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,!iKhtr frftst. ; Thesis ' arc wraoDed tin - - But i never theless erbod lawne l
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..paper and stored in a cool place and ? made from sprmrsowing. The m0st ;
Vprought out-to ripen a fe anj:.-V
itill Christmas! "- v fertility -of the" Soil and' its physical -
iVlri ; a garden' where-stable manure ': nT sandy. soil can be gotten in y
itbasteen used for yers the tomatoes;? order
-ill need Wthing but a th v.
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. V TVhat Fanners Want toowx
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-e'i jHMr '-; fbradicable incbverine" every warm .p- ur.-r
lSeBr0 -ifii !hi i 400 strong i growth. Ori , :C epannga.Iawn whef e the,-
V.rUtU anl Cultivation ; V ' cover tne glass Wlin pmcsxraw uuck , . . , ' , -t -4k- n :hi 1at4 iftr nff - f,.,l, u.
ly at n ght. In the greenhouse they will oi tne larm a nei u V1U UIC nd
t manure and a big handful of acld..dcep,fetIllze-andJ;sow, cowoeas
often make ' thickly; .Disk , these down in August
tnan a ricn ; wciI ana put n
the varie--, good ..order after harrowing in the
you want:r1imev ,Then inthe vPper Piedmont ;
fjM: but ,m.Vs When in that condition they can be et P-nkskm tomato Use wow ana WaiPW, -
s start early, .tor tne earuesi vancucs earlier than if grown tender. Anything- cijr. .'; . . . ; m.. , ; : ' M- T" f
idemand 'moVe iHan 10a days. when a; in the-garden that is worth doing at : Ll T:, T:Unn ?Ctt'
Jriarge'part of theigrowth is made in all is worth doing in the best manner. : S111 clovcr .
i-'r-- l, i. : -i-: 'iti -v Am. . 6 r i . , - IhA em Weather seed, say. one nound an arrp
inc cooi oi inc. scttauii-u mc vcw. i, ircatea in tnis wav i nave eoiten riDe . w" w r - , - . . r - ' u,,u
' ' TVTPKF.RFNT varieties, of tomatoes .
v; v j. j-ji trt'tili'jW fm frrtm' time of -z': .'ma -.imIi f-viivoiA ..more and better tomatoes
2??' spot. :Most)f i
i-s''-' .-': '' 'w.i'?iriiAef' rn5t' wp' mustnot iAmnis i.Aevr;''ni ' 'maairs'V ties I have named are red. If
(nfflar:"A,' brush ill in - and roll smooth if the
corner ot j . ci..: ' a.i ,
, ;.uu;iu,;wmv.. .. m.iv v luuiAiucs r in irticign,f xi. ividjr ...TKii in tne sputneasiern corner oi cnil iVrlrv in'nftt,4. T
, is to sow. the seed. ten weeks before . and here in Maryland'! have gotten Hm,, We heen arrtistom- intober or late
Vrit is safe to. set the plants in the open them - June 12. Getting :- good early ed t0 of our miid peninsula cli- Z
1 : ' ' ' : .. .... TLI. . . W..4W h .
! . i ins iiif.xii!! in liic uiiuci lJuuiu vii o. l iTnnn uariMiPt . fan pq cnir tt-
J ; 7;T'"r" 7'- i v. ""' """f- . "r" J paredtor a -Canadian winicr. incrc- da hlueCrass KhnHe TQlanH
J.;-v.' r -the vseed should be sowed, early , in m run from : u (4r..t. aa-..oiuegrass, Knpae. island
v'v3 .7 t. : , .r r w ? are trozen ana we nave urgei waici and c0wed at rate of sfl nn nnrfa
C,;-shouM be s0We4 where. ?he tenpera- of .well grown green : ones .to., pa; carritd by hand from the few wells:" e at cau e bffalhl
urehtgh enoa grow mercury -g -""
:Sv. tomatoes .w.nnot thr.Te in.a n.ight . wh,rivt. nron,vr -,, Wo. on the Wrnine of De- 5"." ! ?S SJJf''.?.
mate", and" hence we haVe never pre- .ffi.S Z, .
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bent f a
mixed r
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To "i
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temperature of less than OU degrees, ; rv, - nfiA 'Z hnverin Vrnd zero ! !it"Tl "avc ine
i-rWe, can get this in:, a l reguhrly hidff in roWs three ieet apart' and. most.of the.-time for ten days, bury- ec g the whok n
teated room in , the, dwelling where;; two. feet apart in . the rows. A good, ing the: water pipes a foot in ,the' Jred -Hh te tS?fiVs0iith
. . " T . - vvjiu a garucn irowciy iniing a mass oi ior cooKing wun waicr uruugai uuui .- -
lt"WlH,De Sim saier xo,usc a pane m: , - v , . - " - tir . - - ' - n ' i n
western or maine peed rotatoes
'flUHAT Js" '.your opinion of planting
! ' seed ' potatoes from - Michigan
and Wisconsin rather than Maine? I
have always, planted the Maine seed,
but am informed that the other seed
are just as good arid seem to be even
more resistant to cold. As I plant 80
acres of- early potatoes, it is a mat
ter of some importance."
