Sharp County record., 1879-07-17
FARM TOPICS.
Good Vegetables.

I. this country, and especially the farm
b ers. The EsquimauX and LaplanderS
a eat more, as they have scarcely any
\ vegetables, and their climate is so cold
~ as to require an abundance of blubber
and other heat-producing food; but for
~ the Inhabitants Of the temperate zone
IA constant diet of meat is too stimulating,
: driving the animal machinery too fast
nsn and wearing it out too soon. Every
han farmer knows that if he feeds his COWS
sol liberaliy with oil-cake, or even with
SOL corn-meal, they produce an extra al
pr1 lowance and an extra quality Of milk,
re, but are liable to garget and other in
"a flammatory diseases, and wear out pre-
will maturely. If he feeds with cOrn-meal
uSjD, liberal ration of mangle or other
inch roots, the infammatory tendency is in
ave measure cOunteracted, and the general
like collapse of the cows constitution is de-
lsrl ;layed. Pork and fat beef are much
was more concentrated and heat-producing
ter foods than oil.cake and cornmeal, and
de should never constitute the staple diet
ON G'of any citizen of the temperate
ernr zone. We are no vegetarians.
,rOdnn Man is evidently carnivorous ami
ultiv.$ nal, but it is equally evident that
oucb lie Graves, and must have mixed diet
WITh meat, vegetables, and fruit. The
str;na' after are antiseptic and cathartic in
uoh (. heir nature, and, therefore, serve to
Saal ,ounteract the stimulating effects OF
20 M tba heat. We have known children that
A,s ad an abnormal appetite for meat and
q roI elected almost every kind of vegetable
,Ioaainu md fruit, not relishing even straw
tbo~ erries. Such children are uniformly
'rOn. , nhealthy, and seldom live out half their
,raL;ua avs. Farmers should also remember
on nI lat vegetables are far more economical
on ' oos, au an meat. 1t requires an average acre
Outoas ON Tu corn (45 bushels) to rear and fatten
otl'' tost0, 300 porker, but this same amount Of
1850 1875. rn, used as breadstuff, will sustain
isl ite flock of children. In the torrid
'"i'i0S'- gions, where comparatively little meat
used, an acre of vegetables and fruit
II maintain several families. A ma
In Here Hawaiian, with small patch of
:. o, made suficiency of his favorite
IN mere d, poi, to sustain as many wives as
Il 10 acOupleased to possess, and as many OF
VlgoTouir offspring as he chose to bring up.
i half1uly have no hankering after the
IN to heawaiian mode of living, but there is
man OF len mean between the vegetable diet
y, "fyOlhe Sandwich Islanders and the bluo-
on the pf food of the Esquimaux, and this
led the pa-n it is the privilege of farmers in
" Didn't temperate zone to enjoy to its fullest
ne said, ant, if they will only live up to their
amt anyileges. Our friend has enumerated
vof the vegetables which flourish in
es there" favored region, and we need not 60
hink pothl the catalogue. Our object is rather
)e5 on al.5ps-etsention Of farmers to few
I5nssg important and most neg
ladies' '&,inach is among the best of vegeta-
though farmers seldom raise it.
ask auydy seem to prefer to send their wives
needn't O0jnd the lots to cut dandelions for
v As, or their children into the
tand Smjaps after cowslips. 1t will spoil an
:" s time Of a pretty smart woman to
, world vhandelions enough f)r the dinner of
Catch me,d-sized family, and when they are
BILE to me"ley are not so tender and sucou-
way at hBfts spinach, that may be cut in five
'dav NjgA ties. A row of spinach 20 feet long,
- at the end of row of parsnips or
. boro MT IS, will furnish greens enough for
no% nuI Ioarr i'r dinary family, as it can be cut
rnir % tbat tG"A III times, for it grows like Jon his
anf5I m 'n~ n~tiC Some ignorant cultivators pull
uoeiua uararS BY the roots. This is killing the
", 40 neS"osr %% that lays the golden egg The
~ ~ ioIOs aay is to cut the tops, leaving
"A'.ov rayes for the plants to breathe with,
1'ns y Pains Pt. the ground is rich the roots will
npinA.h another crop in few days. The
s. IL III maiys may be continued as long as
od q bcti ia
luinetvuS M in thinning out beets, when the
equally may be drawn and cucumbers or
lairrofS anu les planted in ther place.
tesspooli' 'ragus is another excellent yege-
each paV u ,r the health and comfort of farm
rs A lew u! other folks. There is no vege-
eanse anu what makes larger and better re-
)r labor than asparagus, as it is
s interest appfsn rich soil will continne. with
WHICH, .@nVr o"r, ual top-dreSsing, to furnish
alat tnllns Uyui crops each year for half cen
q OF revolu~ The cultivation of asparagus is
ltal OoVelhm so expensive as is commonly
According I'd. The custom which our
the Precauu.inherit from England, of cult
ian Covenants vegetable in beds three or
of guards qua;; wide, trenched three feet deep,
en- ordered Wu;hes paved with stone, old bones,
position JoarnA;,c., is discarded nowadays by
liar inspection ct gardeners, and should be by
by the officers eur producers. It can be cuI-
prohibited new much more economically and
the possession 4 more conveniently in rows.
present competition in market
,,g no one can afford to cultivate
says thS' %I,s H..,s otherwise than in rows, and
month inc W. bower. The favOrite soil for this
an ironclad cSfTi a deep. rich sandy loan. The
mounted guards aould be nIowed deeply. and
nded by militia, .,soil is a hard-pan, a subsoil