The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-03-18
WITH THE TILLERS OF THE SOIL
BY Mrs X s. Lawson
ALL SORTS
News From Many Farms With
Encouraging Signs Ahead

A. c. Caldwell began shipping
beans from the Dewey grove on
Monday last and they were of very
good quality.
johnson and Ferguson have two
and half acres of beans looking
fine, and also 5000 tomato plants
that are very satisfactory. AS
they did not happen to lose much
because of the fall and winter
rains. Messrs. johnson and Fer
CURSOR are feeling rather graft
fled at the present outlook of their
fields which are located near the
Simmons-Mawman paintings.
G. B. Robbins, who is occupying
the hood house at the One-Mile
Pond, has three acres of tomatoes
planted that have made a good
stand, near Post Master Rhode s
place on the east of the Hard
Road. He also has two acres which
he is handling for Mr.. Carrier
which look more than
good. Mr.. Robbins who is ac-
customed to shipping methods in
the older trucking sections is de-
sirous that similar arrangements
may be made possible for this To-
cality as he has found the greater
latitude in shipping facilities has
resulted in increased profits for
the growers.
Watermelons are not making
the rapid growth that gaddens
the hearts Of the men around here
who have usually been most sue
cessful with them. In cases where
the best stands have been obtain
ed, the plants are aggravatingly
slow growing.
Senator Cooper's farm is very
pleasing just now. Here is one
of the few stands of cucumbers
around.
Driver has some grand large to-
mato plants and some equally
fine younger ones raised from
seed.
Tomato plants at Edmondson s
are being thinned out. Two acres
of them are quite up to the stand
ard in looks. Three more acres
are later but show many extra
nice plants. =
All the Pineapple river farms
enjoyed the rainfall, as things
were getting a bit dry in some of
the higher spots.
Geo. McLane has sixteen and
one-half acres of tomatoes that
the rains helped. The three acres
that he and Motion are running
together are doing well,
j. Mizell has been working out
some of the tomato fields left by
r. Hood, at the Morrison place.
Motion, of the Rhode place, has,
among his tomatoes, one acre laid
by that are very gratifying.
Land is steadily being cleared
at the Kuykendall-Allen farm and
the opening of all this tract along
the road and on both sides the big
canal makes a great difference to
the general appearance about
there. Mr.. and Mrs. Allen have
moved into the very convenient
boungalow which has been built
on the place.
Cultivation for tomatoes will
vary somewhat from the work last
season. All crops so far have
been costly, so far as labor is
concerned, and the amount put on
tomatoes will depend entirely on
the rainfall from now on. w. M.
Barley, who had a very handsome
field last year, said he gave them
only two hoeings and two plow-
ings, but this year, with every
thing on ridges and so much water
falling, it probably would require
more work. He plans to work
both sides at once with small
turning plow and keep on throw
ing the earth towards the plants.
There are few signs yet Of middles
being broken out, and if rains
keep on coming every week, some
of the fields will be laid-by with
the middles yet unbroken.
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