The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-04-11

come to me and ask Why is this thing
thus Now once more say unto
you: Keep clear sulphur. sulphur and
coal oil. and all mixtures of sulphur and
grease Of any kind away from chickens.
Clear sulphur Is liable 70 get in the eyes.
make them sore, and in many cases II
causes blindness !: and the mixture OF
grease and sulphur generally kill the
chicks and lice together. Carbolic
powder, insect powder, or a mixture OF
carbolic acid and lard, will effectualiy
dispose Of the lice. and will not injure
the chicks. The ointment Of acid and
lard IS the very best remedy for the
large lice that are sometimes found on
the heads Of young Chicks
shoe the horse for the work he is to
do. For the ordinary work of the farm,
once the horse RECEIVERS the toughened
crust of the hoof. he is better without
shoes than with shoes. For ordinary
oadvork-running occasionally to the
village or driving to church in summer
the same rule will apply. II the road
Is OF stone or sharp gravel, a horse can
not be driven much thereon without un
due wear of the hoof. But here a SIM
pie plate-shoe. extending not more than
three quarters back on the hoof and
leaving the frog with a partial bearing
surface on the road, has been found
practically the best.
But a horse shod from the time he
was broken never acquires the natural
use of his limbs and the ability TO ease
himself over slippery and rough roads
by the balance of the body, or rather
the natural assistance one part may
/ give the other. Hence, unless this has
been learned by driving the colt and
! young horse unshod, he must be edu-
Gated thereto before shoes may be even
partially dispensed with. This is best
accomplished in spring and summer
Ex.
One Of the best an: cheapest ways of
bringing upa wOru-out farm is by green
manuring. This has been demonStrat-
ed so many times that it must be re
garded as having passed the experiment
stage and become q fixed fact. The
farmer who comes into possession of a
farm that has become exhausted by sue
cessive cropping without adequate
dressing, and who has not the means to
purchase large quantities of chemical
fertilizeTs or stable dressing. seems to
have no other alternative but green
manuring. and he certainly needs none.
Suppose the farm is too poor for clover,
then put in something that will grow,
such as pea, rye or buckwheat. Either
of these will grow fair crop of fodder
on almost any soil, and when il Is at its
best. that is when there is the largest
bulk, it should be plowed under.
Some years ago, We had piece Of
grass land that had not for two or three
years borne more than four or FIVE hun
dred pounds of poor hay to the acre
We plowed it in the fall, and in the
spring sowed it to buckwheat. There
I a Ena u~nr-fh rF rO1Aar rI xr-ha
in bloom IL was as promising a piece of
bIckwheat as need be, The temptation
was very strong 70 allow il to stand and
mature a crop; but il was plowed I'M
der and sown to grass, and that field
has not produced less than ton of hay
to the acre since. that time, and that
was four or five years ago.-Ez.
II persons having bay windows only
knew how much better plants grow in
them when they can be shut off from
the living room by glazed doors, / am
sure they would soon have il arranged
so that the plants can be kept to them
selves, when it is desirable to do so; by
that, / mean, of course. in an atmos-
phere OF their own. II the bay window
opens off the sitting room or parlor,
with nothing but n thin curtain between
them, as is generally the case, the air in
both must be pretty much the same.
and it is safe 10 say that the air in the
room will be too warm and dry for
plants to grow in healthily. By putting
doors between the room and the win
dow, this can be remedied- The pla is
can be sprinkled daily, after which the
doors can be closed entirely, or nearly
so. as the condition of the weather may
make advisable. and the air among your
flowers will remain moist for the greater
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doors the dry, over-heated air of the ad-
joining room would soon make way
with the moisture which a thorough
sprinkling would produce. In such a
window you can Keep your plants free
from the dust which always comes from
sweeping. They are not only very much
healthier, but they look brighter and
cleaner. The expense of doors is not
large, and any carpenter can hang them.
Instead of having two wide doors,
which would take up too much room
when partly opened. would have four
narrow ones, hanging the two inside
ones on the two which are attached to
the castings. These inside ones can be
hung on the others in such manner
as to fold back against them.-Vick's
Mdg0=iHs.
The chief enemies of the peach are
the grub or bOrer. and that terrible
scourge, the yellows. The former is
easily overcome. All that is necessary
is to examine the bodies Of the trees
early in the spring. and extract the
grubs with a sharp-pointed blade Of a
knife. They viii be found Just beneath
the surface OF the soil, and their pres
ence viii be readily detected by the
gum formed from the exuding sap. As
preventive of the borer, place at the
base OF each tree a shovelfui of Stacked
lime or several of coal ashes. The yell
lows, which have proved so disastrous
70 peach culture in many parts OF the
country. have recently been, think,
conclusively demonstrated by Professor
Burrell and Professor Gossman to be
the result of n fungus, and since the
disease-n such il can be termed-is
understood, think we can handle il
successfully. Many trees supposed tC
have the yellows are not in reality af-
fected with the disease. their sickly ap-
pearance beng the result of improper
nourishment in the form Of potash and
phosphoric acid. / have known trees
that were affected with the yellows in
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