The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-22

LeeIk a Winter Vegetable
 Did you ever read Exodus? It's a part of the best seller--the Bible Then you know about Moses army Notwithstanding a bountiful supply of quail on toasted mama. divinely supplied, the Jews were always long ing for the Ieeks of Egypt. Who can blame them? The Jews believe In good things to eat, and they mighty nearly always have it. Leek is one of those ancient vegetables that has Iinot lost any of its admirable quail ties. In this climate 1t is essentially winter vegetable, grown much the same as onions, and Is highly prized as a succulent vegetable for it's splen- did flavor in soups and otherwise.
 Seed may be sown now In beds or boxes and transplanted later like onion sets The soil must be deep, loose and fertile. Set plants deeply or in trenches and pull up the dirt later, so as to bleach a large part of plenty of desirable winter vegetables that may be planted now or later. Keep the soil at work Don't aban- don the garden to the bugs.
 Feed the Bees
 We feed ourselves, children. stock. poultry and lot of worthless cats and dogs, but how many think about feeding his bees. Yet we draw one of our most valuable food supplies from the tireless bee.
 As busy as bee don't mean any thing except to those who have watched the marvellous activity of this insect gathering and storing up food for man. There must be no unions among the bee tribes as they are on the job from daylight to dark. They never seem to tire and always impress you with their haste In flit- ting from one bloom to another. The white blooming sweet clover, our na- tive melilotus, that has been in flower for sometime, Is their favorite food. Wherever you see plant in waste places sporting its white spiral bloom. you will find the industrious honey bee. Why not SOW a patch of this otherwise valuable forage and fertilizing plant and thus lessen the labor of your bees. It should be sown lin the fall or early spring. It is time now to SOW buckwheat for a bee pas ture, which they are also fond of. and which affords one of the main sources for the nectar utilized by bees.
 Value Peanut Fed Meat
 There arc many articles appearing In the agricultural press of the United States, deerying the quality of pork when fattened on peanuts, all of which is true, when peanuts form all or ethe greater part of the fattening Ilr% fr ho AT fort or well organized propaganda to establish as a fact that hogs fed on peanuts for any period cannot be made to furnish first-class pork, even when finished off with plenty corn. This may be so but I don't believe it, but I do believe the argument Is being used to lower the standard and cheapen the southern grown hog. It is to be hoped that our southern live stock men will make. in collaboration with southern experiment stations numerous tests to clearly establish all the facts. It should be established, just how long after peanuts are eiimi mated from the ration and replaced by corn. that the physical flesh and fat made by peanuts is altogether changed and objectionable symptoms removed.
 Southern farmers hogs must not be penalized unless there is actual reason
 Questions and Answers
 Q. l want to try drying some okra for winter use. Tell me how to proceed and how to keep after dried? F. w., verbena.
 A. Select pods that you know will cook tender. leave short stem on pod, split open with clean sharp knife and spread on cloth in direct hot sun. Take up in evening be- fore sundown and spread again next day and continue until thoroughly dry. Place in paper Nsacks. tie and