The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-25
Notes in Season,


Sunlight is a great tonic and health
giver- No stable should be without
window on the sunny side.
Dairying robs the soil less than any
other branch of farming. A ton of butter
takes a half dollars worth Of plant food
from the farm. but it sells at from $500 to
$500.
A medical authority truthfully sounds
the praise of onions They are excellent lent
blood purifiers. Boiled onions used fire.
quentiy in n family OF children will ward
off MANY diseases to which the little ones
are subject.
Bowel diseases are often caused by over
feeding. and lack of salt viii also af-
feet the stock At this season when the
horses are idle al times. they should be
fed in manner only to keep them IN
fair condition. 1t is OF no advantage to
them to make them overfat.
Kind treatment regularity of milking
and feeding exercise marked effect on
the yield and quality of the produce of a
dairy COW. Harsh treatment disturbs the
nervous system. irregular feeding dis
turbs digestion. while irregular mixing
causes unnecessary suffering.
Give the hen roosts a good washing
with kerosene, to which a gill of crude
carbolic acid and gill of spirits of tur-
pentine to each pint OF kerosene has been
added. 1t doesn't cost much IN time or
money, and it's mighty comforting TO the
fowls and saving to your pocket
1t is better practice to prune the apple
trees in the spring time when the leaves
more quickly and effectually. The eX-
tremes of winter weather are sufhclentlY
exhaustive to the tree without having
any superfiuouS demands made upon It's
vital forces.
As a health measure, where large
numbers of fowls are compelled to range
OF limited inclosure. air stacked lime
should be literally used. Let II be scat
tered late in the evening after the
chickens have gone to roost- II Will
greatly cOunteract the decOmpOsins mat
ter which is so deleterious-
When corn fodder is given to the cows
and sheep to pick over do not throw
the refuse stalks in the barnyard 10 be
trarnpled. but cut them up. or shred
them SO as 20 convert them into absorb
ent material in the stalls or barnyard
They can then also be more readily nan
died for use when spreading manure
Get A paDer and pencil and calculate
how far a man usually travels In prepar-
ing planting. cultvating and gathering
so acres in any sort Of crop ana theh
figure out what would be the saving IN
this item If the same crop was raised on
* acres. This will convert any sensible
man to the theory of intensive farming
Or. if il does not, i ought to-
A farmers method of farming can be
pretty fairly estimated by hunting up his
blows and harrows his drills ana rakes
and binders, in the winter time, says me
Farm News. If these are found IN the
fields or even in the barn yard unpro-
tected from the snow and ram ana sun
shine. you may pretty certainty c9ncluae
is not getting rich
Rulletin 2s of Delaware station is de
voted TO straw berries Best carry KINDS
were Meek. Michel SmeItzer, Sryslal
Pnbach 3randvwine GreenVille. Haver-
land. Meel1s Michel For home use, BeN-
erly Bomba. Eureka and Sha Gpiei are are
promising new kinds Candy is the best
late kind and best shipper.
6. ". Gilbert of Thayer, No, states
that he last year secured a net re'ut ~
from one and three-quarter acres OF
r+rauyherries of 81 001.SS. He used DRIED
HOOD as fertilizer sprinkling II HghtlY
over the matted rows through q cHer ~,
cloth He figures that each plant re
ceiyed a tablespoonful OF tertlZer- N
santa clara county a gross return OF
500 ner acre has been secured IN ?eoet d.
Instances without the use OF fertlhzerS-
rr,,a,,a ie more digestible matter in the
.o,-r, nIant than in the grain. and TINS
cot &c one which has been satisfactorily
demonstrated one acre OF IooQer Tvs O,s
more actual nutrition than do Two TONS
~ tinnthv hay and the butts and cQarS-
or portions. which are usually CONSIDERED
of but little value, contain more muir .l.
ZION than the tons and blades II may
- a5ded that much depends on the stage
at which the fodder was cut. how stored.
End how prepared before feeding 1t TO
the stock.
NJ the manure down if it IS spread on the
ground now and worked INTO the SOIL
willie the solid portions VIII uecoili'o9e
d,,rinsr the winter rains and frost more
essiIv decomposing it than when coarse
material is not placed in the center of the
beaD- one advantage OF spreading ma
nIre in the fall is that the labor OF haul
;neg II can be done with less interference
Nth other work than TO postpone the
spreading until spring, at which season
work becomes urgent
Those who buy pure cattle breeds
should be particular TO procure
The DroDer breed desired. and if
knowledge of the breeds is lack
ing advice should be asked of
those who understand the characteristics
of each breed 1t viii be of no advant-
acc for a farmer 10 procure a beef-pro-
dI5cfng breed if milk is his object. and
he should not consider how much beef a
Gov will make when her usefulness is
ended if he desires one that produces
largely of milk. Too many mistakes and
disappointment have occurred from lack
Of knowledge in those matters.