Lincoln County leader., October 17, 1913, Image 2

GROWING TRUCK CROPS
Three Acres Devoted to Sash
Gardening Is Profitable.
Great Care Should Be Exercised In
Gathering, Packing and Marketing
of Vegetable! In Order to
Secure Fancy Price.
(By W. R. BEATTIE.)
' In certain localities where the ell
rrn li n1!l, "o'i c"" si parsley,
Jettticc, ratlin!, 4 and l.-eU :n In!
l-rov, ti !urini? (l.d winter mo.T.lis ii 1
pihvHiin is ma la to- it iUc' tbo j
plants durhij, the ov peril' of
fie-sing weather. The cheapen lor in
nf covering In cohoi ' lot h or nn
bleanched muslin. In other localities,
Barrel of pa-!ey, uhowlng method of
packing with block of Ice In the
canter of each barrel.
whore the climate is too severe for
growing crops under cloth protection,
cheap sash filled with glass are effect
ive. Cheap hotbeds, constructed in
long lines with plank sides, may be
profitably employed for forcing vege
tables for the market In the neigh
borhood of large cities, where an
abundance of manure for heating ma
terial may be obtained.
' Take, for instance, parsley. This is
sometimes grown as an all-year crop,
or it is grown during the autumn and
winter and the land devoted to let
(tuce or cucumbers during the spring.
! The parsley seed is sown In August
or September and the seedlings trans
planted to the frames as soon as they
are large enough to be handled. Cut
ting of the leaves begins in the au
tumn and continues throughout the
.winter, and often until quite late in
the spring, provided prices remain
good.
1 Crops grown in frames are usually
superior In quality and appearance to
those grown in the open and should
he given more care In handling and
marketing. The cost of production is
somewhat higher than for outdoor
crops, and it is essential that they be
out up in neat packages in order to
bring the highest market price. The
more successful growers give the
work of gathering, grading and pack
ing the crop their closest personal
attention and use only clean, attract
ive packages for handling and ship
ping. Parsley is shipped In one-bushel
crates, half-barrel hampers, and in
four-bushel barrels. Sugar barrels are
sometimes used. When making ship
ments in the large barrels it is cus
tomary to place a block of ice in
the top of each barrel. The barrel
Is then covered with a piece of bur
lap. Radishes and beets are tied In
bundles and shipped In hamper bas
kets or in the veneer barrels so com
monly used for handling spinach and
kale.
Lettuce is usually shlnDed In thn
tapering half-barrel hamper with a
wooaen cover, or sometimes in crates.
The lettuce is not washed, but Is
packed as It Is cut from the beds and
hauled direct to the shipping point,
where it is loaded into refrigerator
cars or sent by express. "'
Cucumbers are generally picked
early in the morning, while they are
fresh and crisp. In removing cucum
bers from the vine a sharp knife or
pair of shears should be used to cut
PLAN FOR BEAUTY AT HOME
Celastrus, or Bitter 8weet Vine, Is
One of Most Satisfactory That
j Can Be Grown.
I (By 1 M. BENNINGTON.)
The beauty which is near at hand
Is often neglected while we prize
that which is denied us we refer to
the beauty and desirability of the
Celastrus, or bitter sweet vine. This
native climber found in our woods
and along fences, is one of the most
satisfactory vines that can be grown
about the home. It is as hardy as
granite, a quick grower, twining se
curely about Its support and it is not
liable to disease. In the fall, when
flowers are scarce, it covers itself with
clusters of orange-colored fruit, which
the frost opens, revealing Its crimson
. seeds.
Choose a dark, rainy day, -if possible,
for the transplanting, otherwise do
this work at sunset we mean In
transplanting seedlings. Water the
eed bed thoroughly a short time be
fore you begin to transplant; then
lift the plants, with all the soil their
the stems The cucumbers are
washed by floating them for a minute
or two In a tank of clear cold water
and are then- placed upon a rack or
screen before packing. As a rul
the box or crate In which the cucum
bers are packed, is lined with white
paper, and when filled the top is
partly covered with slats, leaving the
cucumbers partly exposed.
Egg plants are usually wrapped
separately in thin paper or inclosed
In a paper bag before packing. Snap
beans are shipped in the regular five
eights barrel and half-barrel hamper
baskets, such as are used for handling
the general field crop. Peppers are
j-onniiy 'vnrr'd in tissue paper and
parked lu woortm runs, such as are
usoj fur mr.rkf'.luj; earl) tomatoes.
:
HARNESS ROOM ON THE FARM
commodation of Light Parapher-
nalla, Robes and Curtains.
There is no other part of the farm
equipment, that requires closer at
tentlon than that of the harness, both
the heavy-weight harness and the
light-driving harness. The harnesi
room should be conveniently located
in the barn, and should be made at
close and dust proof as possible to
make it. However, there will be con
siderable dust and dirt accumulate,
despite the efforts to keep it out ' In
the drawing we see an apartment
made especially for the light har
ness, lap covers and storm curtains,
etc., which should never be permitted
to lay raound, on the benches or bar
rels In the barn as we sometimes see
them. This closet or cabinet for the
light harness, is made of matched
flooring, is stripped over all cracka
flooring, 1st stripped over all cracki
that would admit the least bit ol
dirt
The harness room should be Just
large enough to accommodate the har
ness, whips, lap covers, etc.. Just that
part of the farm equipment that it
used in harnessing the teams. II
made larger, there will be an accum-
Practical Illustration for the Harnesa
Room.
ulatlon of a variety of things, such
as empty kegs, barrels, boxes and
other things too numerous to men
tion. Having a good room for the har
ness Is not all in caring for the har
ness. It should be washed and oiled
regularly.
