The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-05-16
NOTES FOR THE FARM AND HOUSE.
CONDEMNED rarm1nr In,or,,.tion.

The Country Gentleman says two
things are necessary for the growing of
good asparagus, namely, plenty of room
Tor the plant to grow and copious ma
nuring. The latter is best applied to
thick beds by covering the whole ST. f.
face with manure two or three inches
thick late in the autumn, and forking it
in very early in the spring, before the
shoots start. Thick beds, however,
rhould not be- planted, but the plants
allowed three or four feet each way to
each. Three by five is a common and
suitable distance, and large stalks may
be obtained in this way.
Horse-radish is grown as follows:
Playground is plowed and narrowed and
marked in rows two feet apart. The crop
is grown from cuttings of the small
roots about six inches long cut square at
thetop and sloping at the bottom so that
they can be planted right end up with
out trouble. The cuttings are dropped
into holes made with a sharp stick so
that the top is a little below the sur
face, and the soil is pressed about them.
The distance is 1Sinches apart, and H.
600 roots are thus grown to the acre.
The soil is kept clean by blowing and
hoeing. A crop of early beets and cab
bage may be grown between til rows.
The roots are dug up the last thing be-
fore the ground is frozen, and put away
in pits to be kept warm until wanted
IN the winter. The small roots are
trimmed off and packed away in boxes
for planting in the spring.
When the ground gets bare and the
birds begin to sing and tho grass and
flowers start, is the time of all the year
that a boy or girl wants to get out in
the pastures and woods, wander along
the brook or down to the pond, where
they cen become acquainted with and
learn to trust in the God of nature, by
seeing how all things are preserved
through the winter AVID started to life at
the proper season. People who keep
their children at work in the field or
kitchen these pleasant spring mornings
whent they are longing for stroll among
the pleasures which they see and hear,
are committing an error which they can
never correct. Every day that children
are so confined at this season, when
they have a longing for something out
side Of the daily routine, will be a dark
spot in their malaorv, which will last
through life.
Do not neglect the garden. Every
good farmer will have a small piece of
ground where he can raise a few veg
etables for his family and perhaps few
for market. Plant a little Of each kind
as soon as the frost is out Of the ground.
for early use, but for winter we need
not plant till later.
Cucumbers, to insure a good crop,
should not be planted till the last of
May or first of June. Another thing
We should remember, that is to plant a
good large piece of fodder corn; then if
the season should be dry and our pas
lures short it will help greatly to keep
| up the flavor of milk.
A correspondent of London Garden
ing Illustrated writes as follows: II
formerly had an idea that inedium-sized
whole potatoes were best to plant, but
recent experiments have shaken my con-
tidence in planting whole potatoes. I
believe that large ones. cut into single
eyes will furnish n better return than
planting whole tubers; moreover, and
this is of some Importance, the crop will
be fit to dig at least q week earlier, a
circumstance for which a reason is not
far to seek, inasmuch as one strong stem
from each set is better than n cluster of
weakly ones; the former will produce
on the average from four to six tubers,
whilst the latter will yield q host of
small potatoes, in addition, perhaps, to
one or two good sized ones. The crown
eyes are better and more prolific than
those produced on the sides Of the tu-
bers."