The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-07-13
JULY PAINTINGS.

7. has usually been considered that
! ~. = not q favorah le month for plant
49, ,,o+ and drv weather
me- o"ine ...o;a.oa ,,.,4h
'ilat - o.. -,
| its period OF tmrty-ohe udSS' i'"' an
appeal to the record shows that july is
NOT sucb an extraordinary month in these
- ,t on A. rxneriment Ga.
49,. fo1Iouinsr ara the mean Temperatures
,,1 rainroIIs for the summer months for
r.oriod Of fourteen wears: May. mean
ten,nnratura m degrees. rainfall 81
'sahoc. r,,ne moan temnerat,Ire ISL de-
,,,.ooe rainfall 40 inches; July. mean
+o,,,r,ro+,,ra rqG degrees. rainfall 6.52
$50. ,,,o,,et moan temDerature 7S2
,5al.aes rainfall o. inches. So. 1t APP
80 .,,at MI, haat ,s but Is degrees
800 ~. +tar mt of lime while the July
rainfall is Greater bv 100 inches Com
narod with August the mean temperature
oF Iulv is only IA degrees higher. but its
rainfall is 0.5S inch less There Is a
ro,,,lar increase in tine tenpera ture until
MI. and then q regular falling off in
+nr,nora trra az the summer advances and
TIA fan oon,ns on But the increase In
the rainfall commences from the dry
month of Nav and continues into August.
Co we have in August a dimunition of
heat as well as an increase in the rain
fou-o coniuncture of two favorable con-
ditions. which. in the long run, gives the
advantage to August as planting and
growing month
r is 1Isual however. when the moisture
conditions of the latter part Of July are
favorable. to commence planting fall
crops in anticipation of the still more
favorable conditions of August. 1t is
August mas sometimes been Hkened to
springtime. and called second SPRING
haca,,sa of IFS unusuallv favorable con-
ditions for planting seeds of several kinds
or Garden vegetables as we'll as some va
r,oties Of field seeds.
As matter of fact II is the practice
Of tie hest gardeners to clear away the
remains of the first crops Of garden peas.
hents onions squash. ETC.. as soon as
tba,- have hcen gathered. or have ma
+nrcd and Immediately prepare the
pround fo. new plantIngs The writer
now has bunch beans and squash-nearIy
MISUNDERSTANDING where the crops Of
garden peas. spring turnips and onions
,naturnd. Young corn where the Irish po-
tatoes grew: Young tomatoes where the
early corn was Professional gardener;
mako If a rule to keen all of their highly
jnDroyed soils occupied as nearly all
the time as possible They rake off and
| burn the old squash and bean vines and
other remains of early crops and either
work them into a compost heap or place
them under foot of animals that viii
make The best use of them, while de
strovinc the maturing insects that preyed
on the first crop.
II is best to commence to plant tur-
nins especiallv rutabagas. during the
! last week of July. and also such other
crops as may be ENDANGERED at their most
valuable stage of growth by an early
| frost The ordinary rough leaved tur-
nins VIII have an abundance Of time if
| eoU,n any time in August and even as
! late as the middle of September.
Continued paintings. even into August
NAV Vet b. made Of sorghum, cat-taU
| ninet and cowpeas. and quick maturing
--a,.iotise If "roastine ear" corn
r,na Ground should ba nreDared for
80. ito ,,lar+inpe iusf as soon as pos
.t,1. M rIovviop should he deem. and
/ A., +bo barroxY sho,ild he used to bring
/ 49,, -, -, o,,a condition &c noss{-
,1o ~ =, t,,o,, ~raal,, and able "a absorb
- 49, coI, 1890 ana af+ar