Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1907 — LATE CABBAGE. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LATE CABBAGE.

Strong Stocky Plants That May Be Set Ini Midsummer. Strong, stocky plants may l»e set in the latter part of July or early in August In the latitude of Philadelphia. The only variety of the Savoy type that seems well adapted to our climate Is the Perfection Drumhead Savoy. The delicate flavored European varieties only reach their best development in a cool climate. The dominant market type of cabbage in America is the Flat Dutch or Drumhead, of which there are several

strains that represent a better quality than the average. For pickling, slaw qr even for making sauerkraut the small, hard, round, red cabbage is valued in some sections. In cool locations the Danish Ballhead is grown for its splendid keeping qualities, but I have always considered it of inferior quality, says a writer in the Garden Magazine. Of the dark red sorts the small, hard Red Dutch is the most popular. Large Flocks of Fowls. So many who have excellent success with a few fowls meet with failure when they increase their numbers, and they are at a loss to know the reason, remarks a writer in lowa Homestead. Generally they fail to increase their accommodation? in proportion to the increase in the flock. They fail to recognize the fact that large flocks are difficult to feed, so that each individual may secure its allotted share; that various ailments have to be guarded against where large flocks are kept that are comparatively unknown among moderate sized flocks; that large flocks require much attention. Dry Farming. The conquest of the arid west, to be successful and to be accomplished without large and costly failures, must be made slowly and by the careful application of definitely ascertained facts. The boundaries of existing settlements may be gradually extended, but any wholesale attempt to colonize large areas of this arid land with people accustomed to farming only in humid regions or not accustomed to farming at all is almost certain to result in disastrous failure.—Qarl S. Scofield. * The Corn Leaf Aphis. The corn leaf aphis Is bluish green In color. It appears on corn throughout the middle west early In July—about the time that the root aphis begins to decrease in numbers on the roots—sometimes literally swarming on the leaves, husks and tassels. Here it gives birth to its young and disappears from the plants only as thfese ripen and become dry, some Individuals even remaining among the husks of belated ears until freezing weather kills them outright. Pencillaria In Kansas. We find that at the Kansas experiment station It takes practically the whole season to mature a crop of seed, if may be possible in this climate to cut pencillaria for hay twice during a season. However, from the experiments here I have decided that It it not equal to sorghum as a forage csop In Kansas.—A. M. Ten Eyck.

DRUMHEAD SAVOY CABBAGE.