The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-12
THE AGRICULTURAL WORLD.
USEFUL IMPORTATION FOR THE
FARMERS.
Gold Frame Culture nnd Some sm-
Dortant sugGc~tions Regarding 1T
ECONOMY In FeeilinE-Preservlng
EsEs-Instructivc Pointers.

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time, for cauliflower, onions spinage
and many other hardy vegetables will
pay well if planted now and cared for
in this way.
Plant cabbage just as you would III
the spring. AS soon as the plants are
ready for transplanting put them in
beds that can be covered with sash.
Plant them down much deeper than
usual; in fact, clear down to the first
leaf, or Il little moro. Give them room
enough so they can make good strong
stocky plants. say two inches apart IN
the row. and the rows three inches
from each other. Have the ground
rich, then use your sash in such a way
as to harden them gradually, but pro-
tecting them with sash when the
weather is most severe.
Spinach should be sown at once. IN
fact, week or two earlier would have
been better. The larger it is without
going to seed the better, and it Will
frequently winter away into February
or March without any protection at all.
OF course, much depends upon the
quantity of snow on the ground when
we have our most severe freezes. "A
little help from sashes will make your
spinach much nicer and safer.
A writer in Gleanings, speaking OF
this sort of culture, says: Last year
we got 1oecents per pound for outdoor
spinach and 20 for that raised under
glass; the same with winter kale. You
want the ground exceedingly r1ch Tor
all these winter plants. Grand Rapids
,l,@, 1>D q
get nice plants to transplant into the
greenhouse or into cold frames OF hot
beds. 1t is managed very much as we
manage cold frame cabbage plants,
only you want some bottom heat If
you want to make it mature in the
winter time The best lettuce we raised
last spring was wintered over in cold
frame without any bottom heat at all.
1t looked as though the life was frozen
out Of it along III March; but after the
Sunshad warmed the ground up enough
to give it a start, it took hold and
grew amazingly. 1t takes very little
time or ground to grow the seed; and II
YOU should raise more plants than you
need, it will not be a very big loss. II,
however, everybody else happen to be
short of plants, as 1T was last spring,
it will be very big gain, and nice
speculation, to have lot OF nice ones
If YOU already own the sashes, why
not make them earn something III the
latter part of the winter as we'll as in
the fore part: Ours are now nicely
covered up by cases or boxes, and have
been 50 all summer long; but as soon
rs the first severe frOStS come we eX-
pect to have them newly painted and
utilized, every one of the 300, by hay
ing them covering cabbage plants, caul-
flower plants. onion plants kale plants,
little beets* that started to grow before
the warm weather was quite gone,
etc.
The great advantage of having veg
etables out Of season is that you can
get prices which more than pay for all
the trouble. Lettuce and spinach in
mid-winter are luXuries and command
q price in proportion to their rarity.
Economy in Feeding.
Good food and system in feeding arc
the most important Of the many needs
of farm animals Many farmers are
DOOR stockmcn because Of Il failure tt
secure wholesome food and to give i
regularly, as we'll as carelessness in thu
mixing and adjusting Of rations, says
Orange Judd Farmer. The reason fol
giving certain grains at certain time;
and in certain quantities is not under
stood. The successful feeder knows
when to give different kinds Of grains
hays, etc, and carefully notes thu
effects on the animals. If bad results
are apparent another ration is tried
By careful experiment the prope
amount for each individual animal i
determined. Ordinarily the common
farm foods are very desirable stool
feed, but there are times when they ar
not as suitable. While corn, oats, rye
barley, ETC., either singly, any two O
them, or all in equal amount in a MKT
urc usually furnish safe food for stock
discretion is required to know when
change of diet is desirable. Regula
hours for feeding are most important
One-tenth of the food usually given il
winter could be withdrawn without be
ing missed if the remaining nineteenth
were gwen with the utmost regularity
Economy in feeding is most readily az
complished by providing sound, whole
some food at regular intervals.
Success With Flowers.
"a little of that good, old-fashione
quality, sometimes vulgarly calle
horse sense is about rs valuable
thing rs an amateur can supply himse
or herself with when he or he conclude
to have a flower garden" writes a co,
tributor to American Gardening. Man
amateurs start out with a great store {
enthusiasm, and not enough IF til
essential named. They say that the
lust love- flowers, and that '.go wild
OYER them. Now, please do not g
wild; "go slow" if you are new in t!
business. Rid yourself quickly of IL
tallacicus belief that success with flow
3 ers is in any sense a matter of luc
Flowers will grow and bloom as read
~ for you as for any one, If you untlc
take their culture in the right wa
Investigate the methods and the Sill