The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-06-02


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binary he'd melon pntrh
lis 70 great point ~ get the seed IN
carly a. escape ihe foiiing NJ The seed,
md the FIRST. Nearly every year Tho
first pllntng i cui down mofr or less,
hut II il escapes IN spmc sheltered SPOT,
the grover nets o handsome profit Last
year The May ifusis ctl The melons very
badly IN q grower, who escaped,
marketed three hundred barrels ut iyn
dollars ~ harini before q second grower
bad u barrel ready, when nc price
dropped In a day 10 three dollars Dur.
Ing the war melons sold all through tho
season N m average Of five dollars u
barrel. and u ncighbOr cleared two
thousand seven hundred dollars from
his crop of about two acres. The aver
age now will be- about one dollar and a
half q barrel, thirty melons TO n barrel,
aud about four hundred aud fifty dollars
per acre,
The crop Is subject TO several risks,
After danger from frost Is over, leo
(mcaly bugs will cover the plants here
aud there, and II the hill is not pulled
up aud burned, the ycrmin will spread
over n large number from each center,
killing the plants. Then the vines will
ego down from some cause not gener-
ally known TO growers, but which Is due
10 the injury done 10 the root By the
striped beetle, which prcys upon the
squash and cucumber as well rs the
melon. The beetle Injuries the stem be-
low the ground, and the larvm attack
the roots, and then the plant willis sud-
denly, the leaves droop and there is no
recovery OF cure ! have found that n
little ~air-slacked lime put close up TO
the stem when the plants are small pre-
vents this; perhaps the beetle can not
crawl down through the pungent lime
TO lay It's eggs. The cultivation con-
sists In hocing about the plants when
they are small, and working between
the rows with the cultivator. As the
vines spread, they are moved and lifted,
and the ground under them is hoed, UNI
iii they cover the surface, when no
more work Is done.
When the melons begin to net, the
grower feels jubilant and free from care,
especially II no ncighbor is yet ahead Of
him. They then rapidly mature under
the hot sun, and when the pressure Of
the thumb causes the center, where the
sections meet, to give way a little, OF
the stem parts easily, the crop Is ready
to begin gathering for market. The sea.
son lasts until the frost cuts the vines,
or the crops are exhausted. but gener.
ally there are melons - be marketed
until the weather is too cool TO ripper
them, when they are ilayorlcss and wa
terry, and the cows enjoy the rcversion
AIRY interest, and pay well for theil
share In milk. Jersey Fdrmer,m CJur
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