Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1896-01-03

yards square Of plant bed. Great
care should be taken to sow the
Sc d as regularly as possible, so as
prevent some spots from being
too thick. To do so the seed must
be carefully measured and then
divided into two equal parts. The
bed should be marked off into sow.
ing breadths by lines four feet
apart, and sowed entirely over with
one half the seed in one direction
and then over again with the 9TH
er half in opposite direction. The
seed should be neither hocd nor
raked into the soil, but trodden in
with the foot, or pressed in with
the back Of u weeding-hoe, or, bet
ter still, by passing a light roller
over the bed. The old way OF pro.
tecting beds from frosts, &c, was
to throw brush upon them, but
the raising Of plants is attended
with more unfortunate events,
plaques, &C., than when the indus
try was in its infancy years ago.
The fca-bug is decidedly the most
disastrous of all other plaques and
their visits result in the almost
complete determination of the
young and tender plants as they
come to the surface of the ground.
There is remedy, however, and
it is simply this; After the seed
has been sown and the bed well
manurcd, ret four planks, clear of
holes, one inch thick by twelve
inches wide. Sink these pianks
about two lnchas deep in the soil
on the edge of the bed, fit the cor
ners together and nail them up
air-tight, thus pre- venting any in
sect, however small, from passing
through. Procu e Il sufficient guam
,ity of plant bed cloth, which can
be had at a cot of three cents per
yard, and sew the edges together
to make complete covering for
;le box around the bed, drawing
the saeeting over the edges so rs to
tack down secure. Then the plants
are secure from the hca-bug. at
a glance you will see its practical
workings. 1t not only protects
the plants from insects, but from
winds, frost, &C., and serves as a
hot bed, When the plants are suf-
ficiently large to be out Of the way
of the bugs, take off the sheeting
and planks and put them away for
future use. By using the box and
sheeting plants can be successfully
raised in gardens or anywhere, if
the soil is adapted to their growth.
Sometimes it becomes necessary
to force the growth Of plants in or
dcl that they may be large enough
to transplant at the proper time;
this is done by using some quick,
reliable fertilizer as top-dressing,
care being taken not to apply it
when the plants are wet with dew
or rain. Dry leaves and young
grass should be hand picked off the
bed. But the covering should not
be permanently removed until the
plants are nearly large enough to
set, bu, should then be, in order
to toughen them. After it has
beer removed, while waiting for a
season to transplant, should the
plants begin to parch from drouth,
the bed should be we'll watered
and again covered. We have never
known this protection to fail in
the severest drouth. But after
rain this shelter should be re-
moved in order to accustom the
plants to the heat of the sun.
THE TRANSATLANTIC
should, in your section, be done
between April 25th and May 18th
this will give the plants u strong
healthy start, and permit them tt
push forward, ripen early, avoiding
the more dangerous attacks of thu
worms, which are in August, ant
they will be more clear from dis
ease, which is the. result of late o
backward crops, and then-gaa-,wil
be able to have your tobacco cut,
cured and housed before The cotton