Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-04-08
farmers ltpartlllfllt.
From the Obi, State Journal.l
Garden Work for April.

81.
On seceunt of the extreme back
wardpess of the season there has been
littlS OF no work done i'd the garden
durihc the month of March even py
professional gardeners Consequent
iy We will have to begin operations
this xear in ApriEsz
Let me say to the farmer, TOO,
dona crowd your garden uplnsome
narrow or small place where you can
not get at it with horse and plow or
cultiyat0r; but go into some corner
Of a field handy to the house, and af-
ter you have given il aiiberal supply
OF that well-rotted manure You have
nearyour stable or inyour barn yard,
plow it well, not less than eight or
ten inches deep--twelve TO fifteen.
would be better If your land is
good corn land capable of producing
seventy bushels per acre, plow up
some, where you put no manure for
your peas and early snap beans,
Thtse grow toe aneh to lesf and
have less fruit when the ground is
yery rich. Peas Of sorts should be
planted AS sosn rs The ground can
be worked at all comfortably; make
the surface smooth and fine and lay
out the rows four feet apart, and drill
in the peas one to every inch, make.
the rows of some length and leave
room to turn at each end With horse.
and cu1Hvstor or double shovel plow.
Beans, early Valentine best, may
be planted as close as you can go
through them with horse and plow,
say thirty inches between the rows,
and twelve to fifteen inches in the
row from hill to hill. sl-id ess 6
Plant sfter q few warm days, and
If the beans rot from cold or wet
weather, try them again.
Take the best and richest land you
haye for your onions. We lay off
our onion land as much aswgwaut,
and make furrow straight through
the middle, throw three or four fur
rows together and rake smooth,
drawing clods, DC, into the open fur
rows, 60 round once or twice more;
then rake again and so on till all is
done. You now have your land
plowed and raked smooth, and not, q
track Of man or beast upon it. Use
a marker to lay out the rows. We
lay ours cut, fourteen inches apart;
this gives room to admit corn hoe
between the rows, the onions would
grew, however, just as we'll with the
rows ten inches apart; but it would
be more tedions tending. Plant in
the rows four inches apart, or If you
SOW seed thin and nsplant to that
distance. Sets are better fer the ear
ly crop SIS they are fit for the table
months before those from the seed.
Seed should be planted very early
and covered with some light cover
ing to ensure good crop. For va
rieties use the Large Red Wethers-
field, Danvers Yellow and the White
or Silver Skinned; the first named for
the main crop. Farmers generally,
however, had better plant sets.
Parsnips, carrots, satisfy and beets
should be planted in rows fourteen
inches apart, and from three TO six
inches asunder in the rows accord
ing as large or medium sized speci.
mems are desired. For either of
these. vegetable roots the land should
be rich, and for the first three named
no fresh manure, unless it is placed
deep in the ground, otherwise they
will be sprungly and worthless; pillow
the land deep,eve if it is trenchedall
the better. e.
For the Early Blood Turnip Beet
the land should be rich, but need not
be pfowed more than ten inches, to
insure tolerable crop.
After the ground gets a lit
tie warm plant sweet corn for early
table use; the early red cob sweet is
frst-rate. Plant more sweet corn ev-
cry two weeks, for succession, till
July 10th. 1E
Plant q few rows of potatoes near
the house for early use as soon as the
ground will permit. The Early
Goodrich and Buckeye are as good
as any others.
Don't forget the small fruits;
strawberries, raspberries and black
berries makea good Succession, and
are not bad to take with plenty of
sugar and good cream, which the
farmer generally has at this season
of the year.
With q little care and some work,
no one can live better and cheaper
than the farmer, and with a little
carelessness and inattention no one
lives worse. G. S. Isyfs.