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THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER
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?H-yy4. 5 i . ...vw, iw.bca- you wtil - pf opably -;have .the; dis- :'v?v-i--- i 1
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abounding in nsoluble ' potash t Have,a sJ. hfeffect - checkHii. : 5efi
: 5 p feVore Jiarm Jhan .good; Shat m t0-gh&&y tffc ; earliest toma- '
-''v -and that an eaual mixture of cotton- .ii iic-Ei;: pkL yftAterested in tomatoes-. as :.a youngster , to; L nave evpr rlA: kt-l . - a
$1 !' .:' "seed- Tmeal-and-acid-'phosphate
? ; crop fibmeaUhyvin
'! table for canning had not been begun, aha" 'prettier coldfed to
t - E t Kendall th'e ftoitaaVoeSt'grownwerc ; mafco.; JohniBaerI was" 'sent out
i eithe5-,the bigrougEortsthe lit-: or, t
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I - T'6 - - Z 'li weU rooted-plants . inland, ixiteytyten'MW' " two seasons and
l:No."l is known in Ilhnois as Red u ;,1tL(f ,1. ki-'a smooth- and solid tomatoes. Of today will droo ;it -foV Brtni v Raw ;
had 4iot beerj i jprodtided; Thellargest full:two weeicsrte-and in farV
M -V ' hlc .est : for - farmers to fe.-pne y atiatime: .v: - - Its large, and-sohdto While
l , vV ' " ''!..r: '- V.'''iv -fX ls- a'goodmboth solid tomato
llfeMs&Ge: foutfd :that JnvthSouth ouhf f ;vil6icrsowtt;lait:A rr,
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1 r : . .pler,.an jmprpygment piii tbe rTexa? build up Jland?:'-. 'r:l I v ": StillT its : perfect smoptHns ' made it .
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Southern oats are; far better for sow-;: Wish': to tnnlffrpsc'with A&hnty im- Q:v'lt-:1'-, r :
.spring- pats. I -would, sow ttther the VreftisearieaKRoarioke? " .it Vis What 'fflat'o! bit it had verv.bie Kollow" sted Viu; W.firSj . J.'i.,? . te
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?ne pianis m tneopen grouna. I sow.
inj a box of ?soil;about two "and a half
inches deep in my little greenhouse1.
It takes ' a very" smair b6x: to start a
good many plants, for as soon as they
are large enough to handle I trans
plant them 1 inches apart in an
other box, setting them a little deep
er. Then for the earliest I transplant
to other-boxes over two inches apart,
and from these to a cold frame under
glass sashes. As my sashes are double-glazed,
I can ; put them in the
frame earlier than where only cot
ton cloth is used. I set them lour
inches apart,, and expose them to
the air : as much as the weather will
ailow o as , to get . ready to stand
abetter- wKenl setout; By; the time
theyare'to ;gopiitr want: the sterns-
I tdlool purpjisir v rather 1 than green, -
shihgthirdiness. i
"But fewhayeX'a' greenhouse to start
.in, JandWhe"r6; thisis 'the case "use a ;
bbx-''inv:asuhn':wlnWw;Qr-a- warm
room. . A cigar .pox will start enougn
1 lirHAT is the best and most ten- 1
" der and stringless buncn bean ?
What is the name'of a field corn that
will produce more than any other?
What is the best summer tomato that
will hot rot?" . .:.
I know of no better snap' bean tha
Burpee's Green pod StringlessV;' The
Cocke's Prolific, Marlboro Prolific
and " Mosby Prolific are all heavy
yielding , corns. , ..There is no. tomato
; grown ; that will lipt" rounder some ;
conditions, 1 grow Success, ed Rock
and Mississippi GirKf6r, the main
ym -u summer crop, and Langdon iiarliana
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Apply nitrate of soda to small grain when leaf blades are dry.
