St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-03


600 to 1000 pounds per acre; or
parts cotton seed meal, 2 parts aci
phosphate and one part kainit. H
said that is was a waste of time t.
go over field of potatoes and cho
off frozen tops. That If they wer
not too badly damaged to produc
. they would come out anyway. Kee]
the plow out of the patch after the,
were planted. Run the cultivate
two or three inches deep.
His remarks were very much en-
joyed by all, and at the conclusion
OF his talk he was congratulated b,
the women of the Covington Progress
sive Union and the School League
and was invited to be the guest o.
an excursion party to view Coving
ton and the surrounding country
which invitation other engagements
would not permit him to accept, al.
though he expressed his appreciation
of the invitation and his regret that
he could not accept same.
In answer to a question as to how
much water it took for an acre OF
potatoes, Mr.. Tiebout said that he
could not tell exactly, but that 25,-
600 gallons of water would cover an
acre one lnCn Qeep.
For cabbage, he said they used ten
tons of stable manure and three
thousands pounds of commercial fer
tilizer, and that this crop was follow
ed by corn without further fertliza-
tion, yielding fifty to sixty bushels
per acre, the staple crop more than
paying for the fertilizer.
For beans, five tons of stable
manure and five hundred pounds of
acid phosphate was used. Rows three
feet apart. Cover one inch deep.
Wardell Wax and Red Valentine a
good variety.
Mr.. ]. J. Stevens, travelling Agent
for the New Orleans Great Northern
Railroad, was present, and stated
that his road could be depended upon
to do all in its power to further the
interests of the farmers in their un-
| dertaking, and that they would give
| the same rates that Hammond had.
He spoke of the interest the road
was taking in the matter of truck
growing and furnished the following
information that will be of interest:
Irish Potatoes-Plant February 1.
Gather for shipment in May. Plant
three feet part, prepare land in fall.
Don't use stable manure for fertiliz-
ing Irish potatoes. Use cotton seed
meal or tankage, acid phosphate, 500
to 1000 pounds per acre. Don't
plant scabby potatoes. Don't plant
Irish potatoes on land which has
previously produced scabby potatoes.
Onions-Can raise $50 to 200
bushels per acre. Plant Creoses and
Bermudas September Is to not later
than October /. Gather for ship
ment latter part of April and early
part of May. Use stable manure,
thoroughly rotted, two parts cotton
seed meal, one part acid phosphate
and little kainit.
Onion-Creole will stand storage,
Bermuda has to be shipped prompt
ly. Get seed, Creole, If wanted in |
small quantity, from Ballwinkle Seed
Company, New Orleans, La; If in
large quantity, from Robichaux,
Onion Dealer, Raceland, La. Ber
muda from H. G. Hastings, Atlanta, |
Ga.
Beans-Can raise 100 to $50
bushels per acre. Plant February |
ment in early May. Use 500 pounds |
|
manure. Price ranges from 60 cents |
to $3.50 per bushel.
Bean Seed-Use Wardelis Wax
Get in Wholesale quantities from W.
B. Keeney & Sons, Leroy, N. Y,
Burpree & Company, Philadelphia,
Pa, Thomas & Company, New York,
N. Y
Tomatoes-Can raise 400 to 600
crates peer acre. Plant seed early
part May. Don't use stable manure
for fertilizer. Price ranges from so
cents to $1.25 per acre.
Tomatoe-Acme (pink tomatoe)
for Chicago. Earliana, rough toma-
to, red. Red tomatoes when grown
under glass sell better than pink in
the eastern markets. Bonnie Best
and Comet seem to be the leading
red fruiting varities about Boston,
New York and philadelphia.
Standardization raise 100
crates to the acre. Plant August to
December, depends on weather con-
ditions when planted. Gather for
shipment March Is to April Is. Fer
tilize with bone meal and 5 to 10
tons stable manure. Price averages
S1.50 per crate.
Strawberry seed and plants
Write secretary Truck Growers AS
sociation, Hammond, La, Independ-
ence, La, and Ponchatoula, L., for
plants. For seed, Continental Plant
Company, Kitrell, N. C.
Cabbage-Can raise 200 crates per
acre. Plant September and October,
but not later than October. of earlier
seed in variety in bed. Gather for
shipment February, March and April.
Use carload stable manure with 500
pounds acid phosphate, or two parts
cotton seed meal or tankage, two
parts acid phosphate, one part kainit.
Prices range from $3.50 to $3.50 per
crate.
Cabbage Seed-Early Choice
Wakefield, two weeks later Hender-
sons early summer. Little later
succession. Think first two are best.
Cucumbers-Can raise 100 bushels
per acre. Plant early March after
danger of frost. Gather for shipment
in May. Use some stable manure
and some phosphate with it. If you
can't get stable manure use tankage
and phosphate.
rrigation-The more successful
truckers have irrigation as we gen.
orally have a dry April and May
Packages-Be sure and use stand
ard crate as freight rate is cheaper.
General Remarks-The above re-
marks to fertilization are merely sug-
gestions, different sections require
different treatment. 1t requires ex-
perience with each section, to show
what fertilizers are needed. The
kind of seed is suggested in order
that all sections growing truck might