Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-11-09
Che farm aud fireside,

PAINTING HoUsEs-Mr E. f. Rexford pre-
sents some important facts on painting houses
in the 1naericaaa 1gricultauist, from which we
select the following:
For country houses l would advise for open,
exposed places, pale gray or drab. There
are complaints made frequently that drab looks
cold 1t cannot look colder than white does
and there is no reason why it should look cold
ut all if proper care is taken to have the trim
mings of the house of some warm, cheerful
color. know a ttrab house with deep. warm
, toned brown corniceS and blinds, with plenty
Of vines clamborng up to break the monotony
of the surface between the windows, and it is
one of the warmest looking houses know Of.
In the summer it is refreshing to look at it.
1t does not pain the eyes with it's glare 1t
does not assert itself the moment you reach
the top of the hill and come within sight of it.
y white house would draw your attention at
once and no matter how you might try to
look at something else, the white blotch on the
landscape would leave it's impression in your
eyes, and you could not help seeing it. This
gray house seems part of the landscape. It's
color blends we'll with the green about it.
There are no large trees around it, but there
are vines, and the general effect in summer is
cool and subdued, and in winter it gives Il
sense Of warmth and comfort. Why it gives
a sensation of warmth at one season and Of
GOODNESS at another is explained by the fact
that summer is a season of high bright cOlOrS
and the dr;lb is in Il lower tone of color than
those prevailing in the landscape. Winter is
season of but little color, and then drab, in
contrast with the SnOW-covered earth, becomes
cheerful, and the deep-t toned trimmings, which
should be seen on every house painted in drabs
or grays, give a sense OF warmth which they
would not have in summer when all about it
is in high, decided tones.
WINTERING THE CABBAG EST used to be
thought necessary to store cabbages in cellar,
or some kind of pit, a method of wintering
now rarely followed The usual way of keep
ing them is to select Il dry place, if the bed
where they grew was not so, and place the
cabbages heads downward. They are some
times placed close together in a single row,
running across the bed or field, and Il furrow
thrown up to them on either side. The more
common method is to lay them down to form
bed eight feet wide, and by the use of the
plow and shoyclS. cover the heads and part
of the stumps The Savoys, with their curled
and wrinkled leaves, do not keep 80 well as the
Drum heads when laid down in this way
For those, ridge may be thrown up with a
plow, and the cabbages laid against it, heads
up; earth is plowed to the roots, and thrown
in to partly cover the stumps. When cold
weather comes the heads are to be covered
with cornstalks, leaves. or other litter. Nei-
ther of these methods allows head or two to
he readily taken for use. 1t is we'll to have
the family supply in some place near at hand
If there is an unused pit or coal frame, the
cabbages may be set in them upright, and COW
cred with shutters, or with straw or leaves.
A trench may I've dug and used in the same
manner. Those who like cabbage green's,
/ should prepare for them, by gathering up the
stumps from which the heads have been cut.
and covering them with earth against a ridge,
or otherwise give them partial protection.
They are less hardy than the heads, and will
not grow well if exposed all winter to the
eather-American Igriculturist.