St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-05-27
first few seed begin to show signs OF
ripening. Don't wait till seed arr
ripe.

11PC.
w. l.. s., Covington: Have three
acres in corn. Corn is now about u
inches high and very grassy. on &
small bed. What way do you think
l could get RID of the grass best ano
not do the corn any damage?
AS your corn is yet small and on
q small bed or ridge, would advise
running a Planet Jr. cultivator down
the middles twice to the row ana
then come back around corn with g
16-inche sweep set fiat as possible
in order not to make too deep a fur
row. Then hoe and thin corn to a
growing stand and run cultivatol
through middles again to fill up fur
rows made by sweep. Your next
cultivation can be given with the
same cultivator but with the horss
hoe attached toeit. Sow one busne
Of peas per acre broad cast and open
up cultivator and pass down mid /.e'
once to the row and see what mic,
work can be done and how muel
labor will be saved.
H. c., Lacombe: am interested
in growing garlic and do not know
much about the crop. When Shout
it be planted and how should tn
bed be prepared?
Garlic should be put out in Sep
TENDER to get in the early market
but can be planted any time in tn,
fall The best way to grow it is te
make beds about Is feet wide and a.
long as you want, and spade or pillow
this bed IL to IA inches deep, mix
ing plenty of barn lot manure will
the soil. Some bone meal and ashes
should be added also and mixed WITH
manure and soil. Rake and smooth
bed till free from Jumps and sinks
Take a 12-inch plant and make {;
mark 10 inches apart on each edge
lay plank down on end of bed and SCI
on seed piece at every mark at edge
of plank, then turn plank over anG
repeat. This will give you IL inc
rows with garlic standing 10 inches
apart in the drill, every row being
the same distance. Do not put sect
piece too deep. Leave the top JUS
out of the ground. After bed ha'
oeen planted put on about 4 inches
of straw as a mulch. The garlic wi!
not need any cultivation or atten
ion till ripe. 1t should be gathered
as soon as the tops ripen and ia :.
over to the ground.
L. H., jacksonville: l am think
inc If fvv Fn11 tn Tn
Which is the best variety and when
should the seed be sown? Is it bes'
to tie up and prune fall tomatoes, a.
we do in the spring?
The best fall tomato is the Earli
ana. As a rule we do not have a.
much rain tn latter part of Septem
Der and first Of October when the to
matoes would be ripening, as vi
have in the spring, and that being
the case do not think you would be
bothered with rot as much so as III
spring. The method of cultivation
and fertilization should be the SANE
in fall as in spring. Seed should bf
sown first half Of June in shaded
or rather semishaded place and KEEP
we'll watered, otherwise the hot sur
will kill the small plants before the.
get big enough to stand the heat
You can tie up and stake plants i
you like, but il you are not bothered
with wet weather rot 30 MT thin
it will pay for the extra trouble
you have spring tomatoes and do no.
succeed in getting your plants start
ed off right suckers and limbs from
the old plants can be used in tn
same way as you would use plants
They will grow of as we'll and bea'
fruit just as early. - ss-as gssz,,s &: