot that received no salt.
There is probably more empiricism
in fruit theories and remedies than in
sny other kind of business. Theorists
seem to think that fruit trees require
butchering in every conceivable way.
The top must be shortened in or the
tops thinned out and large limbs cut of.
The branches must be shorn OF all
small limbs. or in some way the saw or
axe must be used-the tree must oe
butchered in some way. A new theory
is now being pushed. Net being able
to satiate q thirst for butchery on the
top Of the tree. the roots now come in
for a share. We are advised to dig
down and cut OF the roots-say IN
trees Of fourinches in diameter 20 with
in two feet Of the tree. leaving only
ball Of earth four feet in diameter IN
disturbed. The trench made in cutting
off the roots is to be enriched by ms
nure, and in tle spring liquid manure
is TO be copiously and frequently added.
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