If I was planting Northern seed at
all I. would prefer the'.Western seed
as not being; infested vWith the black
shank and other- diseases that may
be gotten In the Maine, seed. But as
a-rule V would .; always plant home
grown late, fall or second crop seed.
While '';vJhesV.ar'e'av?little slower
V.. i-Kl" f
glass' over the box till the' plants, ap-V
pear. On a lirger . scale the' proper
condition:$;'canrbel had in X a hotbejdv
under.glass sashesJ -Where there is a -f
creenhouse it is easv to start the
X- .' ': plants in- shallow boxes. -This-is the
plan -I us e. A hotbed is all right for
: : ; starting,-but its heat will not-last in
;:rj, Xdefinitelyrl while : in vthe greenhouse
with a boiler and hot water piping we
T: can maintain a uniform temperature.
Whatever means are' used for start
ling" theplants it will bej . of little adr
lS: vantage" ?to start early if the plants'
are aiioweq to, grow up m.icKiy m ine
box or b ed wh e re ; sowed. As soon : as
they are-large enough to Handle they"
'.; ; ,must: be" transplant
. C set deeper and given more room, and
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THE BUSINESS FARMER'S CALENDAR: SEVEN THINGS TO
DO THIS WEEK AND NEXT
BETTER get all implements needed, at well as repairs, right away..
Freight is- moving slowly, and in some cases not at all. -
... 2. The same thing applies to fertilizer. It looks like it may be
a case of buy early; or, do without : '
3. Plan ' to get two-horse cultivators and make it "a row-at-a-time"
this year. This is one of the best ways we know of to save labor.
i 4. Run those terrace lines yet? Better do it right away, building
them high and wide;.-:!: , , ...
5. Dont burn anything you can plow under.
V ; J .6." Keep Jthe! plows going every 'dry " day. v
, i 7." Make every fence row. spick and span by cutting all bushes and
lfcr1iers':along Jt;A....,,v :'i''VV;''5:. I -
I '$&M finally; ; must:; be -set in -a -frame; pro-
tected' either, by cloth or glass for
several weeks4 before 'setting in the
soitiivith eachafld iare conveyed to wells, and there are a number of flow- later they make often double the
the garden in hallow boxes. .A hole ; ing artesian wells here, the bath-: crop of .the' Northern-! seed. A letter'
is breviously opened at each ; stake rooms are but of commission.- Some : -it,-,
t' open ground. ;Set in the. frames .fourjfnd oh the south side. ;Each' hole is claim that their, gas pipes"are frozen est" potato-growing county in New
iriches apart each:way a comparative- filled -with ) water befpre setting the'; and certainly the gas flows weakly. Jersey says lhat his trial last year of
Vv ly' small. box.;. started, will occupy, a, piant.and the plant at once set in the (No such; cold has been experienced Southern rond rVrin Showed that
m&k' -r . lury.yKUy . - waier ana tne .son . puucu m. oci m- crc ior more man . nny years; yet they made just twice the crop of the
v All .'this, involves a great . deal of this way the plants never ilt,;;and; in rnany things in the garden seem to be Maine seed
-V. - trouble and carei but it. is . essential if fact are-us lettuce and cab- ' '' s
K,;.;,;;v you -are- to get tomatoes early. The; They are . kept regularly tied to: the page are gone. Lettuce in the frames
',more ircqucniiy inc jjiiiiis arc iraus- inc iuuscijt , miu au siu, ,oauv vtk m6 uui nut giuwuig any; spinacn
Cloth; Versus Glass
5t planted before setting in the garden pinched off, thus, training the. plants is badly scorched but the plants are T T? ATTTFT? : ayk Kaf nr friends
(it the earlier the ripening tomatoes will to a single stem. green at the base and will come out. I who ftre Henenrlino- mi rlnth-cover-
, be had. Tomato seed sowed iq a hot- Spraying with Bordeaux mixture is Chinese Celestial radishes have the cd frames for 7 lettuce will find it in-
ucu aim aiiuvxcu iu giun, up u. Desrun in tne irame, ana coimnuca m ".v: yui ic noi Kiuea. adenuate nle(i; liV v nme larw
ill be. little ; earlier than r the garden "every" ten days till the to-;v..ev.eral loads of manure arc right growers'they have fun steam pipes in
outdoors.. I have seen matoes are half grown or longer if any where ihey were dumped,v and are the frames. With the double-glazed
spindling will
seed sowed o
