The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-01
AGRICULTURAL
TO THE FARMERS.

HINTS TO THE FARMERS. Owing to the shortage of the early fruit
 and vegetable crops, 1t is very important
 that every family should be preparing
 for a fall garden. Now is the time to look after this work The soil for fall
 vegetables should be made very rich and fine, for both moisture and plant food are
 essential for the best development of all vegetable crops. This Is especially true
 as applied to fall gardens, for at this sea
 son of the year the evaporation of mois-
 ture is much greater than it Is in the
 early season. Besides this, our Tall
 weather Is likely to be dry, so that un-
 less we have deep rich seed bed, where
 surface cultivation can be kept up reg-
 ularly for conserving the moisture, all our
 efforts at growing fall vegetables viii prove a failure. Here Is where most Of
 the failures In growing fall vegetables oc-
 cur. With the proper preparation of the
 seed bed and with regular cultivation there is no great reason for every family
 not having a great supply of fine, fresh vegetables the entire year. In fact, the best qualities of many of our table VeSe- tables are brought out in the fall growth l will give here a partial list of vegetables that may be planted and grown Tor iaH
 and winter use. This list will answer for
 the large range of country covered by The Age-Herald.
 Snap Beans.
 There are a number of good varieties of
 the bunch bean that can be planted al this season, the best of which Is the lm- NaiRpfina These may no
 planted in Alabama up 10 the middle or
 August.
 Soup. or white navy, beans, may be planted the first week in August. In
 fact. this Is the very pest season or the year for planting navy beans, for if planted now. they not only escape De- ing infested with bugs, but they also
 produce much larger beans and more uniform crop and will mature practically all the pods at one time. The navy beans are not so choice or soils as Is our bunch or snap beans,
 so that they may be used like the cow pea aa a catch crop, following potatoes
 or some other of our first early vegetable crops.
 Turnlp Beets.
 The first week in August Is the best | time for planting our table beets for faA and winter use. in the southern states. Beets planted at this season grow very quickly and are nearly always sweet crsip and tender. Besides this, these beets keep much better than those grown in the early season., as the early planted usually take on during the summer second growth which largely destroys the fine flavor so much desired In our table beets.
 The soil for beets planted at this sea-
 son must be very rich and made very
 fine and the seed planted twice as deep
 as those planted in the early season
 After the seed are planted, a good plan i would be, to run a heavy garden roller over them or else press them in firmly with the feet.
 Carrots.
 Both table and stock carrots may be
 planted the first week In August In the southern states.
 The planting and cultivation of car rots Is practically the same that rec commended for beets.
 Cabbage and collards should be planted in early August. If plants have not been provided ahead. seed may be planted ih hills and thinned out as they grow until only a stand is left.
 Cucumbers for pickles should be planted from any time from now up till the 18th of August. As cucumbers planted at tElS season usually give the smoothness ard prettiest pickles as well as the bess qual- ity.
 Radishes.
 The summer varieties of radishes may 1 be planted up to the middle of August. | The long varieties, either red or white. usually do better planted at this season than do the smaller ones planted at this | time.
 Winter radishes may be planted from the middle of August up to the first Of September. This Is as early as winter l radishes should be planted in the South ern states, for if planted earlier they be- come woody and hot.
 Mustard and kaIe. Mustard and kale may also be added to the above list of fall and winter veseta- l bes to be planted at thls season of the l year.
 Turnips. l Sowings of turnip seed may made at | regular intervals in the southern states
 from July 25 to September l. Those sowr | after the middle of August are usually of much better quality than those sown | earlier in the season.
 l Of the many good varieties of :urnips there are none better for table use than | the Purple Top White Globe Turnips l can be sown broadcast or in drills and cultivated as other garden crops l All the waste or idle places on the l larIn not DelnB occupied Dy other crops | should be broken up at once and gotten | ready and made to grow a crop of tur- | nips. for if these are not needed for l table use. they furnish most excellent l feed for both sheep and cattle. Field or Stock Pens. These may be planted during the re- 1 mainder of this month of July and during | the first week of August It will be all | most useless for me to urge the import | ance of growing large crops of cowpeas. | The nigh price and great demand for l these peas this season should certainly be | sufficient for inducing the farmer to grow
 and save every bushel of peas possible. 1 There Is a constant demand for these peas | as they are now being used in the north l ern states, where they are planted for | feed for stock and fertilizer for the sol. | Cowpeas planted at this season make the
 best seed. as they escape the pea bug | that has proven so destructive to the | early plantings.
 In addition to the above timely hints | now Is the time for the farmer to begin 1 preparing his land for fall grain. and l large line of which should be sown Tor | fall and winter pasture. The fall Of the io tba baS sowing