Care of Colt's Feet
Every colt owner should possess 1
foot rasp. Never mind about a knife;
the less the knife Is used around the
foot the better. The first time the
smith if of the ordinary kind gets a
the foot he will probably cut it enough
to last a lifetime. If the colt has been
handled and quieted before it ia
weaned, It will allow the foot to be
raised and leveled with the rasp
Study the columns of bones that gc
Into the foot "No foot, no horse," will
seldom apply to the colt whose ownei
keeps the foot level.
Secure Best Fruit.
To secure the very best fruit It la
best to renew the strawberry bed
every other year.
roots will hold, and remove to the
permanent bed.
Keep the seedlings covered with
a wet cloth, so that the heat and wind
will not dry them. With a sharp
pointed stick make the hole for the
plant and then fill it with water. Plant
the Beedllng In this puddle, drawing
the dark soil about the stalk when
the ground has been firmed about
the plant as much as possible.
A miniature water garden is prac
tical, and will prove most interesting,
needing less attention than a flower
bed its size. Have a sugar or vinegar
barrel cut in two, or use a wooden
tub. Sink this in the soil Make a
potting box about twelve Inches square
and fill With rich mud from nnnil
or use half rich loam, adding to the
mua or loam about one-third of well
rotted manure. Plant the nymphae
root In this and place In tho tub;
fill with water until it is two or three
inches deep over the root When the
growth commences and the leaves ap
pear, water may be added from time
to time until the tub is full. Never
change the water, simply replace that
which evaporates.
PLACE SAIL ON BOY'S WAGON
When Good Breeze Is Blowing It Will
Draw Five Boys at Rattling
Rate of Speed.
Every boy, who loves a boat and has
only a wagon, can make a combination
affair in which he can sail even though
there is no water for miles around,
writes Arthur Gunthers of Oberlin, O,
in the Popular Mechanics. One boy
accomplished this as shown in the Il
lustration, and the only assistance he
had was In making the sails.
The box of the wagon is removed
and the boat deck bolted In its place.
The deck :s 14 Inches wide and five
feet long. The mast consists of an
old rake handle six feet long; the
boom and gaff are broomsticks, and
the tiller Is connected, with wire to the
front axle, which gives perfect con
trol of the steering. The sails are
made of drilling.
On a brick pavement the sail wag
on can draw two other wagonB with
two boys in each, making in all five
8ail for a Boy's Wagon.
boys. Of course a good wind must
be blowing. With two boys It has
made a mile In five minutes on pave
ment RIDDLES.
What does an ironclad vessel of war,
with four inches of steel plating and
all her guns on board, weigh Just be
fore starting on a crulseT
She weighs anchor.
Why Is a man with a cold on his
chest not a man?
Because he is a little horse (hoarse).
Which of the West Indies Islands
does a confectioner resemble?
Jamaica (jam-maker).
How would you Increase the sneed
of a slow boat?
Make her fast
When Is a boxer's era like a bar
rel? -
When It's bunged up,
Why Is credit not given at an auc
tion? Because all goods brought to the
hammer must be paid for on the
nalll
How does a pitcher of water differ
from a man throwing his wife over a
bridge?
One Is water in the pitcher, and the
other is pitch her in the water.
Why are old bachelors bad gram
marians? ,
Because when asked to conjugate
they Invariably decline.
What is the difference between
Noah's ark and an archbishop?
One was a high ark, but the other
a hlerarch.
FLYING BICYCLE IS LATEST
Arranged With Steering and Driving
Wheels and Carries a Large
Lifting Propeller.
The "flying" bicycle comprises a
pair of bicycle frames, with steering
and driving wheels, and a centrally
located shaft, rising to a considerable
Flying Bicycle.
height and carrying a large lifting
propeller. A steering rudder is ar
ranged at the rear. -
Literal, but. Slangy.
"Will some little scholar please tell
what happened after the Children of
Israel had marched seven days around
the' walls of Jericho, blowing their
horns V asked the Sunday school
teacher. "Tommy Taddles, you may
answer." '
"Please, ma'am," replied Tommy,
"they tumbled to the racket" Pock.
Tls as much a trade to make a
book as to make a watch; there's
something more than wit requisite to
make an author. De la Bruyere.
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A THREE months' game of "tag"
between vessels of the United
States revenue cutter service
and the Icebergs of the North
Atlantic steamship lanes,
which has Just been brought to an
end, has resulted in contributions of
great value to the mariner's store of
knowledge about Ice movements and
their dangers to the great fleet con
stantly passing between Europe and
America. The ice patrol itself was a
direct result of the tremendous shock
suffered by both Europe and America
in the loss of the giant liner Titanic
a year ago last April, when more than
1,600 persons were drowned when that
vessel collided with an Iceberg In the
same waters searched this year by the
revenue cutters.
