Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-09-14


l.fsr hieh iu amnocia- and aercv Scr
these We ehanEe the Properties. The
only slater crop q l=afy rafure 90
which Re Apply the ASHAMED mixture
j. .eitnse. bar q lac we have yarssA
this. ard make T. 50 pouEds = aid
Phosphate. 81 pounds u dried blood
ami - pounds - muria-e - pnsash-
Tbs Is 'hs rs~uit u u2ny years os
eNrerirsntiuE IN The gruulrE = lettuce
II frames ia winter We iound that
coffor-seed neal encouraged he
growth 81 the dampinE-of fungus in
The francs ard We cor higher psr-
csuiaSe o. ammonia Nth the dried
hioot
The winter .ei.rcs Top Is rov- h
uust important ore grown by market
Eardeneds IN the Scufh Atlantic srats>- .
Mos % orr growers use cotton cio-a
% their frames. AMI some have -
tahiish.d expensive steam plants and
run steam pip through the frames. +
While cloth Is cheaper a. th- starr
thsap.r ard no steam hear j. needed .
II one has straw Or hariap mats 20
cover the GAS on extrem. cold nights T
7 use mats made X feai square. made T
OF buriaD with waste uooI quilted b.
tween The z-a OF r used ~ tie
moss severe weather. and mats that
have been in Use four winters Iook +
s;ill as coed a. new BY their aid Z
keep frost out entirely. ard do not
need the great expense 81 steam. With /
cloth the grower l. a. times Obliged to j
keep the cover on sevral DAYS. and the I
plants suffer rom Ink OF sunshine ,
while the glass admits the sunshine. /
ard they GROW sturdy ans strong
have found that The hest winter /
lettuce demands 4 liberal amount OF I
vell-rotred ho-se-srabls manure 10 be I
used in addition 10 the fertilizer. for
We have found thar the best lettuce can
rot be grown with manure alone nor
with fertilize~ alone. II is chiefly he /
mois,ure-retainiug nature Of the ro,tsd I
manure thai aids in the solution Of The
fertilizers used.
-.
We make our frs sowing OF Ie-ruce /
the la, Of August and then sno-her
late in September and a third sowing
i mad. in nre Of he frames after The
frst erop Of lettuce has la=u euf II /
January. The Angus sowing an uslI-
ally be headed in Nov nber without
he help OF tie frame. Tie second
sowing i - in the frames the last
OF October. ard i cut during the win
Ter. when plants from the same SOW
irg thar have been left in the open
ground are used for replantlrz and a
par q oae frame. a. ~ have said. is
used for sowing Sod The plants
from this soxIrs ar tor setting in III
opeu ground the first OF March for the
las spring crop We formerly used
the Biz Boston lettuce almost exeIu-
sivsly Bur while this Is good for the
winter crop. il has the bad fault of
bostiuz 10 seed a. the first breath OF
warm weather in the sprine- then too
Ne have found that for the winter crop
the California Cream Butter Ietruee Is
a. coed a the Big Boston. Is less sub
ieet TO rot and having A smaller ont
side spread Of leaves can be planted
closed in the frames
Last Spring Ne tried the Giant Crvs-
tai Head. and the New UurivaIed ard
will use theSe two for the winter cron
this winter For the spring eror or for
winterins outside for remaining the
/ frames there Is no lettuce thar can
slIrpasS The Wonderful Il mskss .
very larga and solia head ard = n.
cuIiarIv srisn and baiv- or. - ~
| hardest ~ le,tuess II i 80 ., v-;-,s-
over ortsiss even for ~. o.,tsi,s., -.
pla,.irx m. -, a.. - :.
-urA for wiursr sh,nfs ,1,r.y- -.
abundant water SUNNY for +, i off,,
essential To srri-a,s tn hats i, -
dry far woarbar a. -. r.. -, :.
eerr,5pata and xhs, - ! -, :.
! EQUALLY irnnortant ~, 49, -
for va.sr;-g r. sr.,,ss :, = -. :.
he sanarssrr a. he r.i,s,rt
Aro,her winter ron 4, xhi.l
,ake a lively intsrss. ! ,ba -
radlsh erop For ,hfS eroD We usa 49,.
Rose Co.ored aua he WHIT Ch;rs~s
This i heavily Terrified wi,h -
6rsr-usnriorsa nixrura of -
four parts Of acid nhosDhate rotto,-
seed meal and potash A. rate ~ a..
pounds per aers and tha seas = -,
| in rows oas foo 49, l.. s-,-.--,.-.-
soon a. larze enough 10 handle thev
are thinn4d 10 "a, iuehes h H. ~.
and a. the weather Gets ca ~. -.
are well mulehsd With ,rs-h 49,.
manure We thus arr able "a mil sc,s
solid radishes ali winter rhro,yh mi
the early rzaisheS soxu in he fr.ne~
are rsady for U.s.
In part Of our frames We take hu,
the one crop Of nidwiurer Istrpcs We
then again ferriiize the franz ara sovr
seed Of rzdiShes and basts rata ia Tsr
uary in rows and eross-wiss the f,arsz
lust vide enough anarr n xort- ,,;,h
q hoe three fneha- wfss ror a.