The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-04-29
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1 OF Cucumbers.

-e4zs41sei1e last ten years, the Guilt
on of cUcumbers has assumed a
gnitude that few farmers are aware
of, hundreds of acres being grown for
! the manufacture ofpickles in Chicago.
1t is a crop THAT usually returns a
! handsome profit,
There are few farmers who have
not some land that will grow cuCuIn-
/ bCrs for pickles, more profitably than
anything else. New land planted
once or twice is the very best for the
crop, being free from weeds, not need
! ing so much manure. The ground
should be itch and dry; no water
should stand on it, as the vines are
easily scaldcd by letting water stand
close TO them, or drowned by having
/ too much water on the roots. Pre-
pare the land the same as for corn
mark six feet apart both ways If
your land is not very rich, make the
| first mark with the pillow. At the
crossing, drop shovelful of we'll
rotted manure cover the manure
with two inches of soil, before you
drop the seed cover the seed about
one inch deep.
The best time to pillow the ground
is about the 10th of June, just before
planting. This destroy the first crop
of weeds and gives the cucumbers a
good start before the new growth of
weeds, commences.
The me to plant is about the
10Th of Ps by that time the stri-
ped I'D se cucumber vines worst
enemy) >arCSmostly gone, and you are
free from theirravages.
If the weather be favorable, they
will BET so that you can go through
them in ten days with the cultivatOr.
After they are in the rough leaf 90
over them with the hoe and thin
them out to three or four plants to the
hill; cultivate until they begin to COW
er the ground. They must be kept
clear Of weeds, as it is too much work
for the pickers to find the cucumbersS
in the weeds. Usually about seven
weeks after planting, picking COM
mences iii earnest. Boys and girls are
generally employed to do the pick
ing, "a they can do as much as men ct
about half the wages. Take one year
with another Gf the weather be favor
a5le) one hand to the acre is sufficient.
In picking, use baskets, and have
tue cucumbers sailed as soon as posi-
bic after being picked. Do not cut
the cucumber from the vine, but break
the stem with your fOrefinger and
60 p, close up to the cucumber. The
sizes required are from two to five
inches.
1t is not out of place here to give |
for packing pickles in brine. |
Ii they are very dirty, wash them bv |
throwing water over them. Count |
the pickles into 9 clean barrel, fill up |
the barrel, and gently shake down, +
then put Gu brine of fifteen galloI of /
water and half Il bushel of cor i +
fine alt. This is sufficient l. IL /
that cdn be put into a forty-gaIlon /
barrel. Have a barrel head that will
20 in the barrel, put on top of it a
small stone, or three or four bricks, to
keep the pickles under the brine all
he time. Examine the barrels daily,
% see that the brine does not leak or
lOak away. Fill up the barrels every
ew days until you have added one
II more bushels. Be sure and keep
pickles under brine all the time.
The varieties mostly grown are the
short Green and Early Frame. On
ich, well cultivated ground, they are
aid to often yield 10000 per acre.
bongb ! have bod Co, that, al :
rops. The price the ma( g0oa g
re offering for the season on
l.5Q per 900 deliN cred green
n brine.
The amount of seed needed to plant
ne acre is one poNpd.- Cor. Western s
F71aTty-' = II,