The vessels engaged In the ice pa
trol were the cutters Seneca and Mi
ami, commanded by Capts. C. B. John
ston and A. S. Gamble respectively.
Captain Johnston was the senior offi
cer In command of the Ice patrol, and
in his final report are conclusions
which ought to form the basis of study
by all commanders and navigators of
steam vessels in the North Atlantic
ship lanes. The Titanic disaster
brought to every ocean traveler, with
shocking vividness, the reality of the
danger to the transatlantic fast liners
from the presence of ice in their
tracks during the spring months. To
all passengers on such steamers Cap
tain Johnston's report may serve well
as an Index to the measure of care
and precaution necessary for any ship
In the vicinity of the annual path of
Icebergs, and it has therefore a definite
value for the traveling public as well
as to mariners.
Make Dally Reports.
The mode of procedure in the ice pa
trol maintained by the Seneca and the
Miami was for the two vessels to take
turns in scouring the ocean for ice in
the waters bounded by the fiftieth and
forty-fourth parallels north latitude,
and the fortieth and forty-ninth merid
ians of west longitude. All passing
vessels reported by wireless to the pa
trol vessels any ice they had en
countered in those waters, while the
vessels in turns transmitted to the
naval hydrographio office at New York
dally reports of all ice either seen by
them or reported to them by other ves
sels. In a short time practically every
berg in those waters had been located,
identified and its general movements
ascertained. Thereafter the task of
of the patrol vessels was to check up
on the known bergs at frequent inter
vals, and by observation of their po
sitions at each sighting, to learn the
rate and direction of their movements.
It is this secondary phase of the patrol
that yielded the general observations
of greatest permanent value , to mart
time Interests.
It was found that the Icebergs were
brought south along the coast of New
foundland and the Grand Banks by
what Is known as the Labrador cur
rent The southerly drift was found
to vary from practically nothing to as
high as 32 miles a day, depending
upon wind and tide in its fluctuations.
At the Junction of the Labrador cur
rent, accelerated by the flow from the
Gulf of St Lawrence, and the north
ward moving Gulf stream from the
Gulf of Mexico the direction of the
drift of icebergs Is changed from
southerly to north and east The Gulf
1EOTERS
3aw Cutters
stream is more powerful than the Lab
rador current and dominates it, taking
along in its course whatever ice may
be brought into it. This change usually
occurs in April and May, and those
months become then the period of
greatest danger to transatlantic liners
from ice. The tracks of the liners
hardly touch the Labrador current but
do He along the path of the Gulf
Btream. The area of the ice danger is
at the same time restricted, because
bergs coming into the Gulf stream do
not last long in the warm water of
that current
Captain Johnston Is of the opinion
that the quantity of ice brought down
in the spring 1b in direct proportion to
the severity of the winter preceding.
The severity of the winters in the
north Atlantic states, he says, depends
upon the prevalence of strong north
winds having their origin on the Lab
rador coast. Similarly it is these same
winds which start southward the great
masses of ice broken off from glaciers
which appear in the steamship tracks
as icebergs. Therefore the ice danget
in the steamship lanes is always great
est after the most severe winters and
less as the preceding winter has been
mild.
Ground on Banks.
Many of the icebergs in the south
ward drift become grounded on the
Grand Banks and do not constitute any
serious menace to the transatlantic
liners. It is those which continue south
parallel to and beyond the banki
which threaten the safety of the ocean
steamers; and it was to these that tha
revenue cutter patrols paid the most
attention. Captain Johnston said that
the largest berg that was encountered
was about 400 feet long, 300 feet wide,
70 feet high out of water. The small
est Ice which properly could be called
a berg was 225 feet long, 100 feet wide
and 35 feet out of water.
Captain Johnston estimated the rate
of deterioration of icebergs floating in
the Gulf stream as about 5 per cent a
day. He saw many melting so rapidly
that waterfalls were pouring down
from their sides while others in the
advanced stages of dissolution turned
over dally as rapid melting shifted the
center of gravity. Sometimes icebergs
were found literally covered with sea
birds. Of the score of varieties of sea
birds found on or near lceberea Can.
lain Johnston concludes that the pres
ence of none but the murre, a bird
common in northern latitudes, can be
safely regarded as an indication of Ice
In the vicinity.
Perhaps Captain Johnston's most
valuable contribution is that referring
to the visibility and means of detect
ing the presence of Ice and Icebergs.
After three months of repeated ob
servations and experiments, together
with the results of his experience In
other arctic regions, Captain Johnston
concludes that there la no certain
method of detecting the presence oi
ice other than that of a sharp lookout;
that In fog. or especially dark nights,
it is absolutely lnoumbent upon tha
commander of any fast liner to run
very slowly and keep an extra vigilant
watch.
Had the Goods.
"I am seeking the light," announced)
the Pilgrim. "Well," replied the drug
store clerk, "we carry antlfat and pep.
oxide." Cincinnati Enquirer.