Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-02-07
NOW IS THE TIME
TO WORK GARDENS
Every One Should. Have a
Garden in Their
Backyard.
DON'T DELAY 1T
Many Things Can BE Plant
ed In Oklahoma This
Month.
DON'T DELAY II

Every man who has back lot or a
few square yards area should start n
garden each summer Is the theory OF
DIR. c. l.. Earnheart, county farm
demonstratoro who Is something or a
small gardener himself Dr. Earn
heart let loose OF some of his garden
lore the other days II is here tran"
scribed.
II the ground has not already been
stirred 1t should be Immediately. a
common spade welded for an hour or
so will put lot of ground into shape,
but If the lot on which the garden Is
contemplated is very large ploW-
man should be hired. But all the corr
ners left by the plOw should be
spaded up
Tramp the SOilo
The reason for early plowing Is
patent. All the rain which falls VIII
be caught and conserved The rain
on stirred earth will! also pack It, thus
giving firm seed bed, a very ims
portant PARTICULAR. If rains do not
come before seed planting time the
ground should be made firm by tramp"
ing and rolling. The roots take bets
ter hold when the earth Is thus pre-
pared.
But to return to the beginning. the
outlay of utensils for the city farmer
should not be great. No gardener OF
small plots has any use for other tools
than a spade. hoe and rake. The
whole outfit can be purchased for less
than two dollars.
Manure Carefully.
Before the plowing is done there
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the ground. as many persons believe
should be the case. Fresh manure de"
cfys in the ground. forming heat
which burns up the delicate roots Of
vegetables But plenty of good rotted
manure not only is permissible but
advisable as well. The ground cannot
be made too fertile.
The city gardener Is also advised
not to fool with commercial fertilizer.
To hurry the growth of tomatoes.
Irish potatoes peppers and so on,
handful of cotton seed meal to the
plant will answer nicely
Picking the Seed.
Presuming that the ground has been
plowed and lying ready for planting
when the season for planting arises,
the agriculturlst should turn his mind
to seed selection. Here's the profes-
sional advice. Get a line of catalogs
and during the evenings go over them,
man and wife, picking the seed which
Is thought to be the best fitted to
local circumstances and individual
taste.
One-third of the success Of garden
Is in the selection Of seed They
should be bought from a dealer who
it is known would not sell merchan-
disc left over from the year before.
1t is well for tomato plants to be
raised in the home, A common pine
or oak box two feet long, a foot wide
and six inches deep which can be
made at home should be prepared
and filled five inches deep with good,
black fertile earth. The earth should
be tamped we'll Then the seeds are
sprlnlled over the top and over the
seeds q sprinkling Of earth which is
also tamped. The whole should be
kept in a "sunshiny" window and
watered every day.
Plant in Rows.
And supposng that it is garden
planting time now. the plot which has
already been plowed or spaded as the
case, maybe it should be stirred five
inches deep again. Do not plant seeds
I'm beds; exposing the seed bed in such
a manner as to allow air to get into
It only reduces the chance at moisture
conservation. Lay the garden off in
rows.
Rotation of crops is. an important
feature to observe. Quick maturing
plants should be- planted in groups
which afford a considerable area for
replanting as soon as the crops ma
ture. Here is a layout advised In
United States department of agricul-
N,tr OF To a nd
wide and 16h feet long. Rows are a
foot apart excepting tomatoes. which
are IS inches.
Two rows Of radishes two inches
apart in a row; two rows Of lettuce
six inches apart In a row; four rows
of beans six inches apart in a row;
three rows Of beets four inches apart