Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-09-13
HOME AND FARM.
Gold Water for Animals-Foot Rot in
Sheep-The Fruit Cure-Painting
Upon Glass-Orange Salad.


Rats and mice have as great an aver
sion to the odor of chloride OF lime as
humans.
A little flour shaken on your creased
cake pan is better preventative OF stick
ing than paper.
For large raspberries or blackberries
head back severely, cutting out super
fious canes and mulch.
Poultry may be made the most profit
able branch OF farming and ought to en-
gage considerable OF the attention of every
farmer.
As the potato beetle is now busily al
work il should be the aim to use paris
green az soon as they appear on potato
vines, in order to destroy as many oil the
beetles as possible. Every one that is
destroyed lessons the number another
year.
The best remedy for field-mice is 10
encourage the owls. For fear of damage
to pigeons and poultry the owl is some
times driven off when it appears. Its
natural food is field mice, and it will
never disturb birds as long as the mice
can be had.
ne mems W III stpon ptHiH W hioie, "h'A
will lay but few eggs during the process,
which requires about three months. Old
hens and early pullets begin to mott ear
lier than the late puliets, but all OF them
should have their new feathers complete
before November.
One of the best garden implements is
the rake. If used frequently on the
Young weeds il saves hoeing later in the
season. BY raking between the rows of
plants once or twice week but little
labor will be required, while much bene-
fit will be impaired to the crops.
An open well will soon be the resort of
toads at this season, and if covered the
work of so doing cannot be done too care
fully. The curbing of the we'll should be
laid in cement; and extend two ieet
above the top of the ground, upon which
heavy boards should be fastened If a
pump is used.
1t is Just az proper to keep rich milk
separate from that of inferior quality and
secure for it the extra price as it is to as
sort other articles on the farm. If dairy
men would make it point to sell milk OF
the best quality only they could secure a
class OF customers who would not object
paying an extra price for it.
When the time arrives for cutting the
corn in the field it should be stored in
the barn as soon as well cured. Leaving
it stacked in the field invites waste and
deterioration of quality. Ii there is in
sufficient room in the barn provide a
cheap shelter Exposure destroys one
half of the value OF the crop.
II is more difficult to procure fresh eggs
,nt
During summer many eggs found in out
of-the-way nests are added to those IN
the basket, with the chances in favor of
a portion OF them being stale, while in
winter the hens are confined to yards
and lay in the poultry house.
When the pigs from the old SOW fail to
grow as fast as their companions from
young sows it is an unmistakable indlca-
ton that the old mother is falling and
should be sent to the pork barrel. While
the old SOW is doing well don't discard
her unless there is certainty that she
can be replaced with something better.
Orange Said. This is delicious salad
and easily made. Peel two or three
sweet. juicy oranges and cut up the quar-
ters in nice mouthfuls, removing all
seeds. Serve with half dozen bits of
orange in a nest of three or four leaves o.
lettuce, and pour mayonnaise sauce over
each hest. similar sauce OF apples can
be made when the apples ale very ripe,
juicy and sour.
Cold water from some wells is too cool
TO be given to animals. Especially in
very warm weather it is judicious to
draw the water long enough in advance
to allow it's chill to be removed before the
animals drink it, especially ii they are
fatigued. A handful OF fine corn meal
stirred into bucketful of water will be
acceptable, and prevent injury TO excess
sive drinking of cold water.
For Foot Rot in Sheep.-A Vermont
flock-master of much experience says
that the best method of doctoring sheep
for foot-rot is to wet the feet of every
sheep in the flock, sound or lame, thor
oughly with kerosene oil, and put
what sulphur you can take in the thumb
and finger between the hOofs of each foot.
Keep them in dry place for twelve
hours. Repeat this operation III about
two weeks, and you will have no more
trouble.
the sooner the dairymen get out of the
pound, or that there is such thing as
IL special cheese COW, the sooner the
dairy business will he put upon paying
basis. While the butter performances OF
cows are published broadcast, the yields
of these special cheese cows are notably
withheld. The weight of milk daily is
Wanted abroad, but the pounds OF cheese
ii made, is consp:cuously absent, simply
because it isn't there in great amount
The butter yield OF standard milk is a
test of its eheese-maKing quality.
The Fruit Cure.-One or two pounds
OF fresh, ripe fruit daily eaten by most
persons would make doctors visits less
frequent. There seems to be a cleansing
action to good acid fruit, and especially
10 the apple and grape Children and
the young should be allowed ali they
wish. In Delaware doctors sometimes
send certain patients in the peach or.
chards and tell them to eat all they want
Wilson, the ornithologist, suffered with
II chronic malaria, which his medical adj
wiser could not cure, and he cured HIM
self by eating wild Strawberries. The
editor adds that he was once cured of
malaria by going into vineyard and
eating grapes every day for week, all
he wanted, several pounds day.
Painting Upon Giass.--The best and
prettiest way to ornament windows is to
engrave scenes or figures ON the glass
The method of doing this is begun by
laying the glass fiat, and giving it coat
OF brunswick black. When dry, scrape
On a a h,rA