The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-02-20
FARM TOPICS.


n cow ceases 10 give milk, or Is dried
up, any feed i considered good enough
for her. think this Is a great mistake,
and the result Is diminished product Of
milk, both in quantity and quality, when
she does come in. There il a large
draught on the system 10 sustain the
calf while the COW Is carrying II; and
to keep the COW in good condition good
feed il as important rs when she Is Civ
ing milk. Ii Is my opinion that one
dollars worth Of food when the COW Is
dry i worth one and a half dollar after
she comes in. An animal in poor con-
dition can not digest As much food rs
an animal in good condition. II the
cow Is poor when she comes In she will
not digest enough food TO support the
system, and, NJ the same time, 10 make a
large quantity Of milk.-Butlefin Amert-
can Jersey Catte Club.
EARLY sPRING VEGETABLES.
We suppose that not ever the most
practical cpicures enjoy their dainty
dishes more than the average human
being does his early spring vegetables
and, considering how comparatively
easy il Is to have some Of these, the
wonder Is that more is not done 10 get
them. The reason, perhaps. is that few
think of il till the springtime comes,
when ii Is too late to do much in the
way Of getting them. This is the time
to begin to think about these things.
Many vegetables start into growth with
very little heat, and even the protection
OF a fence viii often bring things for
ward some DAYS before those which
have ground and bleak winds TO con-
tend with. We know a garden, lear
this city, which has but a low wall,
about four feet high, around IL; but
even this i "A wonderful screen from cold
winds. Up under the north wall Of the
little garden. in the full southern SUM-.
is the rhubarb and the asparagus and
this little advantage alone gives them
near two weeks start on their
neighbors with these two vegeta-
blcs. 1t j. not always convenient,
or ever desirable. 10 have a wall like
this: but almost any n can have a
thick arbor-vitm hedge, which will an
swer nearly rs well. Besides this.
much can be done by hot-bcd frames,
as they are generally called, although
when no manure l. used 70 make an
artificial warmth they are hy gardeners
called cold frames. These. placed over
crops. bring them forward considerably.
Beds Of asparagus can be made with an
especial view 70 having them covered
with sashcs in this manner, and when
the spring comes both radishes and let
tucc can be sown on the earth under the
glass, and will grow on and do well
without much interference from the as
paragus growing up between them. So
with strawberries. A few sashes set
over the plants in a warm and dry stu
alton brings them on wonderfully. OF
course, when one begins these practices,
some Judgment viii be required in
the management. As a general
rule, the sahes should be
them on only at nights, to keep off the
white frosts and keep the ground warm.
This warmth is also aided by putting on
the sashes early in the evening, so as to
inclose a body Of warm air before the
sun entirely goes down. If the sashes
arc kept on All the time, the plants be-
come weak. for want Of air during the
growing daytime, and are then more
liable to injury Dy night. II is on these
little matters that some judgment is re-
CURED; but II soon comes as natural 10
one with a little experience as swimming
does 70 a young duck. just a. IN the
case Of a duck, too, it is a sort 81 iudg-
ment which no newspaper nor any thing
but natural tact can teach. Let all who
have gardens look around just now and
sce'when il can tie done. They will
find more chances for these little fam IN
cnjoymentS than many ~ them ever
dreamed Of. and no doubt will thank us
for the suggestion. when they find how
well their thoughtfulness now l. reward
cd by the fullness Of early spring garden
things.-Germantown Telegraph.
sECRET or HAVING EGGS IN WINTER.
keep nothing but pure bred fowls.
and those that are acknowledged by all
the best breeders i'm the country to be
the best winter layers that there il in
America, the Light Brahmas. gcner-
ally set my hens early in February pr
March; this gives me early pullcts,
which commence laying as early as Au-
gust, and keep il up from that time till
spring. When cold weather comes !
see that all the cracks are closed in my
chicken house, and every thing made
snug and warm; AZ least stop the cracks
and not let the fowls set in q cold
draught all night. l get a supply Of
gravel and place il where the fowls can
help themselves, when they want il.
Next give them a box Of road dust to
wallow in, placing il where the sun will
shine on il a. much as possible, and
throw a handful Of sulphur in il once in
a while 10 keep the lice NJ bay. II you
match tho han. .xsbop fhnv arn fatinr
their daily dust bath, you will see that
they enjoy il very much. They need a
bath as much as we do, and