plants sent out Dy tnose wno grow : signs of leaf blight appear. With the ouauiy aaiy aamagea irom heat- hashes zero weather has no terrors for
them tor saie, whicn were naraiy fnl ap-e kent irood the earlv varieties u1k . Qr our usual winter; cover of . 1a tm Two
Wth buying. Theyrwere grown too..wm keep bearing.till frost, provided, manure i had been but, partly spread frames ill my garden were left open
Blilfe ' thickly just so as to sell the plants . they are kept clean and well fed. But when the blast came as we were later for manuring and sowing this month
j cheaply. But these' plants are not as we 0f courSe do not depend. on them than usual in getting the manure in radishes beets -arid onions for
- cneap as. properly -grown, piants. ar entirely, but sow, later varieties to "'c t transplant later. Now I have
nvc limes inc piic. u wii. vou giun . Keep a- mn supply ax: an-times, ine . . . vy usvu u nunc - ieic ror
early tomato plants as they should be ., earliest tomato is thVEarliana.-lt has sP"ng. Some have a notion that a
grown for less than $2.50 per100, and ' the good habitlof themarket garden- hard winter is always followed by an
when a grower sells them for about er;of ripening its whole1 crop early. ?ary spring, but I have seldom seen
that per thousand they must of ne,ces- and-theh quitting. This is not so good so-
sity be poor plants, and you had as for the"homevgarvden,!and as Bonny
well sow the seed in the open ground Best is but little later and a much bet- Ml i '
ih AoHl as tO Use SUCh plants. ' f.r.tnmstn ana! will Veen in Kearintr iTiaKm8 LaWn
ft.
to wait.' for the. soil, to thaw before
putting - manure in ; them, for manure
on the deeply frozen soil, would keep
it frozen. Nevertheless,, seed time
and harvest have not failed and will
not. , But get your seed as soon as
possible.. . - : :
In my own garden I sow the seed iri longer, I have discarded the Earliana. T HAVE told many times in this page
tin11.tr knv Ar ' Arc in mv nrn.'. TTrn- It to nco Vi QtnfiA ic tnnVn rnr ' oil ntAit. . 1...;. . . . t
Soil for Legumes
a shallow box or boxes in my green-. For late, use. the Stone is more gener-., A" all about a lawn, but people do not mxtvi a t : t'--it nnts.
house. about thetenth;of February.' ally grown, as it. is wanted by the notice what is in the pape? till they UAT sthefbeSi 801 ff IZ "
tiQirA tniilli onirffiiwor hiit a Tn?r nf iff A n p t in rife Puritan anrf TtA Ha1 anrl Mi.L'n....i . 1: e
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. - -r . . " ' . 1 . 1. . 1 ..-.. . vv u ... thit"is' ..rail Hvn.MAi ann nfll
As soon as the , plants are large ' canriers. . Greater 'Baltimore is more wantllome special information anrl "t, Soy e?.n a.n T VC ? -i
enough to handle, .even ,before they prolific. .This year Lam trying two so we have how the usual inquiries as 5w?ts dS!,g m.ff 8i-y S' ' nv
arid velvet beans will ,thrive on any
T tranQntant into other hoxe mav inA thpm o-nnrl .. . At.;e u . lana that is well. drained ana noi
'""""f .. v"K,r-'"-., - . ... . ow-. . .. . vivm,vo uiusi uc indue in ine wrasse? j r i . 1 ,r ... - rtrtnr-
,Kt 5V, orxort cttincr thfVnlantc T eVkwr" eritna" 'Af "tti; tafer V9rifae , ' J.'iT.-J.. . V ? f'.f Cld. Velvet beanS Will 0W On pOCJl.
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i -a. xl.: j f-- t.j i -it. -.j , . . . ..J ttUU auua'ner. lanH than anv, nther erOO 1 au
1 F T TI UT1 1F 11 ! M I TV I l I I Til I I I I I I I 4 llfll 111 Tilt II1lt11 . UUI llfTI U r f in , M ' - lu. . I . -1 A T .Tf. -. ww" X
them in theframe.s.4 transplant them to makeaate crop.that will give me ' As a rule in all parts of the-South':
- . . . 'V"" soutneast
(y&M--.:, , - . v.- uh uig lawn .niusi Uc SOWeQ ill tne tall T? At T j, - . .Tkroill-
'iiiif- tw r?n mAW. ail raht in th crA wuu- o ' j ..t.. " " fine "f1' For Arkansas I would use the Mam
! these till it'is safe in March'to.set Then the last of MaTl sow more seed is thVonlv t,W ancS! : Xig moth .Yellow soybean as a forage
t. t- ' t 1.1-. '.x. .i... mi . u w F"" . rron rathPi fhan va1vp hean;.
lawn grass is best.' - The man who'a wise will advertise.
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- inches making something ; over abundance of well grown1 green fruits ' the fall sowing of lawi
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