Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-05-18
The Farmers Garden.

As healthy and easily grown article
of food, it seems to me the garden bean,
in its many valuable varieties, is somewhat
neglected by us.
The first in quality of course comes the
famed Lima and l fear many in our lati-
tude are deferred from cultivating it for
the reason it often fails to fully ripen with
US. But even where this is so, it is, we
think, well worthy of being raised, and
used in an unripened state, as its richness
of quality makes it very superior when
thus used. In our region it should not be
planted until the earth has become well
warmed in spring-say about the Goth to
the 25th of May-and if in warm, light
soil, well fertilized, and in hills slightly
raised, the result will usually prove salts
factory.
And then there are other varieties of the
pole bean which are sure to ripen, and
easily raised, which in quality are far su-
perior to the ordinary field variety, and,
for family use, are much to be preferred.
And though the trouble of raising the poles
over the ordinary bush or field variety is
somewhat increased, yet this is well re-
paid by the eimproved quality of the former.
Indeed 100 hills will give a years supply
for an ordinary family.
And, while writing or this subject, allow
me to make suggestion respecting the
farmers gardens. 1t is evident that quite
often they are too mscribed-usually
by 8 patch, and the result is, we have
limited supply of the really necessary
esculents and vegetables. A better course
is, in my opinion, to take slice from one
side of the cornfield or other blowing ad-
jacent to the house, and put in a quantity
of the most important articles, such
as sweet corn, early potatoes, pole
beans, squashes, strawberries, and the
lke-putting them in long rows,
well apart, so they may be culti-
waited by horse power if deemed
practicable; and be sure and have
enough for your own family and to
give needy neighbor, whose farm is a
very small house lot, perchance. Especial
ly should this be done in the case of the
strawberry. Instead of having "bed
of this luscious fruit in the vegetable gar
den, if you have any breadth of land put
dozen rows hundred or two feet long
well apart (three or four and a half feet)
so you can cultivate them precisely as you
do your corn, and you will be likely tC
have enough for home consumption, fol
friends, and for the birds. As to the
sweet corn, put in liberal allowance fol
summer use, and if few bushels go owe
till autumn, it may not come amiss to dry
or can, as the case may be, and if some o
it mixes by being too near the field variety
it will be just as good for the pigs, and yo'
will be likely to have enough of the pur
for family use.
The principle advocated is, endeavor b
have supply of these healthful and reall
necessary products as long as you owl
enough land. In the end it will pay a
: well as field crops, in health and comfor
at least
A good way to raise the first crop {
t peas is to plant them in the side of tn
? hill with early potatoes-a way l hay
t practised for years-five or ten in the hill
r the potato vines aiding in keeping thel
= off the soil.
wish to say, before closing, that thel
is no valid reason why every farmt
should not raise his bushels, yes, bushels
strawberries every year by pursuing II
O course named, or one somewhat similar
9 Country Gentleman.