The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1910-03-31
!. |. MEAD CYCLE COMPANY, CHICAGO, Ill

kafNNhf ue Toots VIII nlhAe tDtff way
through The sides OF the box, ana three
or four weeks will be saved This Is
a clever device for treating early SOW
iDgs OF plants which do not bear trans.
planting. Started In this way early In
The season they may be transferred,
box and all. into the garden bed and
knffer no backset.
During cold nights the hotbed should
be covered with straw or old carpets
to keep II from getting too cold inside.
On sunshiny days the sash may have
to be raised during the warmer part
Of the day to give ventilation The
plants should be watered In the morn
great reduction OF temperature.
A cold frame IL almost as necessary
as a hotbed. The plants raised In q
hotbed are very tender and are liable
TO be injured II transplanted direct.
to the garden. The cold frame Is
made the same as n hotbed except that
no manure Is used After the plants
have obtained good start IN the hot
bed they should be transferred TO the
cold frame. The plants In the cold
frame are gradually accustomed to
the outside air by leaving the sash up
for longer periods each day. This
transplaDting also helps the tomatoes
and cabbages In another way. in that
II makes them thicker stemmed and
causes better root development A
stocky plant Of this kind is always
better grower and yielder
EARLY Potatoes.
A good way to secure earliness III
the case Of potatoes is to pack NUN
Der In sand somewhere where they
will get plenty Of light. This should
be done II week or 50 before planting
time As soon as the ground is ready
these tubers are set out carefully so
as not to break Off the sprouts which
have started. week or more In the
earliness Of the crop can be saved IN |
this way. The early potatoes may be
planted rather shallow and thick |
coating Of straw placed between the
rows. On nights when there is danger
Of freezing. the plants can be covered |
with straw No cultivation will be |
necessary. since the straw will keep |
the weeds down and conserve mois- |
ture When digging time comes the
straw can he thrown back and the po-
tatoes will be found on top OF the
ground. or nearly so. OF course this
plan is not practicable except for a
few rows OF the earliest potatoes.
Rhubarb and Asparagus.
Another method OF securing early
vegetables Is by the use Of perennials.
or those which come up from the roots
each year. The most important Of
these are asparagus and rbubarb. AS
paragus is one OF the most delicious
vegetables that can be grown. and It
fills Ia space In the spring when
there IN nothing else available. Rhu.
barb comes nearer to being fruit
making appetizing sauce and pies.
In starting an asparagus bed the land
should be MANFRED heavily and plowcd
deeply One year old plants grown
from seed should be planted four
inches deep and foot apart In rows
three feet apart The early spring
treatment OF the asparagus bed con
sists In giving II thorough disking
After the cutting season is over lib
sral coating Of manure should be scat.
erred between the rows The stalks
should he cut IN the fall before the
berries are fully ripe to keep the bed
from becoming filled with seedlings
Asparagus cannot be cut much before
I is three years old Rhubarb is easily
grown from roots planted around IN
my out 81 the way corner and kept
we'll inulcbed aud MANFRED
Ia planting the garden those plants
which have the same habits Of growth
'hould be put together. The early
'rops should also be punched as much
is possible. In some cases an early
rop may he got out Of the way 10 time
o put later one on the same ground
Cultivation.
The garden should be laid ont In long .
ows and as much OF the cultivation
IS possible done with o horse cuiti-
ator A one horse walking cultivator
! best for this work wheel hoe to
'ei close TO the plants aud into the
orners is valuable addition TO the
quipmeut. As last resort hand
oe may have to be used once IN
while to get the weeds out Of the \
ow Changing the garden 10 new n
lace every few years Is big help In i,
eeping weeds In cheek II the garden /,
! put on clean soil IN the FIRST place =
I'D few weeds are allowed 10 20 TO /,
Fed the labor problem will be greatly !
Implied
insects. a
OF all the insects that attack garden n
rops the one that probably causes the a
lost trouble In the striped CUCUMBER o
eeile. A practice often followed I,
here but a few hills of vine CROPS q
re- grown Is to cover the young plants {,
18th frame OF mosquito netting a
stier plan Ia 10 knock the beetles to !.
y ground by slight blow and Mi :
sch one with q drop Of kerosene. =
prinkling the plants With pepper. TO. =
,cco dust or cir sisked Time viii heip
'me
Paris green, applied at the rate OF ;,
he pound TO hundred gallons Of wa. i,
{. with -four pounds OF freshly siak~d !. !.
me added TO prevent injury to the !,
iiss. Is ans ~ tho best remedies v