The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1878-06-19

bage on shell land lcedar hammock,
and have grown them for the past
three years ON the same plot ofgronnd,
without any show of clnb-root or 9th
or disease, and had the past year fine
and we'll formed heads that weighed
from eight 10 twenty -four pounds
each.
After the ground is clear oil the
crop it is permitted 10 grow up in
grass, which is turned under in June
before it seeds, and while green and
sown broadcast in COW peas, which
are turned under as soon "a they be-
gin TO bloom, for fertilizing
.. ENGLISH OR GREEN Peas. We
plant Bishops dwarf and the Daniel
O'lsoork: flush up he land we'll with
the turning pillow. and lay it of in
rows tonr tect apart. running two
burrows in one or rather dow II and
back in the same inrrow with the
turning pillow; manure in the iurrow
with the compost USED on the cab
bagc, using about one bushel to the
row forty yards long. Then run the
scootcr-shoyel down the row, whicls
serves to deepen the furrow and mix
he'iertiliZer with the soil drop the
seed pretty thick in the bottom OF
the tulTOw; cover and break out the
middles with the scooter, and rake
oil the tops OF the bed clean Of all
grass and weeds Cultivate shallow
with the turning plow and hoe, draw
Ing The dirt well up 10 the vines
lie last hoein@, turn all the vines in
each ROW over one way. and draw
little more dirt on them on the side
from which they are turned. to hold
them in place This you will find
great help in picking the peas, as the
vines in each row are kept separate
by il from those in the adjoining
row We plant our seed the firsi.
second aud taird weeks in Decelnber,
/ So rs 90 kaye iii nl ceuaing into bear.
Zig al iilItrl dis, SIisssss's -
up with the picking As soe1 rs We
are through gathering the crop, a
turning pillow is run down the water
ftTrow between each row, the vines
drawn in the filrrow with hoe, and
the land re-beded ON them ready for
our first potato setting, thus keeping
TIE land well titled and securing
good fertilizer for the sweet potatoe
crop, with the green pea vines turned
| under.
5. SNAP BEANS.--Wc want only
the early Valentine the land laid off
four feet, and manurcd same as Tor
peas !: then bed the land OF the fur.
row manured. Open shallow tur-
row with the scooter. and drop the
beans in the drill, from one to two
inches apart--onc in placer drop
those beans in one place seven inches
apart. The latter we prefer for con
yeniencc in hoeing ana picking the
beans. Cover light with the scooter
plow, and level off the bed with
rake. Cultivate the same as green
peas. emitting the turning dowlf of
the vines the last working Rows
tour feet apart are much wider than
is necessary for the snap beaus, if we
did not follow the crop with sweet
potatoes, the same rs the pea ground.
t. EARIA OR MUTToN CORN.-
We plant the Pennsylvania flint.
! The ground should be flushed NJ in
January Lay off in rows four feet
drop from two to three grains in the
drill at intervals OF three feet, and
handful of the compost on the seed,
same as used OH other vegetables or
one made Of well rotted stable ma
nurc, mick, and cotton seed meal:
cover with scooter and cultivate
same rs field corn. You will Oh
serve all OF our lands, excepting that
tor cabbage, is laid off in rows four
! feet apart, this being the distance we
prefer in our pota1oe beds The
green pea vines, snap beans and corn
stubble are cut and drawn in the fur
rows as soon as the crops are gath
cred, and the lands beded on them al
once with the turning pillow, to hasten
the rotting OF the green manures for
/ the potato.
! >. SWEET POTATOES. AS we have
, favorable seasons (rain) they are
drawn mp with tho hoe aud the pota-
to draws set, the beds kept clean Of
grass and weeds, after being set, by
scraping with the hoe. After the