New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1910-04-30
From April's Louisiana Trucker & Farmer.
BY Mr.. e. J. Carstens, New Iberia, La.

So many have just gone into truck garden
inc that lust at this season of the year, it IS
necessary to give them some timely advice.
Their land has been prepared, seed soWn
and plants set out but now comes the trouble
of taking care Of them
The garden will soon be overrun with
weeds, caterpil ars, bugs and ali kinds OF IN
sects and the battle will be begun.
Melon. squash. cucumbers have their enc
mics, corn just coming up is often cut down
The trouble is that if once the pests get
Judgement it is difficult to destroy them.
Cabbage flies will often destroy in the
seed bed, the egg plants, cabbage and caulI-
flower. That is the reason that previous
to sowing these seeds the bed should be
scalded with boiling water and that when
the plants are up they should be sprinkled
with tobacco dust in the morning when the
dew is on
Cucumber bugs and other insects that at
tack melons, etc. can be kept off until the
vines are grown with tobacco dust, slack
lime, bone dust or insect powder These
will answer double purpose that OF fer
tilizer and by driving away insects, en-
courage the growth of the vines.
Cauliflower and cabbage are attacked by
caterpillars, that can be driven away by the
use Ol dSutS duu OIL ID CSll "iliic PLt'AA'S
are young. When they are grown and COM
mencing to form heads the best way is to
pick the pests off every morning and even
ing.
You must not think that after the seeds
are soWn and plants set out your work Is
done and that all that is necessary is to let
the crop grow. If you do you make great
mistake. Your work has Just commenced.
The ground has to be kept free of weeds and
the plants must be often cultivated until ma
tured
Many persons are continually asking if
they can make money at gardening. AS we
now have shipping facilities and as they
have idle lands why do they not go into
the garden business and try the experiment.
Just think Young MIR. s. sold last
month $12500 worth of cabbages from
small piece of land and could have sold more
if he had them. must admit he did raise
fine crop. had specimen weighing 20
pounds sent me which I exhibited in my
show window. That was one of the many
he had grown. This of course, is very en-
couraging.
Then two other instances not so en-
couraging came under my notice The first
was an old lady. She came to my place of
business one day, accompanied by an old
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go into the garden business; had an old
horse idle and cabin that had been vacant
for some time. So she thought she would
engage the old man and woman to raise
vegetables on shares. She furnished the
capital, ETC., the old man the experience.
The old lady bought several varieties of
garden seeds for spring and summer crop.
saw her several months afterwards It
seems that circumstances conditions, ETC.,
were not favorable, SO the co-partnership
proved failure.
The other was q gentleman who had heard
that there was money in growing onions.
He had read that car loads of onions were
raised and shipped from Bayou Lafourche
and sold at $500 per barrel. He also had
idle lands and mules and why should he not
grow onions He asked for directions as to
the sowing seeds, setting out plants. cult
walton, etc, which were given him.
He bought two pounds of seed at 81 per
pound, sowed them according to direction.
Everything was progressing nicely until it
commenced to rain. The seed bed was soon