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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-29
KEEP THE cows CLEAN.

The skin of an animal is an active
excreting agent, and a. large quantity
of foul matter is thus removed by it
from the blood. All this matter will
dry on the skin, and if not removed
frequently Will cover it and clog the
numerous pores by which the excre-
ment escapes. This dried matter is
most easily loosened by the card made
of fine wires, and acting like a comb,
and a. stiff brush then completes the
cleansing of the skin by removing these
loosened scales. Besides, the skin is
continually changing, scales of dried
tissues loosening in the form of dand-
ruff, while the new tissue is formed I'M
der them. 1t is in this way that in
time the whole of the skin is renewed.
All this dead and impure matter acts
as a ferment on milk, and will cause
it to sour, or take on an unpleasant
odor very quickly. Thus it is not only
necessary to keep the cows clean, but
to remove this matter from the skin
before each milking by the use of a
card and brush.-Farm and Home.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-29
GETTING NEW HONEY FROM A NEW
SWARM.

Mr.. w. q. Hutchinson, in his lecture
ait the Bee Keepers Convention, ait
Jenkintown, last month. said, of be-
ginnig with a swarm in a. new hive:
If 3. swarm is hived upon frames with
starters only, the first step is. neces-
sarily, the building of a comb Now,
if q super filled with drawn, or partly
drawn comb mot foundation) is placed
over the hive, the bees will begin
storing honey in the combs at the same
time that comb building is begun be-
low. A queen excluder must be used
to keep the queen out of the supers,
then she will be ready with her eggs
the moment few cells are partly fin
ishd in the brood nest, and if the latter
has been properly contracted she will
easily keep pace with the comb build
ing. The result is that nearly all of
the honey goes to the supers, where it
is stored in the most marketable shape
and the combs in the brood nest are
filled almost entirely with brood. When
bees are hived upon empty frames a
small brood nest is imperatively neces-
sary, otherwise large Quantities of
honey will be stored in them, and
when bees build comb to store honey,
particularly if the yield is good, they
usually build drone comb. They prob
ably do this because storage can thus
be secured with the least expenditure
of time, labor and material. So long
as the queen keeps pace with the com
builders worker comb is usually built,
but if the brood nest is so large that
bees begin Matching from it's center
before the bees have filled it with
comb, and the queen returns to refill
the cells being vacated by the hatch
ing bees, the comb builders are quite
likely to change from worker to
tdrone comb.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-29
THE SECRET OF WEALTH.
A Remedy for Extravaxance.

Is there no remedy for extravaganza?
Practically, we suspect there is none.
for the habit Of spending has its root
rather in character than in circum-
stances OF in training, but there are
two or three correctives, which, if d
man suspects himself of the weakness,
he may possibly induce himself to
adopt. One is never to spend any sum
without considering quietly whether ne
really desires the thing the expenditure
is to buy. VIII he care about it the
day after the purchase?
Another corrective is to buy nothing
of any sort without paying for it at
once. II is the bills which come in
twice q year which cripple a man, who
will find that # he pays at once the
money assumes a new importance in
his eyes. Clever tradesmen know this
so well thai many of them would
rather wait for their cash than accept
the ready money, and even dislike to be
paid by checks at too short intervals
OF time.
Beyond these precautions there are
none which men or women who are ex-
travagant by habit can take, unless,
indeed, they are of a reflective turn
and can compel themselves to remem-
Der that all extravaganza entails a
diminution of power. They have no
more moral right to deplete their
purses foolishly than to deliberately
placs their savings in investments
which Jhey know TO be bad.-Philadel-
ptia Ledger.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-29
cULTusE OF THE CHERRY.

