Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-09-07
HOME AND FARM.
Gold Water for Animals-Foot Rot IN
Sheep-The Fruit Cure-Painting
Upon Glass-Orange Salad

! tallOw and salt, will cure the worst case
OF felon.
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
flous 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 at
| work it should be the aim TO use paris
| green as soon as they appear on potato
! vines, in order to destroy as many OF the
| beetles as possible. Every one that is
destroyed lessons the number another
| year.
The best remedy for field-mce is to
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.
The hens will soon begin to mott, and
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. Ii used frequently on the
Young weeds it saves hoeing later in the
season. BY raSing 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 ii 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 teet
above the top OF the ground, upon which
! heavy boards should be fastened II
pump is used.
1t is Just as proper to keep rich milk
separate from that OF inferior quality and
secure for it the extra price as 1t Is to as
sort other articles on the farm. If dairy
men would make it a point to sell milk OF
the best quality only they could secure
class of customers who would not object
paying an extra price Tor 1t.
When the time arrives for cutting the
corn in the field it should be stored IN
the barn as soon az well cured. Leaving
it stacked in the field invites waste and
deterioration of quality. ii there is in
sufficient room in the barn provide
cheap shelter. Exposure destroys one
half Of the value OF the crop.
1t is more difficult to procure fresh eggs
| III summer than in winter IN the market.
! 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 indica-
! ton that the old mother is failing 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 Salid.-This is delicious salad
and easily made. Peel two or three
sweet, Juicy oranges anf cut up the quar-
ters in nice mouthfuls, removing all
seeds. Serve with half a dozen bits OF
orange in nest OF three or four leaves o.
! lettuce, and pour mayOnnalse sauce over
each nest. A similar sauce OF apples can
be made when the apples ale very ripe,
juicy and sour.
Cold water from some wells is too cool
10 be given to animals. Especially IN
very warm weather it is judicious to
draw the water long enough in advance
TO allow its chill to be removed before the
animals drink it, especially If they are
fatigued. A handful OF fine corn meal
stirred into bucketful of water will be
acceptable, and prevent injury to exces-
sive drinking of cold water.
For Foot Rot in Sheep.-A Vermont
fock-master OF much experience says
that the best method OF dOctOring sheep
for foot-rot is to wet the feet OF every
sheen in the flock, sound or lame. thor
ough1y with kerosene oil, and put
what sulphur you can take in the thumb
and finger between the hoofs OF each loot.
Keep them in a dry place for twelve
hours. Repeat this operation III about
two weeks, and you will have no more
trouble.
Mr.. John Gould, of Ohio, thinks that
the sooner the dairymen get out OF the
"rut" that milk is all alike, pound for
pound, or that there is such thing as
a special cheese COW, the sooner the
dairy business will be 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
yaunted abroad, but the pounds OF cheese
it made, is consp;cuously absent, simply
because it isn't there in great amount
The butter Weld of standard milk is u
test of its cheese-maKing quality.
Painting Upon Glass.-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 1t coat
of brunswick black. When dry, scrape
ON a picture With a needle fixed IN a
handle OF wood or cork. Put ridge OF
wax or tallow around the glass, and pour
on fouric acid. When it is on for hall an
hour, pour back into the rubber bottle
for future use Then wash OF the BLACK
with turpentine. Very effective work
can be produced by gliding on the en-
graved side OF the glass; which is done
by thoroughly cleaning it, licking with
the tongue, and putting on gold leaf.
Press the gold well into tn engraving,
and the engraved lines appear embossed
and rough, while the smooth part looks