The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1904-09-22

sn,o The business Of truck raising be-
10 re YOU are ready. BY so doing. you
simply invite defeat and disastrous
and expensive failure is, i'm the very
nature Of things. bound 10 be the re.
suit .ss.. ..,
There are three, at least essen
,ials.H tie absence OF either Of which
win pretty effectually initiate against
any possible profit from.ther market
gardening or truck gardening, these
+. are a.s..e ltE e. v sstE |'''
]. A sureannl remunerative market
for the products when raised, IT,.
. A thorough knowledge. Of his soil
and SIS adaptability 10 the Vegetables
"a be grown. thereon, and ah equally
intimate knowledge Of the plants he
intends to cultivate. together with
their culturalg9d plant food require
ments, and f7n e.ss ...s..... .. -a|
3. Rich land. .-.... .....e... ..
II is waste Of time to attempt the
utterly impossible fent of raising pro
fitable crops Of tender. succulcnt vpge-'
tables on any but the very richest
Of land.
No matter how fertile the land may
seem 10 be, good crops can only be
grown there 10y high manuring. While
in ordinary grain or cotton. or tobacco
farming, one can, by iudlcious ro-
tation aud by the free use of legumin-
Gus crops, get along without the pur-
\ chase of heterogeneous fertilizers, the
market gardener must he lavish with
his fertilizers. both heterogeneous and
potassic. Nitrogen forces early
growth and gives large succulent
leaves and stems Potash gives sol
idity and crlspness ana increases the
sugar and snrchy parts of the seeds.
Phosphoric acid tends more especially
to develop the seeds Of plants. hence
The chief ingredient in good fortil-
iZer for vegetables Of which the leaves
or stems are The edible portion, is
nitrogen. For root vegetables. phos-
phoric acid and potash are fully as
important as nitrogen. For vegetables
OF which the seed Is the edible por-
tion, like the garden pea. for instance,
phosphoric acid ;he leading element
For vegetables like the tomato, po-
taio, egg plants, celery, melons etc"
potash is the most important
Nitrate Of soda is the best form Of
nitrogen and the Sulphate is the best
available form Of potash, for garden
vegetables Of all kinds, cotton seed
meal, as a source Of nitrogen and
The murlatc MS n source Of potash,
being next; kainit is altogether out Of
place IN the garden or truck farm.
Potash salts are just the thing for
truck farming. The cheaper murlate
of potash gives equally AS good re-
suits on cabbages and beets as the
more expensive sulphate. but The lat
Ter appears TO he superior to the muir
late IN increasing yield Of tomatoes,
spinach lettuce and onions. For vege-
tables the controlling elements are
potash and nitrogen: and very few Of
The brands of mixed fertilizers have
ms high a percentage of potash as most
truck crops require. 1t is known on all
sides that potatoes are dear lovers Of
potash hut II does not appear to be
so generally known that. the cabbage
crop is also a potash eater. Turnips
comes next and caullnowers third In
Their demand for potash. Hence IL n
heavy yield of either is desired. they
must be planted on soil that already
mas plenty of potash IN IL. or plenty OF
u must he applied, No soil Is naturally
so strong that many good crops Of
Vegetables can be raised in succession
thereon except potash be added just
ms often and Just MS literally as nitro
gen, We have this much to say about
potash for the reason that TO our GER
lain knowledge. many market gar
\aeners limit themselves exclusively to
Manure obtained from city stables.
aud stable manure. let I he ever so
good. il not 4 properly balanced fer
llllzer for vegetables and cannot bring
best results. A good general fertll-
izer for all garden vegetables would
DE: 100 to 225 pounds acid phosphate.
2aO 70 $40 pounds sulphate Of potash,
100 To 225 pounds nitrate Of soda.
MIX phosphate and potash and apply
previous 10 planting, apply nitrate he
side or around the plants after crop is
mp
lfground IL well supplied with hu-
mus above amounts may be doubled
or trehled with manifest advantage
W pll cases we most decidedly prefer
10 apply broadcast; and though. 10y
thorough preparation. thoroughly in.
c0rp0ratn lie fnrflllZer with lho snll.