The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1882-05-27

EATING For WoRK.-The importance
of this matter is far too little appre-
ciated or understood by the great ma
jority of farmers. Many who careful
ly consider what kinds and quantities
of food, of oats, corn, ground and cut
feed, hay or grass, will enable them
to get the most good work out of their
horses and oxen, the richest milk, or
largest amount of it from their cows
ALSO the best times of feeding sadly
neglect to use similar thought and
care respecting themselves and their
workmen.
Strength comes only from suitable
nutritious food we'll digested. A man
whether employer or employed, will
have far more working power if he
eats as much, and only as much, as he
can digest well, of lean meat, proper
ly cooked, good bread, oatmeal, Or
binary and curd cheese, and the like,
than ifconsuming salt fat pork, cook
ed almost to crisp, with potatoes,
etc. A laborer paid dollar or more
day, will do double real work if 5
TO 10 cents extra be spent in supply
ing him with food that will give him
the fullest strength. Beans, ifnot
charred or Drowned in cooking, peas
green or ripe, good bread, and cab
bage thoroughly cooked, supply the
elements for muscular force.
The blood is the active helper in
digesting food by supplying the gas
trio solvents, and it carries nourish-
ment to the muscles and to the brain.
While heavy meal is beng worked
up, the blood is drawn away from the
muscles and brain to the stomach.
When at hard work or exercise with
mind or body, the blood is drawn
from the stomach, and less nutriment
is obtained from the food 1t is a
good rule to work slowly at first, after
full meals, and increase the amount
of exercise gradually, as the blood
can be spared from the digestive or
CANS. More will be accomplished by
this course in working and thinking.
The French people, who make study
Of the subject, take very little food
on rising, roll and coffee, and per-
haps a baked apple, and begin work
at daylight. Towards noon they take
another similar simple repast, and do
a full days work by 4 o'clock in the
afternoon; then rest little, take
full hearty meal, and make a business
of digesting it. During the rest of
the evening and night, this meal is
diffused all through the sys-
tenn, and quietly builds up and
the muscles, so they are
ready for vigorous work the next day.
horse-men understand
that with heavy feed Of oats, etc, at
night, and light breakfast, horse
gets a reserved stock of muscular
strength laid in advance, and travels
faster and further than one having a
hearty morning feed.-American
Agrfculturis, for June.
CABBAGE CULTURE-Cabbage will
thrive on any good corn land trough
the stronger the soil the better they will
develop. New land is preferable, plow
deep and manure very libe ally The
early sorts bear planting from eighteen
inches to two feet apart in the row with
the rows from two to two and half feet
apart; the large varieties to be from two
to four feet apart in the rows, with the
rows from two and a-half to four feet a
part, the distance varying with the SIZE
The crop should receive as many as
three hoeings and three cultivatiugs.
Cabbage will not usually follow cabbage