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

IOWA al1o HIN 80
Tbe notato roots closely and ore o.
the things that fertilizine IN 'He :"
row Is best.
The second planting OF garden peas
will now be in order. The e11i" eA'IS
peas / assume we're planted IN jan
nary or February. Mine were pianIeo
in January. But the better Qu3'i.J
peas Of the wrinkled class should De
planted later. / usually ptant .1raous;
Stra+agem, and Champion OF Eneiann
in early March. AS my garden is Wen
and also dressed with Phos-
phate and potash annually, / 90 not
fertilize the peas, but merely 30"
them in a broad. furrow, rather thick
w scattering them so that the row II
about six inhes wide. To MAKE tn!s
I always SOW by hand. o n TAIL
growing peas l use the chicken wire
netting fastened to stakes. use this
for climbing beans. and dnd II eacei-
lent, too. for training tomatoes.
Radishes must be grown very rapid
IL TO be good. and hence it is veal 10
give the bed intended for them 4 very
heavy application OF a high-SF3de IeI-
tilizer a week before sowing the seed,
so that it will be less apt to iajure the
seed in termination. The scarlet
White Tipped is the best early. What
ever seed you buy always buy from a
reliable scotsman. and do not look for
low-priced seed, for they are the most
costly article you car use. The prize
OF seed has a very small proportion 10
the value of the crop, even at high
prices, If the stock Is a good one, While
the loW-priced seed give a lOw-priced
crop.
You can run out deep burrows four
feet apart and fill them half full of
rotten manure and on this apply
| heavily any fertilizer high in nitro
gen and potash and cover with soil
and then SOW asparagus seed. AS the
| plants grow. pull the soil to them
till level and thin out to two feet apart,
and by urging the growth during he
hummer with two applications Of nj
trate Of soda you a cut good aspara-
gus the next spring, Or at least a year
| sooner than by transplanting roots. /
have done this and know that it can
be done.
My tomato seed were sown in my
little greenhouse in shallow boxes,
| and have since been tranSplanted to
other boxes, giving them a little more
ROOM. and in a short time they will be
transplanted again about -four inches
apart in the cold-fraInes under glass.
Cloth anSwers for this, but l have the
glass and prefer it.. They are hen
gradually hardened to the air and are
strong plants for setting in April. If
frost threatens after they are set out,
l turn them down the evening before
and shovel soil over them till the cold
passes.
MANY write ah0r1t ornuyinO co1ar1 =,
in the South. ] will take up that at
the proper season., for you cannot
grow early celery in the South. and
1t is useless to try to carry the plants
through the summer. In the upper
South the Christmas crop is about the
only one. while in the far South the
late winter crop comes in from seed
sown in late August or September.
The last of the month you can risk
a few Snap beans. The Refugee is
about the hardest, and you will have
them early If they escape the frost
t l keep a little pine straw at hand &c
: cover them if frost threatens afte,
l they are up, and l have saved them
? oy watering with cold water before
z sun rises. when there was a Sigh,
s. white frost.
0SS0 "CxC 6OW1l n
: last week in February, and these wi,
: De grown In mail flower pots and KEEP
9 In the greenhouse till the weather i,
warm, for they are very tender anf
0 any effort to harden them to the earl,
{ spring air will STUNT them,
sweet peppers I SOW In a fran,
: ABOUT n middle Of March and franc
: pant them directly from the fran,
when the weather is warm Am
want a real pepper. plant the Tohasco
- Tor picking sweet pepper the Ruiz,
King is best. 800
Il plant my first garden corn aho,,
the middle OF the month rr;,a 81
ms planting the Norfolk Early Mar
hst corn. Sugar corn cannot be MA NJ
Gu 50 early as it is apt to rot in ~,
M A GREATER LOSS.