According to the Cornell Experiment
station a young cherry orchard should be
given clean cultivation. Small fruit, like
currants raspberries or gooseberries or
any others that require frequent cultiva-
zion, may be set between the rows for
eight or ten years, but the bushes should
be removed in the tree rows and opposite
the trees at the end of the third wear.
No crop that does not require cultivation
should ever be raised in the orchard. At
about five years old the trees begin to
bear fruit of consequence, sand at ten
years they give paying crops
AS the orchard comes into bearing, the
management of the soil will differ ac-
cording TO its nature. and the trees them
selves should be the indicators of their
treatment C4ean cultivation should gen.
orally be stopped by June Ia or July l.
so as TO check growth and give the wood
SUFFICIENT time 10 ripen. Whenever the
growth becomes too luxuriant it can be
checked oy seding year with closer.
A certain cherry orchard has stood in
sod for fifteen years in an ideal soil and
situation.
The trees are making little growth
and are filled with dead limbs. and while
there size was small. quality poor and
one-half We're rotting on The trees. In
striking contrast was neighboring or
chard which had been pIowed lightly in
bhe carry spring and had had harrow run
over IL once week up to the middle of
June. and although there had been a
severe orouth the trees had made a good
growth and We're loaded with luscious
fruit of large size.
The latter orchardist believes that he
can produce as large cherries as the Cali
fornians can, by high cultivation and
che conservation of moisture the early
part of the season. AS a means of hold
Ing moisture be is putting humus in the
ly n
too luXuriant growth by seeding the Or
chard whenever it becomes necessary.
While dryness is universal maxim for
the cherry, IL is advantageous 10 con-
serve moisture during the development
of the fruit, and the example furnished
by this orchard convinces us that the
fruit can be increased UP to the middle OF
June.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-29

recipe: Eat vegetables and plenty of
butter; drink milk, sweet wine and stout
Take cod liver oil, go to bed early, sleep
some during each day and laugh as much
as possible" Cream may be substituted
for the cod liver oil.
Delicious sandwiches are made of fruits
simply mashed into a rich paste and
placed between very thin slices of bread
These are nice served with ice cream and
sherbets instead of cake.
Belt pins have almost had their day.
They pierced a new hole every day in the
ribbon belt, besides they do not always do
their duty SO the summer girl of 80 will
go forth in serene consciousness of perfect
union between her skirt and bodice brought
about by a set of strong hooks and eyes
which are attached to sturdy pin.
AS the antidote to salt is sugar, soups,
gravies and the like, that have been made
too salty accidentally can be made palat-
able again by the addition OF little coarse
brown sugar well stirred in.
Eggshells will clean vinegar bottles and
decanters just as well as shot, which is
not always kept on hand in every kitchen
Don't wash fine laces either in water OF
gasoline. Lay them in wheat -four and
let them stay there for twenty-four hours
Then shake out every atom of the flour
and they will be perfectly clean.
A chemist advises that canned fruit be
opened an hour or two before it is used,
because it becomes richer after the oXy-
gen of the air has been restored to it.
To can green peas remove the pods and
put on the stove in boiling water in por-
celain kettle. Let boil fifteen minutes or
until fairly we'll done and can Immediate
ly in glass jars and put away in dark
place.
Strawberries are easily bruised and
should be handled with great care. Rinse
them in cold water before they are hulled
and not afterwards, as so many cooks do
and then wonder why the berries are soft
and water soaked.
Every housewife should provide a vege-
table brush for use in the kitchen. Let
tuce, spinach, beetS and other vegetables
can be cleaned much more readily with
one than with the hands.
System has been introduced this year
in the giving of wedding presents, if we
may believe a Philadelphia authority
The bride has printed lists of gifts that
would be acceptable, so varied as to suit
the purses of all her friends. Each of
these latter who wishes to send a present
writes to her for a list, and, having seen
1t, notifies beforehand what present she
would Ike to make. On receiving a re-
ply that the happily couple like it very
much, it is bought and forwarded.
Soap used on the hair is apt to make it
brittle. If any is to be used, tar soap
is the best, and after using rinse the hair
In several waters in which a little pow
dered borax has been dissolved
If your children crave candy give them
loaf sugar taken from a. candy box. They
will not eat enough of it to hurt them,
and 1t has the merit of being pure, which
cannot be said of most of the candy one
gets nowadays.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-29
FARM NOTES.

