Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1907 — FARM CARDEN [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FARM CARDEN

BUSH BEANS.

They May Be Had All Summer by Making Frequent Plantings. If you want tender, brittle pods during the hot summer months, make small plantings every week or ten days and uje only the better varieties, suggests a writer in the Garden Magazine. If cultivation is thorough and constant, the plants will grow for a longer period, and If the pods are gath-

ered as soon as large enough for use the bearing period will be prolonged for a much longer period. For the best quality In the green podded bush beans I suggest the Stringless Green Pod, Extra Early Red Valentine, Blue Pod Butter and the Extra Early Refugee, which come on in the order named, but for the home garden It Is usually more convenient to fix on some one favorite variety and to keep up a supply by frequent plantings. In addition to the green podded sorts, make plantings, one or more, of the yellow or wax podded varieties, or these may be chosen in preference to the green pods, as they do better during the warm summer season and the pods are less liable to rust than from the early spring plantings. Of the yellow podded sorts, the new Brittle Wax, Round Pod Kidney Wax, Pencil I*od Black Wax and Refugee Stringless Wax are the best of the round podded type. Some other new varieties have larger and more meaty pods, but are not as uniform In shape or as attractive in appearance. New White Wax Is the best in quality and Is the most meaty yellow variety with a flat pod. Bad Ventilation. Few dairy fanners really understand what good ventilation means. It Is a common thlhg to see a hay chute left open over the cows with the impression that It will create a current of air to ventilate the stable. The fact is, a stable, to be ventilated, must have the air drawn off from near the floor. This Is where the bad air accumulates. A shaft that simply takes the best air from near the celling Is a damage. Foul air Is from 10 to 20 per cent heavier than pure air. The only system of ventilation that is worth the name will admit pure air from outdoors near the celling and draw off the foul air from near the floor, says Farm Press. Anything short of this should not be called ventilating the stable. An Alley Gats. The idea of a sliding alley gate is suggested by Home and Farm In a very handy arrangement for open passageways into feed mangers or other

parts of the GSrn where the ordinary door is not desired. The rod should be extended at one or both sides of the opening, as may be most convenient to the builder, for sliding the gate.

Meat Food For Poultry. Meat food Is supplied in the form of grpund green bone, cooked offal (such as beef heads, etc.) and in the form of animal meal (beef scrap). Ground bone Is perhaps the best and cheapest where one has a bone mill; where not, beef heads, livers, etc., give good results, says a writer In American Agriculturist. Animal meal, dried blood, etc., are good foods, but In many cases are more expensive than the others mentioned. However, they are very useful during the hot weather, when it Is almost Impossible to use fresh meat. Partially decayed meat should not be used, as It is not healthful.

FINE STRING BEANS.

ALLEY GATE.