Milford chronicle., 1895-03-01
Mr.. wOodan's Truck Experience

HOW TO GROW ONE ACRE OF EARLY
TOMATOES.
Dig pit feet square and feet deep,
where there is a southern exposure. Put
in six inches OF coarse fodder or clover
hay, tramp well, put on top of this six in.
of coarse stable manure from the horse
stable, tramp well if manure and fodder
is dry throw over it pals of water, then
add six inches of finer stable manure,
tramp and cover with 4 inches of good
mellow soil from old fence row or poultry
yard, so it is not too strong to injure the
seed sprinkle quarts a1r-slacked lime
over the bed, rake in well, then make
frame around and OH top of bed six feet
square. This will leave one foot all
around outside of bed with manure under
to keep up a heat around outside of bed
A board six inches high will do for front
frame of bed. Raise the bank high
enough to give the sash sufficient slant to
shed water SOW tomato seed as soon as
bed is ready in rows 4 inches apart, using
? ounces of seed cover six inches, then
roll or press with board by walking on
it, cover with sash and bank up around
outside with dirt to keep out all cold air.
When plants are about inches high with
the fourth leaf coming out, transplant
into another bed that has been prepared
with nothing but good rich soil :. set 4
inches apart each way, cover with sash or
muslin. As soon as all danger from frost
is past they can be set in the open field
which has been prepared by thorough
cultivation aud a top dressing with 200
lbs. each of muriate Of potash, 400 lbs. of
rock mark out both ways 4 feet, spread
we'll in the hill a handful Of phosphate
composed of 100 lbs. fish scrap or dis
solved bone, 200 lbs muriate of potash.
100 lbs of rock and so lbs. nitrate of soda.
Make up hills, take up plants out of bed
with trowel or paddle, leaving all the
dirt stick 10 the roots that is possible,
wrap the stem from the root to first leaf
with paper of any kind set about half of
stem and paper in ground. This will
prevent the cut worms from cutting them
so bad Cultivate shallow and fiat.
HOW TO GROW EARLY CABBAGE.
Plow at once, if not plowed last fall or
during the winter, stalk land, or where
there was some cultivated crop grown
last wear, plow deep as land will allow,
cover with good composted manure drag
harrow well, mark out rows north and
south feet apart then mark out east and
west feet apart with two-horse Plow,
running deep, always throwing ridge to
the north, then use a good handful of
phosphate to the hill, dig it into the
earth with hoe, cover with hoe tull of
dirt from the south side, leaving the
ridge to the north undisturbed Use a
phosphate composed of so per cent fish
scrap or dissolved bone, rs per cent mu-
riate potash rs per cent. of rock Dip
head of plant in strong tobacco water that
has beer boiled. then to kill all insects
cut off one half of tap roots, set plant in
the hill up to the leaves pressing dirt
around it About the first of April loosen
dirt around the plant with hoe, but do
not disturb the ridge to the north until
second hoeing, about the middle of April
Then the plants will have gotten a good
start Before this hoeing scatter a table
spoonful of nitrate soda around each
plant. A few days after this treatment
the ground should be thoroughly cult
vated each way in about another week
they can make good use of another table
spoonful of nitrate soda scattered around
each plant. Give them a good culhvating
each way once week for two weeks and
by the FIRST of June you should have large
solid heads of cabbage for market.
B. F.. B. WOoDALL..