The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-09-04

the winterlnE ADORE Of chinch bugs and ierrapin
bugs. but burn everything like brush, and hau.
tho grass and weeds where they help In max
ing manure in the barnyard Never burn any
thing that can be rotted for humus.
SOW RAPE.-Sow rape. the Dwarf Essex va
rlety on lots where hogs can be wintered. 1t
will keep them in thrifty condition TIL crimson
clover comes in late winter and spring. and will
save much corn.
SOME GARDEN WORK. sowed my frat
lettuce secd August 18th and will SOW two more
times in September and October. the last sowing
to be OF the Wonderful Shollom lettuce. to
winter over outside for spring heading. The
seed now Rown are for plants 10 set Ia the frame
to head In November These will not often
need the glass over them. Tho second sowing Ia
for plants set In tho frames In December for
late winter and spring heading am not now
growing lettuce tor market. but ! would not DO
without II for winter use when I got II with
few eaehea and can also get radlahea early In
spring and other things by the help OF tho gla&s
never monkey with cloth covers except a
mere protection for plants being wlntorcd FOR
spring planting when the weather Ia very cold
can gros lettuce I'm winter under glass better In
quality and at less coat In the long than
der cloth.
have aso sown fcw seeds % tho Roso-Col-
orcd Chinese Winter radlah. and the White Co
FOR the season up TO Christmas. About tho mid
die 81 September seed OF these ra9iahes. and
when the weather gets cold put mulch OF coarse
stable manure between tho rows and you can pull
good crisp radlshcs TIN March anywhere south o.
central Virginia and out OF the mountains
Sow cabhag. Hocd for early spring cabhagea
about the middle OF tho month and again tho las,
Of tho month. tho nrat may get over grown
Hut the chief thing ia To prevent their getting
serious check in growth In the fall or winter. for
this ia more generally the cause OF tholr running
to seed In spring Later will tell abou, planting
and win,ering.
WINTER CELERY With strong plants OF
celery you can nov plant them permanently the
arsi OF tn. month. Celery nocda strong clay noli
or black muck land. and plenty OF moisture. A
clay bottom will grow bcticr celery than black
swamp soil. but not 40 ahowy tho swamp Ho
plant In beds "a being less trouble In carthlng
than singn rows Having the ground In 1ne or
der. stretch n limo along one side OF where tho
bed IL 10 be Then make planting board u
foot wide and six feet long. and cut notch-s on
each aide six inches from tho ends and six inohcs
| apart This board Is squared nj tho ends and IL
So; perpendlouiar To tho line. and man standing
or the board acts plant nj each notch both
sides. thus making eleven plants In each row
The board IN then moved and another row plant
| ed. and 10 tho end OF the bed Eight foc,
OF land arc left between this and the next bed
| for earth to MI IN on tn. beds Now all we have
to do IN To keep the beds wol cultivated I'LL time
to begin killing. Of which will write In October
II you have some OF the self blanchiug ceiergy
and large plantB you can Bot them n foot apart
all over the ground and work by hand and when
the planta are we'll grown wrap heavy brown pa
per around each just leaving the tips out and
| hold II In place with rubber snappers. and you
can have IL nicely blanched by November but
never OF as nne and nutty flavor nor rs crisp aud
| brittle aa that earthed up.
OTHER WINTER NEGETABIES.-The middle
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