El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-10

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the water is allowed to spread through
the soil by capilIarity it tends to i'm
prove the texture and mas the opposite
effect from pudding, less water IS re-
quired; when the land is well Ieveled.
/ good mulch is easily retained; plants
grow better in loose, aeTated soil that
| has not packed from the effects of ir-
rigation; the soil will take water more
| readily, for the air is easily displaced by
the water and escapes upward between
the burrows.
On the other hand, where level cul-
| ture is practiced, it is not necessary to
| do so much cultivation with the hoe;
the seed may be planted with a drill.
and the expense of ridging is avoided.
Deep Soil Necessary.
For root crops, it is particularly nee
essary to have deep soil and one that
| is easily marked in order that the
| beetS carrots, or whatever they may be,
may develop naturally and unhindered.
| Winter radisheS are red, white or black
J in color and make "a long, hard, woody
root; the ordinary fall or spring va
| riety is light red or clear white. They
| mag be planted as a companion crop or
I even in the same drill with the other
crops In a good soil, they may be
eaten in from four to six weeks, and If
planted at intervals, they may be eaten
at almost any time. The seed should be
| covered a half inch and when they are
up, the plants are thinned to two or
/ three inches apart. One ounce of seed
will SOW 100 feet.
Early Turnips Popular.
! The early turnip rooted beet is NOW
| The most popular with vegetable gar
| deners. Some of the earliest varieties
| will grow large enough for punching in
SIX or eight weeks; others mature in
/ two TO three months. The seed is sown
! in drills and thinned ii six to eight
/ inches. The Trimmings are used for
| greens. One ounce of seed will SOW 70
| 10 100 feet of drill. Five to eight pounds
Of seed is required to plant an acre
with rows y to is inches apart, and an
! average crop is 800 to 400 bushels.
Carrots mature slowly, in their early
stages they are shallow rooted and cas-
! lily killed. The large. late varieties
should be thinned to seven or eight
inches The seed should be sown thickly
| TO make sure of a stand; fone ounce IS
/ sufficient for 500 feet Of drill The
| Long Scarlet is a good late variety,
1 and for stock feeding the Long Orange
/ and Long White are planted. Two
pounds of seed will plant an acre. The
| carrot has been in cultivation more
| than 5000 years.
| Description of Vegetables.
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very ablato roots, with soft white flesh
and green, rough, marry leaves. Tur-
nip tops will stand severe frOsts with
| out injury, but the roots will not stand
| the freezing that parsnips and satisfy
will The turnip should be made to
| grow rapidly, else it will become woody,
| stringy and bitter. One ounce of seed
will plant zoe to 80 feet or drill; one
! pound an acre, with drills 10 to IS
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| to three inches at first, and gradually
! thinned further until a foot of space is
! allotted each maturing root A good
! yield is coo to 1000 bushels.
The rutabaga is richer vegetable
| than the turnip and requires four 10 six
! weeks longer in which to mature. 1t
! has a denser root than the turnip, is
/ yellow fleshed, rounded or elongated
| but not flat, with leaves glancous blue
and not having roots On under side OF
| the tuber and on the tap-root- 1t IS
| known in England as the Swedish tur-
nip
Onion seed may now be planted and
the seedlings not used during the win
ter may be transplanted in February
ana allowed to mature. An ounce OF
seed viii SOW $50 feet of drill. Il to 3
pounds, an acre.
the most popular plant Even in the
north it is not necessary to cover the
plants during the winter, and when
spring comes growth is resumed. The
plants are thinned to stand four TO six
incnes apart, an ounce of seed is SUI
ficient for 80 - feet of drill The
prickIy seeded spinach is the hardest
Lettuce is usually grown as sue
cessiOn or companion crop. 1t may be
grown in seed beds and transplanted or
directly in the field. 1t is best when 1t
makes a rapid growth. Lettuce plants
on good soil should be spaced a foot
apart in the row. and 1000 plants may
be expected from each ounce of seed
Parsley Grows Quickly.
Parsley requires about three months
for good growth. It is biennial and the
most popular OF garnishing herbs. Since
the seeds are slow 10 germinate,s it is
best 10 plant in the seed beds first
1t Will stand frost, so leaves can be
gathered all winter
Some of the curIed leaf mustard va
rieties are among the best of the pot
herb plants. Mustard may be planted
mall or spring Care should be taken
that it does not seed too freely IN mid
summer, lelse it, may become bad
weed.
It is the practice where the ridse
system If trucking is used to ir-;gate |
well and then sow the seed right at the |
water marx, Or CISa ~, the seed f.-S. |
and then use care to irrigate thai !
the wats~ - pCt -is- above tbs line /
where taa s.c'I was PLANTED. BY iTri !
eating before pIa".:rg the soil ha* Il.
an opportunity TO settl and rearrange !
itself, and 1ne can be more vertain of |
not having the soil crusted over the |
seed, which prevents an even stand The |
bottoms Of the burrows and the sides of |
the ridges should be kept cultivated.
Irrigation in the Fall.
In the fall, hot, drying winds are !
not so frequent and the temperature is |
lower, consequently irrigation is not !
necessary as often as in the summer. |
AS long as the soil is moist a few inches |
below the surface water need not be /
applied. Care should be taken, how |
ever, that it does not become dry enough !
to check growth.