The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-05-29

ground should be wen worked.
and msle fine and rich. For
Early cucumbers In Wisconsin,
rom TIE Goth to the 25th Of
May Is tie right time 10 SOW the seed.
Further south the sowings can be
made ear Ter. When cucumbers are TO
be raised for pickles the seed may be
sown from the 10th 10 the 18th Of June
the seeismen will give the time.
For fertilizer. we use any good man
ure that 10 free from foul weed seed and
that does not cost too much. Well
rotted ban-yard manure will do. Give
the ground a light dressing OF wood
ashes X Il can be done. A barrel u
salt per acre will alro help matters.
Plow and work fne and plank 10 hold
the moisture and 10 break the Jumps.
Our cucpmbers here have suffered
good deal from drouth In the last
few years Irrigation would help mat
tiers a gosd deal
When We are raising cucumbers for
pickles &C harvest them every other
day. 80 iirt the pickles viii be more
Uniform 81 size and also 10 Increase the
total yield OF the crop. Our greatest OBJ
siacle here Is drouth. II were TO start
In now raising the crop mentioned ]
would I'M some good grocery man 10
Chicago or some other large western
city that would take the crop.
Frank b. Barnes. Vernon county.
Wisconsin For cuoumbers, a clay
loan and clay subsoil Is preferred. Il
should BE- made fine. deep and well
l hrmed. liant the seed as soon az the
danger Of frost Is over. that Is. the main
crop for the early garden. II very early
crops are desired. the seed can be sown
In the hot beds and on inverted sods,
and set beside barrel filed with man
ure and with holes IN the bottom. You
can use hot water on the manure each
day. u not too wet. We use stable
manure and also ashes al the rate Of
100 bushels 10 the acre, and the same
amount Of air-slacked lime We cul-
tlvate with garden cultivator and
hoe and keep a fine dust mulch over
the ground.
Drouth troubles as 10 some e>tent. Il
very dry. and We DO not have water 4
irrigase. We put on coarse manure fol
a mulch or cover with old boards w
ploa N the oucumbers as coon as thc1
are zig enough for market. kecpin;
them In a cold cellar or In cold water
might say that our greatest din
Guilty here Is IN finding a market q
take all the fruit. We sell on the homl
market and alro pickle them.
Put a barrel whore you want a HI
and plant the seeds On three sides a
Il and close TO H. II bugs trouble, du
the plants with air-slaked lime. an
occasionally turn onto the manure
talf-pall or pail Of water. II very dr'
use a pail each night II you want
keep your vines In bearing, do not d
any OF the cucumbers 80 TO seed. d
the formation Of seed takes too mucl
Of tho vitality Of the plant
Z. G. Alsmeyor. Dane county. wiscon
sin.-uee well-ferlilized prairie sol
plowed at least ten inches deep. Plan
IS soon Is the danger Of frost Is pas; q
hills six feet apart, and from four Z
I've seeds in hill. For fertilizer
We use horse manure. We cultiyal
each way with oae-horse cultivate
and harrow. We harvest when rip
gathering the seeds from the best one
and feeding the balance Of the cucun
bers to our hogs. We find the bugs n
greatest trouble.
Nelson Cox. Lawrence county. Obi
Pillow and harrow the land very I'm
and manure very heavy In the Hill wit
stable manure. Plant early as soon q
the ground geta warm. putting tc
seeds In the hill. As soon as the plant
get two rough leaves. thin out 10 ior
plants In the hill. We think that barr
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