The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1915-02-25
CANNING CLUBS
TAKE NOTICE.
VALUABLE INSTRUCTIONS Of
FERED BY u S DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE AS TO THIS WORK


zeal shown by our girls. Here it is
time to begin work on our gar
dens for another year. There are
finer opportunities than ever for
you to help the club work of your
State and county, meanwhile learn
ing to do many interesting and
valuable things fer your home.
RULES FOR BEGINNING WORK.
l. Secure tenth-acre of ground;
this may be 1872 feet long and 33
feet vice, or any other convenient
width and length. provided it con-
tains one tenth acre or 1886 square
feet.
2. When you have finished your
work next summer, we will ask you
to write history of it, so begin at
once to keep a record. Keep a note
book for the purpose and record (a)
the date, (b) kind of work done, (c)
time used.
8. Keep a record of your expenses
charging 10 cents an hour for your
own work, and for all hired work
and supplies charge the actual cost.
Estimate the value of stable manure
at $500 per ton, allowing good
two-horse load for a ton. Charge
yourself S1.O0 for the rent of your
tenth.acre.
SELECTION OF SOIL.
Select a piece of well-drained
sandy loam soil, preferably one near
ly level. Avoid soil that has been
in tomatoes the previous year, es-
pecially if there has been any dis
ease on the plants, as some OF the
diseases live over winter in the soil.
Soil where cotton has been injured
by the nematode or root knot should
also be avoided.
Plow the soil six to eight inches
deep in the fall or early winter and
apply two to three loads of we'll
rotted manure to your tenth-acre
plot. Leave the soil rough during
the winter to prevent washing. If
no we'll rotted manure is available
use coarse manure and apply it be-
fore blowing and turn it under so
it will decay before spring.
VARIETIES OF TOMATOES TO PLANT.
Where there is any prospect of an
early local market for tomatoes it is
advisable to plant about one-fourth
of the plot to an early variety like
Earliana. Plant the remainder of
the plot,to a good strain of Stone
tomato. Where no market is avail
able few early tomatoes should be
planted for home use and the re-
mainder of the plot planted to the
Stone for canning purposes.
STARTING THE PLANTS.
To get an early crop it is neces-
sary to start the plants during the
winter. The best method is to sow
the seed in hot bed in rows two
to three inches apart, and when the
plants have developed their first
true leaves, transplant them to stand
about two inches apart each way.
This transplanting should be done
in shallow boxes filled with good.
rich soil or direct to another part of
the bed. For the general. crop,
grown for canning purposes, this
transplanting is all that is necessary
until ready to plant to the field.
For extra early tomatoes it is ad-
visable to again transplant the plants
when they reach height Of four or
five inches. This time plant in three
or four inch flower pots, strawberry
boxes or tin cans which have had
the tops and bottoms melted off.
When grown in this way the plants
can be left in the bed or cold frame
until the blossoms begin to open.
MAKING A HOT BED.
The hot bed may be made as fol-
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