Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-05-26
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and made fine and rich. For
early cucumbers in Wisconsin,
from the goth to the Zoth Vi
May is the right time to sow the seeu.
Further south the sowings can po
made earlier. When cucumbers are "
be raised for pickles the seed may pe
sown from the 10th to the 10Th OF 'un0
the seedsmen will give the time.
For fertilizer, we use any good man
ure that is free from foul weed seed anu
that does not cost too much. Wen
rotted barn-yard manure Will 90. III
the ground light dressing Oh WIZ
ashes il it can be done. A parrei Va
salt per acre will also help matteis,
Plow and work fine and plank 10 hoiu
the moisture and to break the Jumps
Our cucumbers here have suhe'eu
good deal from drouth IN inc
few years. Irrigation would neip iN'
tiers a good deal.
When we are raising cucumpers ioi
pickles we harvest them every o'hei
day, so that the pickles Will DC NJ
uniform in size and also to increase III
total yield of the crop. Our greateS1 ~
stacle here is drouth. If were 10 s'aiH
in now raising the crop mentloheu
would find some good grocery man III
Chicago or some other large western
city that would take the crop.
Frank d. Barnes, Vernon county
Wisconsin, cucumbers, cray
| loan and clay subsoil is preferred II
| should be made fine. deep anu wen
frmed. Plant the seed as soon as 'ne
danger of frost is over, that is, the NAN
crop for the early garden. II very carry
| crops are desired, the seed can pc so~h
in the hot beds and on inverted Sous
and set beside barrel filled with man
ure and with holes in the bsttom. You
can use hot water on the manure each
| day IL not too wet. We use stable
manure and also ashes at the rate OF
100 bushels to the acre, and the same
amount of air-slacked lime. We cul-
tivate with a garden cultlVator anu
hoe and keep fine dust mulch over
the ground.
Drouth troubles us to some extent. IL
very dry, and we do not have water TO
irrigate, we put on coarse manure LOT
a mulch or cover with old boards. we
nick off the cucumbers as soon as they
are big enough for market, keeping
them in a cold cellar or in cold water.
/ might say that our greatest DIN
Guilty here is in finding a market to
take all the fruit. We sell on the home
market and also pickle them.
Put barrel where you want hill
and plant the seeds on three sides OF
il and close to it. If bugs trouble, dust
the plants with air-slaked lime, and
occasionally turn onto the manure
half-pail or pail of water. If very dry,
use a pail each night. If you want to
keep your vines in bearing, do not lei
any of the cucumbers go to seed, as
the formation of seed takes too much
of the vitality Of the plant.
C. Alsmeyer Dane county, Wiscon-
sin.-Use well-fertilized prairie sol
plowed at least ten inches deep. Plan,
as soon as the danger Of frost Is past In
hills six feet apart, and from four tt
five seeds in hill. For fertilizer
we use horse manure. We cultivate
each way with a one-horse cultivation
l and harrow. We harvest when ripe
3 gathering the seeds from the best one:
: ard feeding the balance of the cucum
bers to our hogs. We find the bugs thu
: greatest trouble.
: Nelson Cox, Lawrence county, Ohio
Pillow and harrow the land very fine
and manure very heavy in the hill will
stable manure. Plant early as soon al
the ground gets warm, putting tel
| hn MI Mt
get two rough leaves, thin out to fou
8 plants in the hill. We think that barn
yard manure worked up fine is the bes
fertilizer. Stir the ground shallow AM
often to keep down the weeds an,
work the hills by hand. We harvest TO
market and for slicing just as soon a
they get large enough and before the
begin to turn yellow. The little stripes
bug gives us good deal Of trouble.
ID. C. Branson, Miami county, Ohio
Any good corn land will produce GU
o cumbers, but preferably would tax
black loan inclined to the north ava
?. from the hot sun. Land already /
good condition should be kept so
an application of well-rotted barn-yar
manure. Flowing need not be don
until Immediately before plantin.
Seed should not be planted until a
danger of spring frosts are past. Plar
shallow, about a dozen seeds to tn
hill: scatter the seeds so that in thlr
ming out the roots of one does not di!
turb those of another. Two or thrs
plants are enough to leave for maturit
Leave the thinning out as late as poss
BILE, that you may be prepared II
emergencies. The cultivation may
shallow with cultivator until vines con
If mence running, after which kee
h. ground clean with hoe. Cucumbers a.
+ easily affected by drouth, and that witt
10 out much remedy. Perhaps there
nothing better in this than mulchiI
- about the hill with something that wi
=, retain moisture. Chip manure (almo
40 an extinct article) or rotten sawdu
- Is good: In our locality. the people a
- largely in favor Of making and puttiI
" up their own pickles. hence there