Break land for summer crops. Do not plow land too wet '
Plant the following vegetable seed in the .open gardens-lettuce, spinach,
beets, onion seeds and sets, salsify, turnips, radishes Transplant cabbage from
cold frames to open ground. The latter part of the month plant garden corn,
snap beans, kale, parsnips. - , '
. If troubled with root knot or wilt in tomato or cabbage, set plants where
they have not been grown before. . ' , ' "
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riant corn in marcn 10 escape losses rrom diu Dug ana Dua worm.
Spray peath trees with.arsenate of lead when buds have swelled to control
"fjruitwx?rms; . r. r-v ' :'7 ''"'' y.-V '.'"V .;"
.Telegraph or. write state-veterinariah'ij :'your hogs have cholera..' - ' . '.:
; Keep little chickens away from laying heiis. -hlson College Bulletin, i
ft v .Potatoes for Seed I :
E HAVE about 15 Mshels" 6Mr
-iSh potatoes' grown la'st spring;
- which ' I thought of planting,- but ani
told the wilt not bear; ; Catf you tell
-me II it win pay to plant tnemr iney y.mmw"-' -m wvwv . . ;uB.iuisuiuw:.'hM - t- -nnirli n lianrllp w
:A-i e:. . -.- have found that- olaster does- have the Acme. Th s. is a solid: sort but ?s large enpugn to nanaie.
0 win- juuiiu auu oui uuiing. - - - - : . - . . . - " T 4 ' li.' 1 .. . aft in (T
If .you- hav; succeeded in carrying $onie effect 'on:clover in, the -release has beensuper'seded- :J)etter:.vane- l' ?Jways .take some risk in .setting
the crop of- last spring through-' in 'a po.tasn. ; 1 ne. nme mari wiu. aisq : ucs divine - same coior. - -aome. mar- -r
.nd- iinchrivAipi -mnriit,w; t ti a ve some sucn ettect. m tne. im- Kets -sun rpreier" tne- pinfc varieties. ci wusn.ui.vv .vv. rr .
chairof lime,: On land like vours imorbved - character ' nhrrl- ?d f?r the, average garden it y? trans
uiAi-: :vfiiKii-fVKi :T rfir.f Vvii,i VTn .fJUiJUir .Plant; them ?to. larger, boxes as soon
can.-seevno .reason
fMMWj&Q not do velL
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shriveled thev
. T wnnlrl not- iica tVim - TTIi a lAcf ca'a1 water on limestone rock. '-can be used came 'when the Trophy was introduc-
vpbtatois: are, those 'grown-late in . the- profitably :in; curing the acidity pf. the. ef ;Col.;-Waring, then lri. Rhode Is
' . r fall . -from -. cold; , storage y seed, and 5oil if it . can ; be , had at a. reasonable, landr introduced this as - being the old
whichv areperfectly - plump and.iun price, : But it; will take twice as ; much ChihUahjua tomato - gotten into" a
sprouted. Last, spring I planted home- of-.it per, acre as: of slaked burnt lime smpoth skin, and he asked, $5; fjbr. 20
grown seed from this late fall crop0 have a .similar effect Hence it is a seed and I. paid it". T planted them
, t. grown, on the Eastern Shore of Vir- matter of cost mainly. :::::p-:.:L, u early- in January in -my .greenhouse,
' ' ginia; and .made the finest crop . of I once used slaked lime as a top- and got 17 plants. I grew these in
, ' Cobblers I have ever grown. You can dressing on clover in the early spring, pots I and made ; cuttings of them as
plants over asrainst the ridge
cover them ith soil, They are then
very v easily, released ..af ter . the cold
passes. I set the plants in rows three
feef apart arid 'two feet apart in rows
Ser a stake:by each plant six feet
high and train thY plants to single
stems, tying . this to a stake and keep
ing the ; suckers pinched out
get seed' of this character in Louis- getting it in as well as possible with :fast as the growth would allow. and As. a fertilization, my whole gar