Eat all the green things you can
get now. They are an excellent tonic
for a disoreded liver.
Do not use too much water. Your
thirst may be satisfied without drown
ing you. 1t is the same with plant
A man need not work himself to
death because he is a farmer. Mind
may do a share as we'll as muscle.
The WEAKNESSES of human nature are
a bar to cooperative effort There is
too much pig nature in the combina-
tons
Don't waste the straw. 1t may not be
as nutritious as good hay, but it con-
tains enough food and fertilizing prop
critics to be well worth outstanding.
Nothing pays better on the farm than
to keep accurate accounts, to know
what is raised at a loss, and what
yields a profit.
Women who prefer an ounce of pre-
vention to a pound of cure study the
properties of various articles of food
They learn that celery is a nerve food
that lettuce is as good for insomnia
as the poppy, that onions are invalua-
BILE as a nerve tonic, that lemons are
the best friends of the bilious. that
tomatoes and figs are aperients, and
that apples are useful in cases of
nervous dyspepsia.
Successful management of the calf
lies at the very foundation of stock
raising, and there must be no slack
in attention or watchfulness. Securing
the bane of calf-rearing, indicates in
digestion, and results from over-feed-
ing. irregular feeding, giving food toe
cold, or permitting the young animal
to get chilled or wet.
Chemists say it takes more than
twice as much sugar to sweeten pre-
serves and sauces If put in when they
begin to cook than it does if the sugar
is added after the cooking is done.
Sometimes the juice of a lemon taken
in glass of slightly sweetened water
On rising will quell morning head
ache. 1t has always been considered
a healthy drink to take at any time.
According to a wholesale furniture
dealer, the best furniture polish is made
of one-third alcohol and two-thirds
sweet oil Apply it with a soft brush
and rub with a cloth. After the juice
has been squeezed from lemons the
peel may be utilized for cleaning brass
Dip it in common salt and scour with
powdered brick dust. To remove q
grease spot from wall paper hold q
piece of plotting paper over the spot
with a hot fiatiron for few mo.
ments.
Profit in fowls depends on manage.
ment. Few realize how much profit
may be made from a small flock Of
hens One farmers wife began las
year with fifty hens and ended with
seventy-three. The account Of expen-
SEES and receipts footed UP q profit O.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-29
ALFALFA AS A HONEY PLANT.

A Kansas correspondent of the
Orange Judd Farmer writes as fol-
lows:
The cultivation Of alfalfa has added
considerably to the honey crop of the
United States. No other honey plant
has given such a boom to beekeep-
ing. especially in the Western States
This plant stands the drought, and
when we'll rooted seldom fails to pro-
duce heavy crops of hay and seeds
when almost everything else fails, as
it's roots penetrate very deep in the
ground, in many cases reaching water
at fifteen feet deep. / have seen con-
tinuous flow of honey from this plant,
commencing the middle of May and
lasting until the first of September, for
several years, without regard IT,
drought or season Alfalfa honey diff
fers but little from white clover. 1t is
in every respect as good. and is quoted
in the markets at the highest price.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-29

CLIPPING QUEENS.

/ clip all my queens and in colonies
run for extracted honey. l have little
or no trouble with swarms writes Mrs.
L. Harrison in Farm and Home. The
hives are close to the ground. A board
leaning against the alighting board Of
each hive permits the return of the
queen in case of swarming. Once in
awhile she enters another hive, but the
bees remain to rear another instead of
decamping to the woods, and the next
wear the hive contains a young and
vigorous queen. By clipping queens,
using shallow cases filled with empty
combs and self-spacing frames l can
care for 400 colonies and do it easier
than l could handle half that number
storing in sections. Bees never swarm
much if supplied at the proper time
with empty combs.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-29
ONE WAY TO SAVE MOISTURE.

How to save as much of the moisture
as possible is a matter which has re-
ceived the consideration of scientists
and farmers. There are methods by
which water may be stored for future
use. but such are not practicable on all
farms. There is one way to partially
prevent loss, and which is familiar to
all farmers, and that is to keep the
surface of the ground which is occu-
pied by a crop always loose If a
shower comes much of the water will
flow off the hard ground, but if the
soil is loose the water will more easily
go down. Constant stirring of the soil
also prevents loss of large portion OF
the moisture already in the SOIL AS
soon after shower or irrigation as
the soil will permit. it should be gone
over with. a shallow cultivator If this
is done faithfully through the season
the value of each shower and of each
irrigation will be nearly doubled to
arv cr0p
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-29
TOILET HINTS.

