The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-02-14
INDOORS AND OUT.
The Farm, Orchard, Garden
and Household.
HINTS AND NOTES FOR ALL.
Planting Potatoes-Bees-Tre Roots
Horse Disqualification
Turpentine.

Sod is apt to be plowed too deep in
the spring. bringing soil TO the surface
that has not been benefited by exposure
to the air and frost.
Sifted coal ashes are said to be better
than sand for rendering stiff soils fri
able. They are more easily dissemin-
ated throughout the mass and contain
a portion of mineral salts.
The unsightly and unnecessary ex-
eessive annual saw-pruning of shade
trees has common ced in this city. 1t is
verv properly termed tree butchery"
and is condemned by all persons of good
taste.
Stop up the cracks. We give the adj
monItIon frequently for the reason that
in the poultry house. 1t is better to
have whole side off than allow cracks
to admit draughtS of air.-Er.
AS many winter their bees out of
doors. l would caution them to see to
it that they do no: smother from snow
blowing into the entrance and packing
tight around the hives, as there is great
danger of doing it if left to themselves.
have known wEo,e ap;a les destroyed
in this way.-Er.
Linseed meal is valuable food, and
dairymen should always keep it on
hand. 1t is to be fed sparingly how
ever, as it acts as a Laxative on the
bowels Fed with discretion. it keeps
the animals in a healthy condition,
purifying the blood and giving glossi
ness 10 the Skin.-Er.
The common catnip is one of the
most valuable plants for bees. The
flowers are rich in honey, and for sever
al months commencing with June of
each year, yield it freely at all hours
and in every kind IF weather A patch
may easily be raised from the seed. sown
in the latter part of summer or early in
the spring.
Don't give your horse any drugs "to
make his coat sleek" or ito keep his
bowels open, or for any other purpose.
is the advice of the Philadelphia Press.
Hundreds of horses are murdered out
night every year or have their constitu-
tons ruined, to live on at dy ng rate,
which is worse than death, by So-called
medicines, condition powders, etc., ad-
ministered by unframed hands.
We have had occasion repeatedly to
correct the old error that the roots OF
tree extend no farther than the branches
above, while. as a general rule, estab-
lished by many observations. they al
ways extend quite as far on each side as
the entire height of the tree, and often
and especially of orchard trees, to a
much greater distance, making the area
covered by them several times greater
than the mere spread of the branches.
-Er.
Probably but few have ever tried the
experiment of feeding oats to breeding
poultry, and in large proportion-say
three-fourths oats to one fourth of any
and all other grains. A fancier who has
tried this land as he says, both econ.
omically and successfully assures us
that oats may be used in this way to
very good advantage. as daily food for
breeding fowls the year round; and es-
pecially for the Asiatic varieties, that
are so predisposed to put on an excess
of internal fat. when fed in the ordin-
airy way.
Cayenne pepper is adulterated with
white meal, Venetian red and salt, the
three being ground together. The salt
gives a brighter color to the red which
is itself poisonous article. This doc
toring is practiced on African pepper, q
dull red pepper. worth only eight cents
pound, in order to bring it up to the
brilliant color of Natal pepper, worth
thirty cents pound. The fraudulent
article can be detected by placing a
small quantity on a sheet of white PAPER
id rubbing it with the finger, The
Venetian red will make red marks on
the paper.-Er.
The results of experiments made dur
ing the past few years to ascertain the
best form and condition, as well as the
size of potatoes to plant. leads to con-
illusions that are important, if all the
surrounding conditions be understood :;
one fact seems to be we'll established,
which IS, that to cut potato weakens
its power to force rapid growth in the
young plant. unless the cut surface be
Immediately covered with some sub
stance that will prevent the rapid eyap-
Grafton of the juices of the potato.
This is fact that has very rarely been
taken into consideration.
An English writer says of the foot of
the horse: The hoof is not a mere
OAOCh VI norm.
but. indeed is. SO to speak. s.the patent
safe" in which are locked the valuables
aud title deeds of the whole animal as a
property. How many horseInen know
this; and by horsemen, we mean those
who have bred them and worked them2
Yet ''gone at the hoof" is a common
verdict Of condemnation, when a horse
is often in his prime, and through the
carelessness of the sheer, who is very
often an apprentice blacksmith who
treats that portion of the live animal as
if it were but the share OF the plow.
Umbrellas will last far longer if when
wet they are placed handle downward
to dry. The moisture falls from the
edges of the frame and the cambria
dries uniformly. If stood handle up
ward. which is commonly the case, the
top of the umbrella holds the moisture,
owing to the lining underneath the
ring, and therefore takes long time to
dry. thus iniuring the silk or other
fabric with which it is covered. This is
the prime cause of the stop of the UNI.
brelia wearing out sooner than the
other part. Umbrella cases, too. are
responsible for the rapid wear of the
silk. The constant friction causes the
tiny holes that appear so provokingly
early. When not in use leave the UNI
breIia loose. when wet never leave IL