Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-11-30
HOME AND FARM.
How to Salt Butter-Care of Flowers
During Wherefore SHOES
and Shooting.

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Canes that a. left on will be OF no adj
vantage next season.
What are called sour apples are really
sweet, though their tartness hldes the
saccharine properties they contain. Some
of the richest sour apples, as the Russet,
make very strong vinegar, which they
could not do if they did not contain
good deal of sweetness.
In making cider for vinegar it is mis-
take to use the partially rotten or ln1e-
rior apples for that purpose, Good vine
gar can only be made from ripe aud
sound apples. and where it is difficult to
ship apples to market 1t will pay to con-
vert them into vinegar.
The rich black liquid that flows off
| from the BARNARD contains the wealth
of the farm. Use absorbent material,
and save it. The loss of liquid manure
is great, and if saved would not only add
! fertilizing matter to the farm but in
creases the value of the solids.
Asparagus beds may be made now.
Place the roots two feet apart, first max
ing the bed very rich with manure. L
! is usual to have the roots closer, but as
the roots will thicken in the bed IN the
course of time, it is better to allow
plenty of room in the beginning.
Rose slugs will do, damage if the
bushes are-not guarded. A solution OF
an ounce of pyrethrum powder IN gal
lon of water, sprayed on the bushes, is
excellent, but stream OF water from
force pump, applied daily, is one OF the
best remedies that can be used.
Keep something growing on the land
and you will then keep down the weeds;
1t does not pay to take of crop and
then allow the land to grow up IN weeds.
1t is better to pillow the land frequently
if no crop is on it. The aim should be
to not allow single weed to grow.
The horse is blanketed to prevent
colds, while the cow is turned out to
face the storms. The COW cannot endure
cold auv better than other animals, and
though it may not be necessary to blan-
ket her, yet she should have shed, or
some otheS. protection in the barn yard.
A tempe ;ure of from "a to 60 is nee
essary in tfrning. and as the weather
becomes CN1 the churn and cream must
be warmed Tie temperature can be
easily regulated by the aid of warm and
cold water to raise or reduce as is re-
quired. The churn itself may be very
cold, and some dairYmen pour warm
water into it, and then renew it before
putting the cream in.
The quality of milk cannot be fixed by
Law. The milk from some COWS will
contain lower percentage of solid mat
ter than others. 1t is even impossible
to obtain the same quantity of milk from
one COW. Her food, duration OF milking
period, facilities for obtaining water and
the manner of being MIXED influences
the quality. The milk of cows from
young grass will vary greatly from that
produced from ground grain.
As soon as the coupling season is over
he breeding ewes should be separated
from the flock and fed on nourishing
food. They should not be made too fat,
for fear OF milk fever at lambing time,
but they require good feeding if they are
to produce strong lambs. Plenty of hay
NTH mess of ground oats once a day
sLcll re- OF >%emr in goody condition
without liability of the ewes becoming
too fat.
Do not make the earth in boxes and
flower pots too rich. All plants pro-
tected during the winter by setting them
on stand in a warm room such as
geraniums, should not MAKE heavy
growth, but be kept in good condition
for slipping, as the spring and summer is
the proper season for having them to per-
lection. The mealy bug must be
guarded against when the plants are
kept in warm atmosphere.
Frozen milk cannot only be trans
ported with ease, but as long as it can be
kept frozen will come out perfectly fresh.
Experiments in this line showed that in
cooking qualities and in yield OF cream
as we'll as in other respects, frozen milk
cOrresponded with quite new milk, and
butter and cheese could be prepared
from it quite as well as from new milk.
These results are detailed in a paper by
NJ. Guerin, of GrandvilIes, Vosges, be-
fore the Agricultural Society of France
1t is proposed to try the idea on a large
scale by freezing milk in ordinary iron
machines.
Now that horses will be stabbed at
night or should be, the most perfect
cleanliness should be observed. The
floor, if of wood, should be frequently
drenched with water, and then sprinkIed
with finely ground gypsum (plaster), by
which the strong, pungent odOr common
to stables will be neutralized and alb
sorbed. This strong odor of ammonia,
which often pains the eyes and nostrils
OF a man, Is exceedingly injurious 10
horses. 1t rots leather and corrodes
varnish, and what must be It's effect on
a nd Of
in it during whole nights? Foul air pro-
notes CHAMBERS, farcy, blindness, infu-
enza (epizootic), pneumonia, heaves, all
acrid manure in which horses are COM
PEELED to stand causes not only the in
furious vapor but rots the hoOfs and irri-
tates the skin.
The blunders and carelessness of
horse-shoers often subject 1.-THE nOblest
of all animals" to needless discomfort if
not cruelty. A recent writer remarks
that the proper form of the shoe can be
adapted for relieving conclusion IN
horses subjected to hard and last work.
It allows the frog and probably portion
of the sole and bars to come in contact
with the ground, so that the weight OF
the animal is distributed over a greater
surface Of the foot, and not contided en-
tirely to the wall, as in the case of the
seated shoe. The elasticity of the horn
NAV to some extent relieve the foot and
leg from conclusion, but the frog. il al
lowed to come to the ground, acts much
better The same authority suggests or
advises, on another point, in this wise:
To prevent horses striking the shoe of
the forefoot with the shoe of the hind
foot, shorten the toe OF the front shoes
and lengthen those of the hindfoot, and
in a little while i will cause the horse to