Use a little sweet cream on the hands
and face before retiring. rubbing it we'll
into the skin with gentle upward strokes,
manipulating carefully the places where
wrinkles are beginning to form.
Brush the hair well with a stiff brush at
night. A thin night cap or an old silk
handkerchief tied over the hair prevents
its breaking off.
An excellent shoe polish is made as fol-
lows: Disoslve one ounce of borax and
water. 1t will take some time for it to
dissolve. While still hot, dissolve a pack
age of Diamond slate dye in the liquid.
Apply to shoes with a sponge or cloth.
This is much better than the shoe dress
ing bought in bottles, much of which has
acid and other ingredients injurious to
the leather.
Neckties, ribbons and gloves may be
colored with Diamond Dyes and look as
good as new.
One ounce of gum arabic dissolved in
two ounces of alcohol and added to an
equal quantity of soft water makes an
excellent preparation for keeping the hair
in curl or crimp.-R. E. Merriam.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-29
HINTS TO BECINNERs.

There are a few elementary princi-
pies which must be recognized, and
then the handling of bees becomes
comparatively easy. One of these is.
that bees seldom sting unless they are
hurt or when they have their honey
sacks filled with honey. A little smoke
pulled into the entrance of the hive
a few moments before it is to be op-
ened will cause them to fill themselves.
This being done. by opening the hive
carefully, one will seldom be stung.
If the bes are disposed TO leave the
combs and fly out of the hive as it
comes open, give them a little more
smoke. This, of course, requires the
bee keeper to own the modern apiary
tool known as d. smoker. A fairly
good one can be had for 80 cents. No
one should try to keep bees without a
smoker.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-29
a(eanings IN
Bee Culture.

We can only secure the best results
in surplus honey from strong colonies.
Bees do not like to be handled has
tily, but will repel all quick motions.
All objectionable stock can be kept
from breeding drones by using worker
combs exclusively.
The hives should be raised suffic
/ iently from the ground to admit of
free circulation of air.
Bees secrete wax only at times, and
when necessary to furnish storage
room for honey or brood.
Foundation for comb honey must be
made very thin and of the best quality
OF wax.
Alfalfa is a good crop to grow, espec-
tally for the bees and honey.
First-class comb honey is made only
during the heaviest flow of nectar, and
at a time of heavy flow.
1t requires the strongest colonies to
work for comb honey and these must
be worked rapidly at the beginning of
the flow.
Bees are much more liable to swarm
if cramped for room. Care in this re-
spect will largely prevent unnecessary
swarimns.
A swarm of bees will seldom issue if
no qlHen cells are present. By remov-
ing them swarming will be prevented,
until new cells are formed.
By stimulative feeding, it is possible
to have colonies swarming ten days or
two weeks earlier than if left to them
selves.
1t is a mistake to draw from strong
stocks in early spring to strengthen
weak ones. Better put two weak ones
together and allow good ones to re-
main.
An examination of the hive should be
made and all unnecessary brood comb
be removed as an over supply of worth
less drones is very Objectionable.
Honeycomb, when first made, is OF
pure beeswax, and remains so as long
as it is used for honey alone Brood
combs are toughened somewhat after
use from the fact that every bee hatch
ed out leaves a thin lining in the cell.
If a colony of bees is found lying
still during the honey season it is
evident that the hive is full of honey
and the bees, have no room to store
more This always has a tendency to
induce swarming.-St. Louis Republic.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-29
DRIVING CATTLE.

