West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-03-01
STVIRGINIAF FREEMAN.
All Sorts.

the spring, are Ilrnly pressed Wnen
under the earth by the ball of the
foot, they will almost invariably
grow, drought or no drought, and
what is just as important, they will
spring up earlier and grow faster
than any of their kind which have
not received the same treatment.
Our venerable friend, Mr.. Suel
Foster, writes that he thinks they
have in Iowa the model Agricultur-
al College of the United States. 1t
usually has, he says, about three
hundred students, young men and
women, who are receiving there a
practical and useful education, at a
low expense, assisted by their labors
on the large farm, and in the gar
den, nursery and workshops, and by
the Congressional land grant, the
annual income of which is over
$4,000.
That veteran horticulturist, Mr..
Peter B. Mead, suggests in the
Rural Ne,U- Yorker, that for the I'M
certain cauliflower, may be substi-
tuted the Savoy cabbage, which is
easily grown. The Ulm or Melted
leaf Savoy, served with drawn but
ter, has much the taste of the eau
liflower, and can be much more
safely depended upon. For small
garden, Mr.. Mead recommends the
planting of one variety of cabbage
only-the Winningstadt. This,
with the Savoy, will furnish all
that is needed in the way of cab
bage.
Miss Juliet Corson, Superinten-
dent of the New York School of
Cookery, has published a little book
entitled "Meals for the Million,
which is intended to meet the
growing demand for variety, while
keeping within the bounds of a
modest economy in cookery. The
price of the book is so low twenty
cents in paper, thirty cents in
cloth-that it is within the reach
of every one interested in the ex-
tension Of cheap and wholesome
cookery. Clancy cookery" has
been wisely avoided, and any house
wife of ordinary good sense, with
such materials as are found in every
pantry, may by the aid of this lit
tie book supply her table with a
pleasing variety as cheaply as with
tiresome and unappetizing same
ness.
1t is sad mistake for farmer
to neglect the Kitchen garden"
Every farm ought to have a good
one, with variety of early and late
vegetables, for the supply of the
family table. 1t need not be large,
but it should be highly cultivated
and made rich with thoroughly
rotted manure. 81 make my gar
den black with manure three times
a year, and it pays" we overheard
a practical gardener say; and he
was right. The farm garden does
notrequire so much time and labor
as labor applied at the right time.
And the value of fresh vegetables
in agreeable variety cannot be over
estimated, whether in the effect
upon the health of the family Or
in the added charm thus given to
the home life. Try it this year.
A correspondent of the Weekly
Tribune writes that experience has
taught him the following points
about potatoes: 81. The EARLY
Rose is the best in quality, and the
most profitable. 2. 1t must be
planted as soon as the ground can
be properly prepared. 3. The
ground must be already highly en-
riched, or else heavily MANFRED
with old, well-rotted manure.
4. The Colorado beetle must be de-
stroyed as soon as the plants come
up. 5. The ground must be kept
clean, and must be stirred each
week until the plants are full of
bloom. A few days delay in plant
ing often means failure. A differ
ence of just one week in planting
two different plants last spring,
cause almost a failure in the one
last planted. Neglect to kill the
Colorado beetle as soon as the plants
push through, will seriously injure
the crop. When the plants begin