The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-10
Early cabbage.

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not put on any fertilizer in the fall
or early winter. Piow this land as
thoroughly and as deep as you can,
SO long as you do not turn up the
subsoil. I usually plow eight to ten
Inches deep, pulveriZe thoroughly
with good cIod breaker or harrow.
Be sure that all Jumps are broken
and the soil is fine and soft. Lay of
your rows, east and west, If you can,
thirty inches apart, using a bull
tongue plowNfor the purpose. Just
before you order your plants make
up your beds by throwing two fur
rows together with a single horse
turn pillow. Then firm the beds by
rolling them with a light roller, such
as you would use in rolling hay land.
I'm small gardens Use a plank for
4irming them" Remember thai no
fertilizer is to be applied until after
the plants are set. When your plants
arrive take the plants from the basket
and dip the roots In water to moisten
them. Then set your plants on the
south side of the bed, far enough
down the side so that the top of the
bed Is above the top of the plant.
This is done to keep the cold north
and northwest winds from twisting
and breaking the plants while small.
Your plants should be set twenty
inches apart In the row, and the n
tire stem of the plant up to the first
leaves should be in the soil. Pack
the soil good and tight about the
roots. The soil should be so firm
that the leaf Of the plant would pull
out before plant would pull out. In
a climate where the thermometer
does not go below eighteen or twenty
you a get best results by setting
your plants in December and Janu-
airy. Where the thermometer goes
below eighteen it is best to set them
in February and March. The object
In setting in cold weather Is this:
The top of the plant is dormant and
will stand severe cold without injury.
The roots are in land, where there is
nc fertilizer, and they continue to
grow and spread all winter. About
two weeks before your regular spring
weather opens up take a turn plow
or ha1f-shovel and throw a furrow
away from the plants in each alter
nate row.. Run the furrow as close
to the plants as you can. Then put
In this furrow fertilizer Analysing
eight per cent. ammonia, seven per
cent. phosphorlc acid, five per cent.
potash, at the rate of 1000 pounds
to the acre, and then throw the fuc-
row back, working dirt well up
AROUND the plants.
This working will have worked and
fertilized n side of each row. About
ten days after the first working, work
and fertilize the other alley in exact
ay the same way. You will then have
worked both alleys and have put on
1000 pounds of fertilizer to the acre.
From this time on keep both alleys
well cultivated and the soil as open
as possible, using a diamond tooth
harrow and cultivator. The roots
that have been growing all winter
will move take up the fertilizer vel y
rapidly and make you a crop Of cab
bage two or three weeks earlier than
you can make them by growing your
own plants. - William G. Geraty,
Young's Island, S. c., in the Pro
gressive Farmer.
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For Curing Meats.
Here is a recipe for curing such
meats as pork, beef and mutton
which I have used for twenty year:
with entire success, principally . tt
preserve the backs. ribs, heads ant
5ow1s. I used to be glad when al
Of these were used up, bit not st
siHeeI have used this
RECIPE.
One gallon Of water,
1k pounds of salt,
" pound sugar,
II ounce saltpetert
" ounce potash.
Omit the potash unless you ca
get the pure article. Druggists usu
ally keep it. I use a little sod
thrown in when boiling, which cause
all impurities to rise to the top @
the liquor which should be CAREFUL
skinned off.
In the above ratio the pickle ca
be increased to the desired duantit!
Boil these together until the impur.
ties rise to the top and are skimme
on. Then pour into vessels to coo
and when thoroughly cool pour
over your pork. The meat shout
be entirely covered with the pick
and should not be put down. for {
least two days after being killet
during which time it should b
slightly spri1kled with saltpete
which removes all the surface bloc,
leaving the meat fresh and clean.
If this recipe is strictly follows
it will require but a single trial
prove its superiority over the COZ
NOR way of keeping meat, and wi
not soon be abandoned for any othe
The meat is unsurpassed for swee
ness. delicacy and freshness of colo
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