The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-03-25

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IA in that position by pegs aucA
On the outside Of the boards az tne
ends The soil is then hoveiieo u
between the plants, and men az eAcn
end take hold the planks n Dy =
Sham Sian leave the earth n q sn3Ip
ridge between the rows. All a tO~e
are gone over In this way, Anu 81"
the earth is packed to the piahS ny
hand.
I have used a different metnOo. l
take two cords several feet longer
than the rows with sharp pegs at
tached to each end. A e is stuck
at the n Of the first row n the
cord Is taken in q turn around eacn
plant in the row The other peg Is
then stuck and the second row treated
in the same way. Then these Two
rows being kept erect the SOIL Is
shovelled in between them q pack
ed to the plants with the spade.
No furt her earthing should be done
till the nights begin to get cool, for
much earthing in hot weather might
| do damage by rotting. But with the
| cool nights OF October and November
the ea-thipg Is done rapidly, just
| keeping the central bud above the
soil. The earth is carried up six
| inches beyond the ends Of the rows,
| this making the entire bed fully SIX
feet wide. Fearthing is continued
from the eight-foot spaces until the
weather indicates that freezing hard
may be expected. Then the entire
| bed is covered with four inches Of
earth, and then with a heavy Goa Of
straw or forest leaves and cornsta1ks
OR bean poles laid across to prevent
the cover from being blown off.
From these beds the celery can be
dug at any time during the early win
ter up to February and the whole
will be found bleached and brittle and
a very different article from the self
blanching sorts that are apt to be
tough and stringy.
The dwarf varieties are best of the
method of growth, and I have found
none better than the old Boston Mar
ket from French-grown seed. Ameri-
can-grOwn seed are apt to make hOl-
low-stalked celery. S~andringham also
does well with this mode OF growing.
Work in the Flower Garden.
Many seed can now be sown in the
flower garden. l grow cannas and
dahlias from seed every year and get
fine flowers. Gamma seed are slow te
terminate. / take each seed in
pair of plncerS and hold it an in
slant on my carborundum grinder
: till the white shows through. Then
J. soak them in warm water for two OF
1 three days and then plant them il
rows. In the fall the roots OF tn.
, finest are saved and buried for thu
= winter, covered with pine straw an(
Y earth. Dahlia seed are sOWn In tn,
frames or in boxes IN the house. am
: are easily transp}anted to the opel
ground. and these are better thai
the old roots. as they bloom later.
a
s Gladiolus bulbs or corms can b,
Q planted in March. Set them rathe
deep, for h new corms are forme,
On top h old ones. A few CORN
y VIII increase rapidly, generally max
d ing W good new ones and a hos
OF little sets n a dozen or two will
o % give you quite a collection. h
!. can remaln in the ground all white,
but 1t is best to take them un An
II divide them and keep them in a coo
'e dry place in winter. You can gro,
g. these. too, from seed soWn early- IN
IN 1t axe a year or more to make goo
g, blooming corma
al Oriental peoples are perfectly hard
J. too, but the seed should be sow
where they are to remain. as the
III are hard to transplant. The seed al
tn very fine and to get to grow the
should be sown on the surface An
patted IN and then covered with g7nn
ne sacks. q water in these. The sacl
are to be removed, OF couese, "a II
Il seed terminate and the plants a,
II. thnned out to SIX inches apart, The
e bloom the following season
y,
tn II you want a privet hedge You ca
1T 20 It from cuttings Just as well
DIS from rooted plants. Make the 81,
,et tings about ten inches long and mr.
OF pare the line OF the hedge well ar
DIS set the cuttings six inches apart az
ne full length In the ground, SO tn
III. the tip Is just at the surface. Str
I'd all leaves OF of course.
tn
Oh China aa ef Is sown in the On,
tut border the last Of March. az r,
he not want these early, but grow the
les for setting in the beds from wh;