Omaha daily bee., 1888-03-02
FACTs FOR THE FARMER.
Winter Vegetables.

Winter Vegetables. -
Philadelphia Record: A small plot Of
! ground, with suitable hot beds and cold
frames, can be made to yield quite a
| supply of given food in winter or early
spring. While the fall is the proper
time for preparation, yet early spring,
or even in midwinter, vegetables may
| be forced for the table, or advanced in
| growth SO as to permit of being trans
| planted to the open ground as soon as
the weather will permit. The seeds OF
tomatoes, cabbage and egg-plants may
be sown now. Egg-plants are very ten
| der, and the slightest cold will kill
| them. The potato beetle is very fond
| of them and will destroy them quickly
\ when in the open ground. Lettuce is a
| very nardy plant and will thrive in
| cold frame. Even the south side of Il
sheltered place in the open air will
| allow them to grow and thrive. One of
| the best and hardest of winter veg
etables is spinach. 1t is really winter
| plant, and II grown now it should be
sown thickly in cold frame, as the fall
is the proper time to put in the seed. 1t
requires but aslight covering land freez-
ing does it but little, if any damage; but
it should be grown on dry location.
It may be cut throughout the whole
| winter If the snow should not
prevent. A. hardy and quick-growing
| green vegetable is mustard. It may be
sown very early and germinates in about
| week if the ground Is warm. II is
| xs,ho n nd
be grown with but little labor. Kaleis
a smooth, tender vegetable when cooked
| and also stands a slight frost. 1t must
be considered that in order to get tender
| vegetables they should be grown
| quickly, and not allowed to approach
the. seeding stage; hence 1t is often
the case that hot beds are superior TO
cold frames. The lettuce, for instance,
| may be grown every month in the year,
but it grows slowly in very cold weather,
or only holds what it has secured, and
extent, but when grown by forcing in
the hot-beds and used when only large
enough for that purpose 1t is very crisp
| and tender. Radishes are easily grown
and are ready for the table in q short
time after the seed has gone in, but un
less radish be tender it will be of no
service, hence the proper way to pro-
duce them Of the quality desired is to
force them. AS rule, early cabbage is
not grown to a large size, and very firm
heads should not be expected, as it re-
heads, and where earliness is desired
some points must be sacrificed. The
potato onion is one Of the early kinds,
and, though not as desirable as the we'll
known market sorts, is one of the
earliest and best for the table in sping
OF peas the earliest are the dwarf kinds,
but they are not equal in quality to
some OF the later varieties.
| Knee-sprung Horses.
IT is slow and troublesome task to
cure knee-sprung horse after the trou-
BILE has become chronic, but if taken in
| time, says an exchange, it should be
cured without much difficulty. Many
| young horses ''gO over in the knees" to
a small extent by standing on Il floor
that slopes downward from the manger
for the purpose of readily carrying off
the urine. A young horse standing on
floor OF this kind has his toes higher
than his heels and the continued strain
on the back sinews of the fore legs be-
comes so severe that the horse is in
duced to slightly bend his knees in
order to slacken the tension. He thus
acquires the habit of standing with
slightly bended knees whether he hap
pens to be standing on an incline or a
level. The way to overcome this evil
is to precisely reverse the conditions
which induce it. Make the horse
stand so that his heels will stand
considerably higher than his toes.
This, abnormally slackens his
back sinews, and they afford no support
to keep the knees from still further
bending. The horse has nothing to
steady his knees, and in order to find
something that will answer the purpose
he will straighten out his legs to the
fullest extent to force some little pres
sure upon those very sinews which his
elevated heels and slightly bended
knees have wholly slackened. He thus
acquires the habit OF standing with his
knees slightly bent under reserved con-
ditions. II any farmer doubts the COR
rectness of this theory, let him stand on
the level floor with the balls of his feet
resting upon an ordinary walking stick,
and, after experimenting with it in this
position for five minutes, let him place
the stick under his heels. In the first
instance he will quickly feel inclined to
bend his knees, and in the second he
will be equally disposed to straighten
them. IL the sprung knees do not yield
readily TO the treatment described, we
| would recOmmand lon o-conti nued shOtv-