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ville, Ky., for they are lareelv erown smoothing, harrows. ltv had :a very , rooted the cuttings, so that by? plant- : den is covered thicjclywitn
for seed around there.-and the finest nne ettect on tne ciovpr on iana wnere-ingime i naa plants and sold 18 manure in the tan, ana tnw-"
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rmne T tiiifn' : T rAas licl been turned under and some of . them ; for . half a dollar parh .sn nnAr in nrinoc and "some
a uuj i naiL tiLcu in I ii n yirrfi mill . v v w ; . - w-. . . .. - v " .- w w - ... wi.n - - 4 j
folk truck; section were from Ken- organic matter; restored to the soil, that the $5 proved a ' profitable in- meal oracid phosphate w wore -
tucky seed. Seed potatoes from Probably this result may to some ex- vestment. :: . i into" the 'soil along the- rows wnen ,
."r? .:.- . V.t . k..n VI. a 4-n 4-Vi a ratal c a nf Turn lrairo lits. T ltn1 CA AAA'"'ktL i iL. 'Jv.'i ,T7fr the ejrijT
jviaine are so aut to Drinc aisease: 'ui.uac,wwi-uMv vvdv,v .n ioui i iwu w,vw uiams uidMiit: uic
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that there is a tendency to avoid potash, but mainly to; rendering the v of the Trophy set in the field from crop I sow - Langdon Earhana an t
fhem. ' soil sweeter for the clover. If: the seed; started early, and had the first . Bonny Best. Then when these nav
; ' ' " ' v ' ' lime marl is finely pulverized and can tomatoes on 'the market -the- third been set in the open ground I so
Pnt in Qwiwrf pAaAflC be had cheap enough it can profitably week -in June, though the Tro-' seed in the frame of Red Rock, i
noim oweei roiaioes be used in making conditions favora- phy would not now be classed as an cess, Mississippi Girl and Globe w
nTE ARE troubled very much with " ble to the clover. The ony possible early tomato. ; That crop paid re- have plants ' coming in at their M
".a rot in sweet potatoes, call- effect of plaster would be in the re-, markably well. Since the introduc- when the earliest ones are get" .
ed dry rot, which seems to be car- lease of. potash, for it does not cure tion of the Trophy tomato we have inferior. Then I sow; m6re seed
ried over from year to year in our acidity in the soil as; lime carbonate had. a regular deluge of tomato va- these in the. open border about
soils. The general practice of the . does. " . .1 ; rieties, and there has-, every "vear first of Tune to make plants that J
farmers here is to use the same seed ' : -' y " r x beenlan effort to improve the earli-' give :me their -best fruit just beto
Dea year after year. I would like wi;p.''r';iri?r miiM: ;ness.:0t'thet yaneties.;
give me tneir oest -iruu ; ax
frost, arid will have plenty 01 -
: when trosv
to know if an application of sulphur . - . . - The earliest tomato I tested amon or crrown orAAn tomatoes' when
v-;V(1j ,:i, vi, "m ' ii. . . wire-r-Now, Jonn, my sister Bene and ner ... . 0 0.. 0... -.-nAf al
miXeCl With thft SOll in tllA fiAArt hAn 'l V .11 o VlA -AQrlv . Ane lmnU rw - rn a ..o T iirron in PaPCl
would destroy the disease in the bed L-PfiMaule's: Earliest.1 Then came Spark's pack awav in a cool place and bnns
vf.t- , - . . Earhana. which . havA .. alwavs nut n fAw to rihArt in the house
Or could we use some, strong dip to-'itt.
-r-chicaeo News. iviauie;s,; . tor it. have;, nad the i plants .; slicing till N e w - x ear. r ;,,;.,..-.... ;
and not interfere with: the sprouting.
Or could we use some strone dip to
Actm-u- f riA vvAm lu- iHr iob8tef ' trimmed' me on a
cestroythe germs on the potatoes.?" Leave lt to me.!-r-chicajo