A Nevada stockmen has found, by
actual experiment, that fat steers driv-
en- % miles without water, will shrink
so lbs. each, though fed and watered
before weighing at the end of the jour-
ney. Steers driven 5 miles and al
lowed TO stand two hours without feed
or water did not shrink away Steers
driven 40 miles and given water re-
peatedly on the journey shrank 20 lbs.
each. A bunch of 500 Id. steers driven
HANDY WITH TOOLS.
I would have farmers and others en-
courage boys to become handy with
tools. To do this some tools must be
provided and also some material to be
worked, perhaps wasted Farmers have
lost a great deal in the past by de-
pending almost wholly upon others to
do all their making and mending. Not
many years ago good monkey-wrench
was a rare tool on most farms. The
moving machine dealer has supplied
thousands Of farmers with their first
sample. Toe many farmers now have
to make a trip of a mile or more for
every little repair in iron, wood or
leather. it hiss paid me well to have
wrenches Of two or more sizes to fit
any nut on the farm, to have three
good handsaws, two coarse ones for
cutting off and splitting and one for
finer work; full set of bits, with good
brace to match; a drawing knife, try
square, two or three planes, a few
chisels, screwdrivers of two or more
sizes, files for wood and iron, drills that
will bore soft iron if necessary, a
good workbench with iron wise and a
good assortment of screws, nails and
carriage bolts, a good clawhammer
and Ratchet, a. mitre-box, and also a.
few horseshoe nails for tightening a
loose shoe or even putting on one if
necessary; also soldering iron and
harness avis and copper rivets and
wire. An observing, thinking person
with any fair degree of natural ability,
ought to be able TO use ali these tools
with more or less profit during a life
time on farm. / have saved a great
many trips to the village and much val
liable time by having such a kit The
loss of a single bolt in a, moving ma
chine may throw half dozen hay
makers out of work, and indirectly
expose tons of hay to a storm which 8
cents would have prevented had the
farmer provided himself with the extra
bolt in advance instead of having to
take or send the machine away for
repairs in the midst of first-claSs hay
weather. Then there is but little car
penter work on a farm that a farmer
handy with tools cannot do just as we'll
as any carpenter, and he ought to do
it.-A. W. Cheever.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-29
BUYING A FARM ON CREDIT.

Probably half of the farms in the
country were bought by their present
owners with borrowed money partly.
When one settled on a. homestead, the
privations and improvements required
usually equalled the labor or effort
needed to pay interest on the average
farm mortgage in the older states. 1t
is often wiser to pay interest than to
pay rent. The thrifty man or woman
will usually accumulate more if they
have borrowed money to pay, provided
the loan was used for a good purpose
The shiftless are always willing to pay
rent, many are obliged to who would
much prefer to be able to buy, but
even in these times thousands of far
mers are gradually paying off their
mortgages and getting their farms free
and clear. If you don't believe, send
25c. to the Farm and Home, Springfield,
Mass, for their book" Mortgage Lift
ers.'' in which $50 farmers from every
section tell just how it was done.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-29
THE EMER GENCy SHELF.

Every housekeeper should have some
particular place for emergency supplies
1t may be a drawer or a closet, or even a
cetrain shelf of a closet, but its existence
should be known by every member of the
family, and its contents kept always in
good order and good condition. There
should be bandages ready rolled for
sprains packages of court plaster, with a
sharp pair of scissors near by; box OF
mustard plasters for quick work, as well
as a box of mustard -four and a roll OF
thin mustard for slower action, with
scraps of old linen for old sores and burns
The hot water bag should be kept here
hurry, such as lime water. to mix with
oil for burns, brandy, ammonia, Group
remedies and a prepared disinfectant.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-29
FEMININE FANCGEs.

Leather bags for shopping have been
superseded by black satin ones made of
half a yard of satin and lined with some
bright color or made double and drawn in
with inch wide satin ribbon
In place of finger bowls the latest fancy
is for the maid to pass around a, silver
or cutglass bowl filed with perfumed
water and few rose petals floating on
the surface. This is first handed to the
hostess, who dips the end of her napkin
into it, each guest following her example.
Thin women who want to put on lit
tie extra flesh should follow this simple
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-29
A WORD FOR THE HOUSEWIFE.

The farmers wife has few conven-
fences in the kitchen. She carries water
from an outside we'll when small
force pump in the sink would not be
expensive and would save many a
weary step. The space about the back
door is bare. This should be sodded
every spring. 1t will keep much dirt
off the porch and out of the kitchen.
A barrel on wheels with a tight-ftting
cover can be conveniently placed and
thus save much carrying of swill. In
the preparations for spring and sum
mer work do not neglect the conven-
fences for the women of the house
hold-Home and Farm.