Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-03-29

KITCHEN GARDEN.

Whether one has his garden in Georgia
or in Canada, he needs hot-bed one
only will do for private garden, while
the trucker" needs rows Of these and
frames. Most plants require about six
weeks from the sowing Of the seed until
the time they are large enough to set in
the open ground, and that will serve as
a general rule. though not an absolute
one. If one wishes very carly tomatoes,
he takes his plants from the hot-bed,
where they were sown. and transplants
them to another hot. bed and so with
some others. A position for hot-beds
should be selected where there is ample
shelter on the north and west sides also
see that they are not placed near build.
ings which harbor mice, as these pets
often destroy an entire sowing of seeds.
The frames should be eighteen inches
high at the back, and twelve inches 10
front, and wide enough to hold the sash,
which is usually six by three feet the
length Of the frame must be governed by
the quantity Of seeds to be sown.-
Frames made Of inch and half chest
nut plank put together with hooks at
the corners, are more durable, and can
be stored in small space when not in
use. Where early hot-beds are made,
they often require what is called ''lin-
ing, or the application of fresh manure
to the outside to keep up the heat
Cold frames in which cabbage and
lettuce plants are kept over winter, re-
quire air every day when the weather is
not freezing. During storms the snow
may be left on the sashes few days
without injury to the plants. In very
cold nights the sashes must be covered
with mats or shutters.
Whatever seeds arc not grown at home
should he ordered from some reliable
seed house, and the sooner this selection
is made, the more likely the desired va
rieties can be had. When left until
just before sowing time, there is a liza
bility of not getting what is ordered, as
the rarer sorts are usually the ones first
sought The postal laws allow seeds to
be sent by mail at very cheap rates, and
there is no necessity for planting an in.
Terror kind. Never rely for the main
crop upon any novelty, no matter how
glowing the catalogue description may
be success may attend such a course,
but in nine cases out of ten it will be
otherwise. When seeds are raised at
home they ought to be kept in cool,
dry room, where mice will not get at
them. Such seeds as beet, carrot, pars-
nip, and others, may be readily raised
in the garden, if care is taken to select
only the earliest and finest formed roots
as seed bearers. Seeds of cucumbers,
squasbes, and melons or all sorts are so
liable to mix that home raised seed can
not often be relied upon.
Turn the manure heap when too hot
to prevent burning. and to fine the ma
nure. Sods, muck, and whatever other
material is at hand, should be compost
ed in the heap. Save all house Stops
and whatever can be turned into manure.
For garden purposes manure that has
lain year is best, but as this can sell
- dom be obtained, every means must be
taken to get it into fine state SO that
its action may be quick and efFective.-
The refuse of many kinds of factories
and mills can be utilized.
Tools must be put in proper order, Sc
that the men Will not be DELAYED when
work begins. Duplicates of all the
smaller tools should be provided in case
of breakage. and also for extra hand;
which may be employed OCCASIONALLY
Have all steel points free from rust, anC
the wood thoroughly coated with crude
petroleum. Mark all the tools.
Vegetables stored in the cellar mus
be looked after, aud, if the weather il
mild, the doors and windows opened du
ring the middle of the day. A ventila
tor ought to be provided for every roo
cellar it may be six to ten inches square
made of pine or hemlock boards; plac,
IN one corner of the building. havln.
the exit under the caves where snow an,
rain will not enter; this ventilatOr will
take away the disagreeable exhalations
--AgricUiturISt.
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