The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-07


| the one who is most likely to prosper
IN the end. AS a rule If a man cannot
make money in a business which he does
understand he. cannot make it in one
which he does not understand.
I Under ordinary circumstances, if the
! farmer keeps his farm in good style, the
farm will kepp the farmer in good style.
One board supplied promptly in place
4 of one that has been broken from the
fence often saves a valuable crop from
serious damage.
Connecticut has a pure food law which
provides that any person who adulterateS
as unaduiterated) any food products for
man. horses or cattle, shall be hned not
more than $500, or be imprisoned not
more than one year. 1t Is a good law.
1t is ppor economy for a farmer to de-
lay the providing of a good supply OF
hrewood IN advance of present demands.
II one has. to stop and cut wood every
day, especially in the busy season, he
uses time that might be used more profit
ably. Again, the green wood does not
make a good fire, necessitateS the use Of
an excessive amount of kindling, and
adds 10 the cares and yeXatlons OF the
housewife.
All work and no play magnif1es unnat-
urally the pictures presented TO the Iar-
mer boy of life in the metropolis. Older
heads know OF the dangers of the city's
maelstroms, but too big a stint with hoe
or plow has caused many youth TO risk
his future under conditions which he
more attractive.
Most of our readers will say that if
cottonwood trees are wanted they viii
go 10 the nearest river and dig them on
the sand bars. By growing this despised
tree from cuttings the filthy habit Of cot
ton bearing may be removed. 1t is q fact,
although comparatively little KNOWN that
the Staminat re and piSGIlaLe blossoms are
grown on separate trees of the cotton
wood so that by noting which trees pro-
duce seed during the summer cuttings
can be taken from the male tree and Au-
gust is the time to take them. 1t is the
simplest thing in the world to grow the
tree from cuttings.-Denver Field and
Farm.
sodium-a teasponful TO the half gallon OF
water, bathing the parts freely splendid
application for poison ivy Infection. 1t is
cheap and harmless.
Prof Robertson has been experiment.
ing for a number of years to find a we'll
balanced dairy ration that can be cheap
ly produced on southern farms He thinks
corn English horse beans, and sunnoWerS
fill the BILL either put in silo or cure6 as
hay. And the same mixture is equally
successful in the north.
The Southern COW pea is winning favor
in the northern states, and Prof. Connell,
of Texas, thinks the Canada field pea VIII
as surely win favor in the south. Plant
in fall or spring with oats. HAIRY Vetch
and oats also make d good mixture.
To prevent rot of tomatoes, a straw
mulch was more beneficial than spray
ing with bordeaux mixture Tomatoes are
as sure a crop as corn in West Virginia.
The earlier the seeds are sown the earlier
the plants bear and to supply the earliest
markets plant the early maturing kind.
The bulletin gives directions for construct
ing and manipulating cold frames to bring
on early plants.
On July the Secretary of Agriculture
established what he calls a biological sur
vey, which he thinks viii be Of tremend-
Gus economic value. Charts will be pub
lished, showing the exact portions of each
state and territory where certain fruits,
crops and animals can be raised TO ad-
vantage. An efficient corps of naturalists
will prepare these charts and an accom-
panying catalogue of all plants, trees, ami
mails, etc, of the known world, with the
latitude, altitude, and climatic conditions
suited to each. and a statement of the
places in our country having these con-
ditions 1t is thought this will save an
annual waste of millions of money and
much labor in making fruitless expert
ments.
Many farmers have been deferred from
trying sheep under the impression that
their pastures were fully stocked with
other cattle, and that the addition of sheep
would cause a grass famine. Until [
investigated the subject I labored under
the same delusion. Now, | know that
sheep will not eat grass, if they can get
weeds and leaves, and that grass is most
plentiful in the pastures over which sheep
have run, as nearly all weeds have been
killed out, and the soil fortified by
thoroughly distributed manure. There are
few common weeds that sheep will not
eat, but fully nine-tenthS of our other
wise Improbable vegetation is eaten with
relish and goes to make valuable mutton
and more or less valuable wool.
The simple way to harness a bull to
make him safe to lead is to put a sursin-
BILE around his body just back of his fore
legs, then carry a strap from the ring
in his nose up between his horns and make
fast to the sursingle, pulling taut, until
his nose is raised high in the air; now tie
a small rope over the strap around his
horns 20 keep him from throwing it off.
When fastened in the car this strap can be
allowed to slacken to let his nose down,
but do not be afraid of raising his nose
too high when leading him. Why should
a bulls comfort be considered when a.
mans life is in danger?
1t would be well for all our readers to
know that the application of ice to the
head of man or animal when stricken with
heat is a proper treatment. One horse
was saved in this way on our street last
Friday night. The horse had fallen. His
head was placed on the sidewalk and COW
cred with cracked ice. In an hour and a
half the cold did it's work and the horse
was able to stagger to it's feet. Soon it
was able to walk to its stable. Hundreds
OF persons watched the scene and the
humane man who applied the ice to his
best friends burning head was cheered to
the echo when the horse revived.
Worry kills more men than work
This is more practically demonstrated
In the business world than il. is among
those who live in the country and fol-
low the more quiet ways of life There
are many men, however, who have OPP
portunities to live quiet lives as pleas
ant as is possible for anyone, but who
shorten their days materially by con-
ti1lual worry. 1t is natural for some
to nurse their trouble, and where there
is nothing to detract the mind from
whatever direction it may take, there
is great danger of eniarging upon i'm
aginary troubles. The man who is able
to meet the appointments in this
life with the greatest strength is the,
ONE who does not weaken his mind by
a constant frettdng over things which
may never happen. Never cross the
river before You come TO it.-Peter
Youngers.