Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-02-19
Far.srs snert cessss.
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or Eve gallons Of this solution Of
black-leaf-dip to seventy gallons OF
water and it will kill most any kind
of plant lice if the plant is wet with
Prof. w. Paddock on how plants
1row, says: There are three parts to
a plant; the root, the stem and the
leaves. The roots anchor the plant
firmly into the ground, small roots
carry nutrition; roots must have air
and in order to accomplish this the
ground must be loose and damp. !he
stem raises the leaves up SO they
can get the sunshine and air, the
leaves feed the plant from the out
side"
Rev. w. I. Davenport gave short
address on What We are Here For,
during the assembly of the school
the first half hour of the afternoon.
Some very good advice was given in
his talk about honesty and truthful
ness.
Prof. F. B. White tells US how to
grow cabbage and onions. Early
cabbage should weigh from three to
six pounds for the market. We could
have them larger but the market for
them would not be so good. They
should be cultivated about once a
week but the more they are culti-
vated the better the cabbage. About
fifteen to twenty tons to the acre is
considered fairly good crop for
cabbage. For the growing OF onions
the ground should be thoroughly fer
tilted. Do not cultivate very deep,
but often enough to keep the weeds
we'll down. They should be planted
in February. and are better when
they are not too thick About Sep
tember the first is the time for pull
ing. Seeds should not be kept over
one year. but should be planted as
soon as is practicable after they are
harvested. Onions are not verv cas-
ily frozen and the temperature must
be several degrees below freezing
points before they will freeze. Be-
fore going into the business of rails
ing onions YOU should know what
kinds are in demand on the market
and raise those kinds. 1t costs about
seventy cents per hundred weight to
raise onions. l have known of five
hundred sacks of onions to be-raised
to the acre but from two to three
hundred sacks to the acre is the gen.
eral yield"
says: An ounce OF prevention is
worth a pound of cure. therefore it
is better to prevent the moth than
to try to cure them. The larvae
stays in the cocoon in hiding place
in the orchard. During March and
April the worm grows shorter and
loses all organs of sense: the wings
and legs now begin to appear on il
and we have the moth II remains in
this changing condition from the
worm to the moth for about fifteen
days. Their egg is small. round and
fla, and is laid on the smooth sur
face OF the apple or on the smooth
surface OF the leaf. The worm finds
a hiding place from the birds. and
comes out at night and goes away.
The egg matches in from six to ten
days and the moth living about ten
days. and flies around when the
weather is warm. mostly in the eve
ming. There are two generations OF
moth during the year.
FIFTH DAY.
Prof +. r. White opened the day
by talk on the market demands for
"ardcn crops. The quality and not
the quantity is the most essential
point when considering marketing.
and do not put moor goods on the
market as il will spoil the market.
and find that the best way to sell
these crops Is through company or
an association. rs rule they give 4
man 4 square deal and farmer has
not the time to look after the market
ing Of his produce and raise more at
the same time In raising celery it
is well il the plants get too thick to
shear the tops off SO the sun may
get through them. When raising eel
cry or onions il will not hurt the
crou to liant them straight along
for a good number of years. for it
has ccn4Vknown that where they
have beer planted for eighteen or
twenty wears the last crop was bet
ter than the first. Celery tops are
good feed for cattle and it is also
good fertilizer In taking care o.
hot bed dig the pit about two fee,
deco. and I'LL It with fresh stable ma
nurc: i: should be about fftv feet
long and six wide. Place board
frame over the bed. let the manure
lay about three or four days. then
put good garden soil on and level it
off about six or eight inches deep
After this rui muslin over tic top to
keep it warm and when weeds begin
to appear you know the temperature
is all right, then plant your seeds. As
the plants grow up il is necessary to
raise the muslin so that the to? OF
the plants remain at least half
inch from the muslin
on.inued Next Week