Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-09-29
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fpg hegonias. of which any win give
one perfect satisfaction. The besouia
de Lorraine is Il comparatively new sort
that has attracted attention because OF
its habit of p~rofuse blooming when very
small. The plants are quite expensive
because of the difficulty in p~ropagating
them. but they begin to bloom in the
late fall II continue throughout the
winter so that they we'll repay for their
cost i'm AN abundance of bloom. Good
soil is required and there must be good
drainage in the pot. nut aside from
these essentials the culture of the
Towering begonia is as easy as that OF
q geranium. If one does not care to
pay the price for the Lorraine there are
many other good sorts which will be
perfectly satisfa Glory.
Root Crops to Cows.
Those who lave fed root crops to
cows. and especially have fed ruta-
bagas. we'll understand their value. and
those who oppose the feeding of root
crops have either fed them improperly
or have given them to the animal when
she was already we'll fed with grain.
While it is not intended to advocate
the feeding of root crops as Il substi-
tute for regular %rations. it is a fact
that they might be more largely fed
than they are with a corresponding de-
crease in the feeding of hay and grain.
A good plan in feeding %rutabagas is to
cut them up in small pieces n mix
them with the grain feed, giving them
the ration at night. In the morning the
hay ration can be somewhat reduced
as a result and if one has sufficient OF
the root crops another liberal feeding
could be given at noon. AS TO the guam
tity of ~rutabagas safe to feed a COW this
depends somewhat on the animal, hut
more on h daily ration OF other
things. Generally speaking a peck OF
SO a day will keep the animal in good
condition as TO her digestive organs
though it will not be sufficient to ma
terially decrease the regular ration.
Some dairymen feed Il bushel a day
safely and find they can reduce the
hay and grain rations in consequence
and the COW be all the better for it.
Root crop feeding is well worth expert
menting with.
6lanching Celery.
To a certain extent it is a matter OF
individual taste as to whether boards
or earth are used in the blanchinc OF
celery, although when boards arc used
the work is less difficult and the celer.
is cleaner. Then, too. celery may be
blanched more quickly by the use OF
boards. hence 1t is the preferable meth.
cd when blanching for an early market
When celery is to be kept for a late
winter market good car must be given
1t to obtain the desired results. In field
wOrk the earth should be kept banked
up against the plants SO that the stalks
will grow in an upright position during
the remainder of the growing season
Then 1t may be dug n stored in the
field up to the very cold weather wher
the blanching process should be finished
in the cellar. Our plan is to place thu
celery In a n the plants close to
8ether and bank earth up against then
30 that just the tops are a little above
the level of h surrounding surface OF
the soil. They are left in this position
until danger of severe freezing wher
they are taken to the cellar and blanch.
ing finished there in soil prepared fol
the purpose, although if wanted fol
early winter market the process Of
blanching is completed in the field b,
protecting the roots with more soil anc
with straw and leaves. In this way w
have carried the celery in the field un.
til December had some beautiful
and crisp stalks to market.
Raising Squads for Profit.
Most Of our readers remember the
Belgian hare craze and the wonderful
stories told of the fortunes to be made
in raising h rabbit. Then came thu
slump and, as usual. the rural resi-
dent paid h high price for the whistle
Now we seem destined to have a SINH
lar craze in the squad raising line, Tn,
truth of the matter Is this: There is {
certain demand for squads and they ar,
sold at high prices in restaurants, bu
that any man. woman or child ca,
raise them SO probably as to make {
business of 1t is claiming too much Il
put 1t mildly. There are a dozen thing.
which will upset ones calculations ii
SQUAD raising and ten or q dozen pair
Of squads are not raised from each mat
Ing IN 2 year any more than the hei