The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1914-12-03
HICKMAN KENTUCKY. THURSDAY DECEMBER 8 1914

"t"t "hitSf hhh AtHflnN time 10
plant a corn crop on the same
ground. II ia a hardy plant and
can stand more cold than most
any other vegetable. Il requires
no more cultivation than ordi.
nary gardening to keep the weeds
out and the top Of the ground
loose and is raised very profita-
bly, around humboldt. Cabbage
plants should be sown in hot be~is
in December or January. How
ever, this subject will be taken np
later.
We found farmers who said
they had cleared as high as SO
per acre ON cabbage.
More tomatoes are raised a.
round Humboldt; than any other
crop; over I50 ears being shipped
from there last season. They.
should be planted last of March
and should be topped, suckered'
and polanized 10 get more per-
feet fruit. Some Of the plants
have blooms ON them.
The tomato seeds are planted
in hot beds, ;ransplanted to de
cold frames aud them to the
fields In transplanting 10 tae|
cold frames they sould be put ia
little wooden boxes of thin mate
rial and no bottom. Then when
ready o plat, after carrying
them TO the field and setting. the
band ON the boxes should be
broken and this way lot of dict
Is left ON the roots and they
are ready TO start growing. The
plants should be stuck with small
stakes about three feet long and
tied at the top and about two
weeks later, sney should be tied
again lower down. Altogthcr.
they should be tied at least three
times.
The tomatoes yield from 400 10
600 crates per acre and Ssrings
from 30 cents 10 $3.50 per crSts.
some making as much "A S3',$
per acrv and IS a sure crop.
Cantaloapcs, also, are raised
very profitably and are cultivated
in the same manner as onrs.'
Therefore, shall not go into de-
tail on this subject.
Fertilizer shc.ild. by all means,
be used in most every crop-not
That the soil, in every instance,
needs il, but il tends TO make tine
crop earlier than they would be
otherwise and this is necessary
for bringing the best prices.
Arrangements have been made
by me with several houses for
fertilizer at reasonable prices and
| shall be very glad to send
samples of your soil TO Lexington
for analysis, free of cost, in order
10 see what fertilizer is needed.
Next is the subject of hot beds
and cold frames. Hot beds should
be located on the south side OF a
hill. They are constructed by
digging space 100 feet long, ~
feet wide and from 2 to 2ls feet
deep. The sides, beginning a
bout three inches above the
ground. should be boxed up with
planks two inches in thickness.
Then the bO..es are Ia be hili
filled with sandy, rich soil
through which four flues. about j
feet apart, made Of common tillng
should run. These are covered
with dirt about 4 inches deep At
the top end and II inches at the
other. The bed is heated by a
kind of furnace, slowly fired with
trash wood, being connected at
the lower eId of the frame with
flues while 4 pipes takes care oi
the smoke at the other end.
These frames are covered with a
sash and like a roof, have plenty
of pitch to drain the water.
Cold frames are constructed
similar to the hot with the ex-
eeption of tie heating as no fur
mace is needed. 1t would be I'M
possible for me 10 give a descrip'
ton in detail from which one
could be built but expect, IN
the next few dnys, 10 have a
man here whose duty it will be
TO show the farmers how to con
struct plant beds and, also, SHOW
and assist in all the other stages
of seeding, planting, working
harvesting and marketing th'
crops.
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