The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-18
SOME POINTERS ON
HOW TO PLANT
THE GARDEN
As Told By Pierce in "Hits 4
Mrs" of Grafton Record
Something Doing.

Grafton Record: Now is the time
for all good men to plant garden.
Now Is the time for all good men to
keep their hens at home. Speaking
of planting gardens: little advice
at this time of the year on what to
plant would be seasonable. If not
useful. II you have only room for a
small garden. at least two acres
should be devoted to young onions.
Be careful to plant onion seed; some
people try to raise onions by hand
or word of mouth as they do money,
hut it is not successful; leave the
onion seed in the ground and not in
the house or even on the door step.
In this way honest. intelligent look
ing onions can be raised even by peO-
pie who drink or use tobacco to ex-
cess. There are several kinds Of
onions, but fried onions are consid-
cred little the best for early plant
ing. Boiled onions should be watered
the same as a COW, otherwise they
may go dry, which is also true Of
the COW. Beans are also natives Of
the garden. There are many varfe-
ties. The razor-back bean is quite
thin, but still affords considerable
nourishment and trouble; in its early
childhood it develops large spots, the
color of a blue mule. These spots
or birth marks place this bean in
dish by itself. At hotels these beans
are served in individual dishes the
size of soap dish. and when emptied
net broken. This Is about the only
hoe To-,
families they take larger chances Of
being eaten. The small white bean is
almost too common to speak of. 1t
has relatives all over the world. and,
at one time, was on speaking terms
with Adams apple. 1t should be
planted in hills and in every fourth
hill piece of salt pork should be
quietly dropped. No we'll regulated
garden is complete without large
bed of tomato vines, to be joined later
by tomatoes about the size of a league
base ball run over by the cars. To-
matoes are always in season. but pep
per and salt and little vinegar can
be added to what they already have.
Canned tomatoes do the best In this
country during the winter. but those
picked off of the vines just before
the six o'clock bell rings receive the
most cordial greeting at the supper
table, Horse radish can be raised
even if you don't keep horse. Select
corner of the garden near bum
blebee's nest; this gives the radish
that peculiar sting which is the bum
blebee's speciality and the horse rad
ish's popularity. Look for 1t with
spade about three years after you
plant it and If it isn't there 1t may
have been eaten by your neighbor.
Short order gardens do we'll in gro
Gerry store windows and mess OF
lettuce, or a peck of peas can be
gathered by phone without resorting
to the hoe or the borrowed rake.
When Poison Carrots looked up
from the wash dish where he had
been looking for his face in soap and
water he saw the lightning rod agent.
The agent had seen him first and had
his hand out to shake. Poison thought
the man was politician running for
office out of season just for exercise,
or perhaps for practice, and he pre-
scented his hand, which was we'll shak-
en- before he got it back. The agent
then stated his business, but Poison
said mix" He did not believe in
lightning rods, never did, nor never
would. The agent took this painful
announcement quietly and said he
thought he would stay for dinner and
feed his team and Poison admitted
that he could. He stood his horses
in the COW barn and Poison went with
his to drive some steers out. When
in the COW barn the agent handed
Poison some lightning rod testimon-
ials, which seemed to change his mind
for after he had put the cork back
after looking them over second time
he began ordering lightning rods in
a loud tone of voice. which the agent
quickly copied into his book. After
rods had been ordered for everything
on the place except the hired man,
who was In town after harrow teeth,
Poison and the agent went into the
house and ate dinner in a noisy man
ner which even made the cat sit up
and take notice. The next morning
the lightning rod proposition did not
appeal to Poison in the same glad
manner as when passing upon test-
monials, and he came to town to can
eel the order, but when he was away
the rods went up on the buildings
like pig weed in the garden, and the
notes signed in the COW barn with the
willing fountain pen were with the
agent far away.
These double yoke winters are
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