Daily globe., 1883-06-29

to hight bugs on, and hence double the
work. The ground should be cultiva-
ted both ways and often, as long as you
can get through. With such soil and
manuring as [ have described, after the
runners once start, they will soon cover
the ground with q perfect mass of vines,
and thousands of the runners Will shoot
up into the air two or three feet, look
ing for more room to grow in.
About cutting the ends of runners
off, to check growth and produce
greater fruitfulness, I cannot advise as
l have done as much harm as good in
all experiments thus far. The only
bug we have much trouble with is the
small striped bug (Galeruca Uittdta),
and they are enough. They always
come about the Sth or 10th of June.
Before they are due, we dust every
squash leaf with land plaster in the
morning when the dew is on, and keep
them busted until they grow out of the
reach of the bugs. Do not wait till the
bugs come; if you do, You may go out
some warm morning and find every hill
destroyed. They often come In the
evening, and always with good appe-
tite. In showery weather We dust the
plants as soon as it stops raining, and
sometimes have to do it over two or
three times q day. If there is no dew,
sprinkle them with garden sprinkler,
with very fine holes, just before dust
ing. [ think this is an original idea,
and it has saved my crop more than
once. Beside, one does not have to get
up so early in the morning and work so
hard before breakfast. [ prefer to use
a common -four sieve in putting on
plaster. Dip in a quart OF so on one
side of the sieve, and use a large iron
spoon to work it through the sieve.
After little practice, one can make q
little go good way. There are a good
many ways of fighting these little pests,
but [ know of no cheaper OF better
way than the one [ have described,
where squashes are raised by the acre.
CheeSe-boX rims, or bOttOmless boxes,
covered with cheese Gaping, would be
less trouble where only few hills are
raised.
With such soil, manuring and care,
you may expect from six to eight tons
of Hubbard squashes per acre, and if
you buy the prest seed to be got, from
reliable grower, the squashes will be
of such choice quality aId extra large
size as to be worth double what ordin-
ary market squashes are. Ihave found
DO trouble in keeping them in the cell
lar, when they were raised on dry,
gravelly loam, providing they were
handled as carefully as eggs, and had
not the slightest bru;se on them. They
usually begin to rot about the first of
March. 1t is generally thought that
they should be kept warm; but [ keep
them as cold as I do my seed potatoes
between 33 and 35 degrees as mucn
of the time as possible.
Before there is any frost, they should
be picked and allowed to lie in the sau
two OF three days, for the stems (Which
should always be left en- to dry. After
that they may be drawn to mu.llet, or
| put up III the barn until there IS danger
of freezing, when we take them 10 TIE
cellar. They keep il barrels OF bins,
or in almost any way, if they have been
grown on the right kind OF soil, a4d are
not bruised in the least The hard shell
| begins to form frs Oh the under side of
a Hubbard squash When YOU cannot
stick your thumb nail into it, it MAJ he
called ripe enough TO pick. and only ripe
ones should be carried to market al
though many people DO not know the
di1ference) if you want to get a repr:tA-
ton and keep it. 4 good many OF thc
| soft ones will form a shell after they are
picked, if they are spread out III the sun
during the day, and covered up from
the frost at nights. The cost OF rai5-
| ing and marketing an acre need not ex-
ceed $50, as part of the manu- should
be charged to following crops.
The average price Mr.. Terry receives
is S'35 per ton, and at those figures a
small fortune might he realized in a few
Years providing a ready market could be
found for them. But whatever is true
OF raising squashes in the field may be
applied to garden culture.