Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-07

Lancelot chuckled.
"That's good. Thought you'd bring
her."
"But she--she promised to marry
me-" continued John hurriedly.
ooh, the dickens!" and the door
slammed in the face of the accepted
lover.@. W. DAVIDSON, IN Ballou's
Maqasine.
Concerning CauliflOwer.
No plant for food is so slow in finding
its way into the country as the one which
DIR. johnson preferred before all the
flowers of the field. In this country its
consumption is limited. almost entirely
to large towns and cities. With little
doubt it was among the first vegetables
cultivated, and it owes its value as a
food-plant entirely to changes produced
by cultivation. 1t was produced in the
gardens of the anciept Greeks and Ro.
MANS and was not cultivated in the north
of Europe till neal the close of the sew.
enteenth century. At that time it re-
ceived great attention in England and
became an article of export. At present
the finest specimens are produced in
Holland and Belgium, where the climate
is moist and great attention is given to
gardening. The Island of Jersey, the.
home of the wonderful cattle, produces
large quantities of early caulitlower for
the London market. Its production is
increasing in the vicinity of all the
large cities of the United States. A
large amount is required to supply the
New York market. Market gardeners
sometimes realize very large profits in
raising it. Peter Henderson states that
he during one favorable season realized
nearly $4,000 from the caulit1owers
raised on a single acre of land. He
generally receives half that sum from
the crop raised on an acre. When the
Pacific Railroad was first opened large
quantities of early cauli1ower of enor-
nous size were brought from California
to Chicago. The expense of bringing
it, however, was so large that the trade
is no longer kept up to the extentit was.
Local gardens now supply the market
in the early part of the season with
plants started in a greenhouse, hot-bed,
or cold-frame. They also continue to
mature the later varieties during the
entire season. The demand for it in
creases year by year.
The caulif1ower belongs to the cab.
bage family, of which the common cab
bage and broccoli are members. The
portions eaten are the mass of flower
and the stalks that support them, or
more properly the indorescence of the
! plant as deformed by cultivation, the
whole forming a head or compact mass,
which is generally of white color. Its
autritive value is about the same as that
of cabbage. It is more delicate, how
ever, and more desirable as an article of
food. 1t gives off none of the disagree
able odor that cabbage does when it is
being cooked, and is almost entirely
free from the rank taste of cabbage. It
is mor easily cooked and digested, and
accordingly . better article of food for
persons Of weak stomachs. Caulihower
is in many respects superior to cucum.
bers or any kind of fruit or vegetable
for making chow-chow and pickles. II
retains its form and color after it has
been treated with brine and vinegar. 1t
remains crisp and tender. It presents
a much better appeasance on the table
than cucumbers or any of the vegetables
ordinarily used for pickles. Persons
who raise cauliflower for the market or
the supply of their own tables can use
any surplus amount during the season
for making pickles. Persons who use
imported chow-chow and mixed pickles
notice that the portions of caulidower
are generally selected at the table.
The cultivation of q c%auliaower is at
tended with considerable labor. In or
der to have a supply for the market or
table, plants must be started at several
times during the season. The inflor-
escence does not possess the lasting
qualities of u head of cabbage. Market
gardeners who raise it for the supply of
customers cultivate both early and late
varieties, and start the plants of the
former in greenhouses and hot-beds.
Plants for later cultivation are started
in seed-beds, the same as cabbage
plants. The general cultivation of cauli-
flower is similar to that of cabbage ex-
cepJ that the plants are placed closer
together. AS many as 10000 can be
planted on an acre of ground. If land
is scarce two crops, M of en- early and
one of a late variety, can be raised on
the same land. Caulidower requires
very high cultivation in order to pro-
duce good heads. The land should be
very rich, and it is advisable to prepare
it for planting with the spade. Frequent
hoeing is almost indispensable. The
plant requires much moisture, and
damp soils are best adaptad to it's
growth. Extra fine specimens are pro-
duced where irrigation is practiced, as
it is in California and Colorado. The
heads may be rendered quite compact
by drawing the leaves over them as
they are forming and tying them with a
string.-Micago Times.
Warm Feet.
Children and all feeble folk whose feet
become cold in bed, should be provided
with a ot-blanket. An ordinary wooden
blanket will make four, if cut in two