The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-11-16
THE FARM.
CABBAGE FOR WINTER.

OAbbAGE rOh WINTER.
In storing cabbage for winter
dy spot Of ground must be selected,
possible one that is naturally well
drained, but avoid hillside With
large pillow make trench six to
sight inches deep going and return
ing in the same furrow and finish
Ing with shovel, that is, cleaning
out the small ridge in the center
which has been left by the pillow On
a dry day the cabbage is pulled and
turned upside down and allowed to
drain for an bour or so.
Place the cabbage in the trench
close together with the roots up.
Then pillow several burrows against
the cabbage on either side and fin
ish with a shovel, putting on about
six inches of dirt. When the ground
has frozen two or three inches COW
err with corn-stalks TO the depth Of
a foot. II the cabbage shows any
signs of decay it is time ill-spent 70
bury 1t; also, in seasons when the
rainfall has been excessive during
growing season, cabbage will keep
but a short time and should not be
buried.-American Agricultural
THE KICKING COW.
Some of Jobs patience may have
come of experience in handling {
kicking COW, camel, goat or whatev-
err animal furnished the milk supply
for the family Certainly kick
ing COW is trying. if not an abomi-
nation. Sometimes she is such &
good milk and butter animal that
we hesitate to dispose OF her II
the reader has one, he might con
slider with profit and pleasure the
following FIR m HOard's Dairyman:
I'VE read of all sorts of devices
to cure kicking cows. Like balky
horses, kicking cows are usually
made so by the men who handle
them. The best device we have
ever seen is TO put ring In the
floor overhead and with halter or
the COW draw her head up pretty taut
She can not kick very, we'll in this
position, and the beauty of 1t Is
she does not know what 1t is that
prevents her, as she soon comes &c
know il strap is buclded about her
legs"
STOCK TAKING COLD.
The horse is very susceptible tc
cold and the horses that are stab
led when not being worked or ex
ercised feel the changes Of wealth
or quite as readily as do those en-
joying more free life. All stables
should be fairly lofty, because horse'
need plenty of fresh air, and THU
can only be properly given durinl
intense cold when ventilation can b,
given above the heads of the ami
mails, SO far as elevation is concern
ed, the position OF the ventilator
mattering little so long as they ar,
at good height and placed will
Judgment. The stable should fee
cosy upon going in, but not stuffy
otherwise the horses will feel chill
ly upon coming out
When the horses are out at worl
they need little care, so long "a
they are actually employed, but 1
being rested, or doing duty that in
wolves periods Of inaction, 1t thei
becomes necessary TO see that Their
is no chance given for chill to b
caught II TO stand for several min
utes, as when a wagon is being load
ed. a loin cloth, or sheet, SHOULD
be thrown across the back and le
moved when actual work recommence
and the same plan should be follow
ed until the cold breaks
Cows do not feel the cold so nue.
as do horses, but. for all that, The
do feel H. Perhaps one of III
most noticeable features as regard
cows during cold is the Increase
amount of food that the animals vii
consume