Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-11
Points on Raising Squash for Market.


causes Of the recent events
Points on Raising Squash for Market.
= reader asks for information about
squashes. ] have had good success with
inns crop at various times, and give some
oI my experience as follows, says q cor
respondent of the New England Farmer:
Sqnashes do best on a dark, moist loan.
Dut they cannot be grown successfully
on land IN which the soil water is within
q 1oot OF the surface. They will do we'll
on drained swamps, but for early crops
prefer good strong loamy upland.
! IKE 70 plant on old ground, and am
SATISFIED that it pays to do SO. | plow
as deeply as possible in the spring and
narrow until the surface is fine and mel
low, then pillow again. turning the mel
low SOIL under, and harrow until the sur
face Is in fine condition This gives a
mellow seed bed If the field was not
manfred for the previous crop | like to
broadcast 10 cords of manure per acre
and turn ii in al the second plowing
Next open burrows five feet apart with
one horse plough, and into these fur
rows spread fiVe cords per acre of fine
horse manure. over this manure should
be sifted at the rate of 1900 pounds per
acre high grade fertilizer containing at
least eight per cent of available nitrogen
six per cent phosphoric acid and six per
cent potash. But few fertilizer manufac-
turers put out a fertilizer containing
enough nitrogen for squash, but you can
get fertilizer containing the proper
amounts Of phoSphoric acid and potash
and add enough nitrate Of soda to bring
the percentage of nitrogen up to what is
desired. After dropping the fertilizer /
run lengthwise of the rows with an Acme
harrow unweiehted. This leaves a slight
depression along the row. / then drop
the squash seed from II to II inches apart.
and go lengthwise of the row again with
the Acme and cover in the seed.
! have tried both hill and drill culture
md haN crnt tb.A hfy. fpnT = ha
latter. AS soon as the squash appear !
apply plaster and paris green nalf and
half. The leaf is tough, and this amount
viii not injure the plant | keep the
plants covered with paris green from the
day they come mp until the fifth leaf APP
pears. and they are safe beyond the
striped bug The paris green must be APP
piled after every rain. as one days delay
may ruin the crop. When the plants be-
gin to run | cut them out with a hoe 50
that they will stand from Is to 36 inches
apart in the row. Each plant then has
from 10 TO u square feet Of soil TO root
in and draw from. The roots reach every
square foot Of the field. whereas in the
Old Gx6 hill system the roots of several
plants centred in the hill and failed to
reach the centre of the spaces between
the hills. ! start the cultivator just as
soon as the plants appear and keep it
going every week until the vines begin
to run. This year have a Hallock weed
er. and | shall use that the first five
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