The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-08-14

strength OF the root may 60 to form
ing new roots for next wear. and on
these bushes not q seed should be al
lowed TO mature.
Pleasant Kitchen.
Ohio Farmer.
Considering the fact that so many
women of the middle classes are
obi ged to pass a great portion Of
their time in the kitchen, why not
make it an attractive apartment rath-
er than stow it away in the basement,
or in some dark corner Of the house.
as is now too frequently done? Most
houses display pleasant sitting-rooms;
but if we Judge OF the conyeniences
and general ~pleasantness Of the kitch-
Ell by the rooms in the front Of the
house, we utterly fail in our c%onjec-
ture. 10 make a little show in com
pany rooms, how many actual kitchen
comforts are denied in many house.
holds: 1t is surely better to begin our
house furnishing at the kitchen and
work toward the front rs we are able.
Let the kitchen closet be well stocked,
even though the parlor suffers a little.
Surely the health of the household and
the comfort of the women folks should
Re placed above all other considera-
tons.
Shrubs and Flowers
Gardeners Magazine.
Watering is the essential thing to
insure a beautiful hanging basket.
The soil may be right. the drainage
good, and the plants properly planted;
but neglect in watering will soon spoil
all the labor. They should never be
allowed to get too dry; neither should
they be constantly wet. Experience is
the only guide. Wire baskets, filed
with moss, require the most attention,
and need occasionally to be wholly i'm
lnersed in water, so as TO wet them
through. All baskets may be sprin-
kled every day; and at least once a
month plants with large foliage should
be gently washed with a soft sponge.
1t is a good rule to let the basket oc-
casionally get rather dry, then give
them a thorough soaking; this aerates
the soil, and gives greater vigor to the
plants. If the position in the window
is too hot and sunny. a newspaper
thrown over the plants will benefit
them, especially before they get well
established. Ii we could be sure of
proper caution in its use. where the
plants appear to have exhausted the
soil, we should advise one or two wa
terings with liquid manure, quite
weak. but so many failures have been
made that it is rather unsafe to dab
bic with ammonia, guano, and other
fertilizers. 1t is only where the plants
are well established and growing Wig
orously that fertilizers should be given:
to attempt to force them into
growth is sure to result in failure.
Occasionally go over and pick off all
dead and decaying leaves, and de-
stroy any insects which may be disfig-
uring the plants.
Feeding Grain In Summer.
Western Rural.
Will it pay to feed grain to mich
cows in the summer writes a cores
pondent. We do not know, and think
nobody else does, we would reply. The
subject has been discussed by some of
our most prominent dairymen, at
times, but we think no definite con-
clusion has been arrived at by any of
them. 1t is a fine field. however, for
theory, though as simple matter as it
is, it could be readily settled. In the
en-, oyment of the right to theorize,
however, we heve no hesitancy in say
ing that we do not believe it would
pay. Grass is the great milk-produc-
ing food. 1t contains the elements of
milk production, when good, in as
nearly a perfect form as they a be
made, to say the least, and the COW on
good grass probably does all that she
should be made to do. We have sew
eral times limited at the questionable
policy of forcing cows. 1t does not
seem to pan out we'll. Those that have
been forced to make astonishing re-
cords, are not making such records
now. They are dead. 1t seems to be
a well defined law OF. nature that an
existence, animal or human, can ac-
complish about SO much, and then it
ends. 1t can accomplish this by fore
ing, in the half of a usual lifetime or
it may accomplish it more easily by
going slower in the whole of q usual
life time. In fact when the work of
years is done in a few. months. the
machinery wears out, before the full
lite work is accomplished. A COW
will pay a better profit if kept at work
for seven years, than she will if driven
to crowd the work for her life into
four or five years. We do not seem to
make much account of preserving the
COW. She is for milk. and the more
milk she gives the better we like her.
I'VE give he little exercise, in fact give
her zone. All the movements that a