Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1902 — GARDEN AND FARM [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GARDEN AND FARM

GROWING CABBAGE FROM SEED. Mark out your ground the desired distance each way. Plaid from six to ten seeds in every check, scattering the seeds. When all danger of bugs is over, cut out or give away all but one, the best plant. . The expense of seed is much less than the expense of transplanting. The cabbage is much stronger and much less likely to be club-footed. SHOW A LIGHT. Since the days of electric lights we do not hear of as many accidents by the collision of vehicles on the highways as we used to hear of, but there are still many sections where there are yet no electric lights, especially in the agricultural districts, and in such places, if one has to drive on a dark night, it would be well to carry a lighted lantern, more to show others that a team is approaching than to show the road ahead. We have seen the time when the light of a cigar was a warning to us to get out of the way, but the lantern would be a sure! and cheaper way of warning. The light is more needed in these days of rubber-tired vehicles than before, and, as in some places the ordinances require lights on bicycles, they should require them on carriages.—The Cultivator. THE SILO AND ENSILAGE. Professor Haecker, of the Minnesota Station, says that twenty per cent of the nutriment of corn fodder is lost when compared with silage, and says: “We certainly think that a silo on a 160-acre farm is a paying investment, especially when the intention is to keep it heavily stocked with cattle and sheep. On such a farm enough silage should be put up to provide an ample supply for summer feeding. Two years ago we ploughed up a portion of our pasture, put it in fodder corn which yielded fifteen tons of silage and seven tons of cured fodder corn per acre. Allow a cow forty pounds of silage per day; an acre furnished roughage for ten cows seventy-five days. Had it been left for pasture it would not have furnished roughage enough for more than one cow for that length of time. —Indiana Farmer.

HINTS ABOUT THE HORSE. Teach a horse what you want him to do, and he will always do it. Plaster scattered on the stable floor keeps down bad odors and purifies the air. Don't put your horse’s feet in unskilled hands. Good feet are spoiled by bad shoeing. You can influence the shape of a colt’s legs by keeping the feet trimmed in the proper shape, the same as you can trim a growing twig. Have your horse’s teeth dressed occasionally. A little attention given to this will prevent a so-called “side driver” or “puller.” It prevents sore mouth and assists mastication. Keep your horse feeling good by proper food and care and he will more than repay you for the little extra time you give him. Tie your horse so that he can lie down comfortably at night. It is a practice with some grooms to tie a horse so he can't lie down, to save work in cleaning him the next morning. Don’t bring your horse in hot from a drive if you can help it if you do, rub him thoroughly dry. A slow jog or walk for a short distance before unhitching will cool him off quicker and save much work. —Green’s Fruit Grower.