St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-04-15
!. 1.'s4aEis AND PLANTER.
PLANNING 7a1 Farm CARMEN
Layinr lons With Regard to
Ont anu Getting the "
harden Ready

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unt anu Getting m.
harden Ready.
MN n laying out thu -.
r n,ake it long and ,ne farmers garden
herbs. aana rg the longer way. Berries les
are per sparagus and other things s' tha
placed - anently situated shnn1d mo q,
enoreh :. one side. It shon, n11 ~ ,on %
end s - :. g allow a turn-row u ~ We e aonl
noth,n - mat the rows end .vo q, eaet l
be bon,s. one-horse cultivator shou1i
be w;Se nt, one Of the kind that car
suit " ~ out or narrowed , down '1 -
have NE width Of the yarious lowe rnws :,
years USED such a cultivator for sever,1
On ms nj, ana can destroy more woods ~
~ nalf day. An"n Win a noe
=, - laying out my rows. use . co,n,e
tw,na en Sc and long piece Of hinde,
~ th inls is put down in early snrin .
at.h, M sue where plant nv early VOC
ns and shifted across the Mot &C
NV cn,.. with the seasons planting
rows suillvator will run between 1s-incb
etah,.s suo SO plant nearly all veg.
eaa. eS IN rows from Is inches tn >
- ~, =. renee, there is nothing superior
~ closely woven wire. as it harhors
ont .seos. is neat and effectively shuts
~. .a. poultry, dogs and all larger farm
,a sarden can be made q source of
pm. N more ways than simply pro-
.lulne vegetables for the table. have
Iound 1t most valuable place tn ex-
pe1lment In soil culture. It was there
nao my first lesson in intensive cul-
un, learned by practical expert
ence the true value of the dust mulch.
anu vas convinced of the value of ro-
tation Of crops.
IN that section OF the country where
sllong south winds prevail in early
spring 1t is well to have a row of
.o"-srowing evergreens on the south,
ior strong winds injure the tender
p'ants. Then plant goodly supply of
sucn Things as are permanent and do
not need resetting or seeding each
spring. In my garden, have black
berries IN rows, grapes, currants,
sooseDerrles. raspberries, strawberries,
rnuDarb, asparagus and horseradish. as
wei as the various herbs.
Inese are ready, year by year, to
contribute to my health and profit. and
with very little labor, comparatively
speaking. OF course, they must be ma
hured. trimmed and cultivated. | have
used straw mulch very successfully
IN keeping down weeds and to keep the
roots cool and moist in times of heat
and drought.
In laying out my place, I put the
garden so that the upper or highest
corner il at the windmill, and in dry
times 1t is very gratifying to turn on
the water, and often I let the water
run down the rows for half day at
a time A child can soon be taught to
turn the water from row to row. It
runs In small main ditch along the
upper end of the rows
was told that cold water would do
more harm than good, but proved by
experience that could run it fresh
from the we'll to the roots of the plants
even on the hottest days. BY this
means have vegetables in dry years,
and sell enough to pay for all expense
of tending. From single row of to-
matoes, 40 feet long, sold 81 worth
of tomatoes, besides providing plenty
for home use. But if one irrigates in
this way it is good plan to water
heavily, then let the soil get just dry
enough to work, and cultivate SO that
the ground will not harden and the
moisture be preserved.
also tried putting heavy, coarse
manure mulch in the rows between
the tomatoes when in bloom, and found
it to do pretty well. This would be a
good plan where the help is likely to
be short about harvest time, out the
dust mulch is preferable.
Where ones garden is already laid
mt. and its shape and size will not per-
NIT the use OF horse to cultivate,
get push pillow or small wheel hoe.
One az my neighbors has used such an
for two years, and now has
a mnch superior garden to that OF pre-
vious years. These hoes have several
sets st weeder and small hoe attach
!, ents md are very desirable imple-
ments Life is too short to hoe one
.;de n ! row when both sides can be
ror,ed with equally as much ease
=. 1,,1d FARMER