The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-09-09
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MARY LEM
Need for Winter Gardens.

Need for Winter Gardens. y
Every Southern garden Should have
n supply of turnips spinach, radishes
onions, lettuce, carrots, cabbage and
beets. All Of these can be planted in
september. "You can raise more
vegetables with one dollar spent 70,
seed, together with little time work.
ing 1t, than you could go to a store
and purchase with fifteen or twent,
times as much money, and they are
far better, because they are fresh
from the garden, have not been
picked, packed, and shipped perhaps
for several hundred miles to mar.
ket. They are tender and crisp like
yo uwant them." All these vegetables
can be easily grown and form valu:
able additions to the usual dry, winter
diet. With more of such food pro.
ducts in the diet, there would be less
use for spring tonics and other med.
icines. The ash or mineral matter
found In green vegetables, fruits and
salads furnish the cell salts which,
when united with other foods such as
eggs. milk, lean meat and peas,
make chemical changes that must be
made to keep an even balance on
health In. the body. These mineral
salts are iron, calcium, magnesium,
potassium and phosphorus. Iron
found In spinach, and all greens,
dried beans. dried peas. whole wheat
lean meat, egg yolk. prunes. raisins,
dried figs.
Calcium found in milk, cabbage,
caulifiower, parsnip, cheese, citrous
fruits. celery. dry peas.
Magnesium found in peas, beans,
milk, prunes. whole wheat, oatmeal,
peanuts, walnut. chocolate.
Potassium found In potatoes, par
snip. turnip, cabbage. cocoa, raisins,
apples. prunes.
Phosphorus found in meat, milk,
dried beans, dried peas. peanuts, egg
yolk.
The operations Of the daily process
Of body building may be likened to a
brick structure. The bricks and NOR
tar represent the proteins. sugars.
and fats, organic material. out of
which the house is built. The inor-
ganic salts of iron. lime magnesium,
and potash found in green vegetables
and fruits represent the brick ma
sons that build the house. The orr
sahic matertxs y inactiyes Without the
AID Of in6Fkanic or celi-sG5tS instef-:
ial to make the proper chemical
changes in, the body.
These foods not only furnish nutri-
ment foh the bones and teeth. the
structure OF the body, but they aid in
keeping the body cleansed.
Spinach. lettuce. radish, cabbage,
and cauliflower attain their best de-
veloppent on sandy soil well sup
piled with humus or decayed vege-
table matter. All of them thrive best
during late fall or early spring.
Instructions will be sent for pre-
pairing these vegetables for the table,
for canning the surplus spinach and
for brining the surplus caulifiower
To be used later I'm mixed pickles.
Lettuce. In growing this crop in
the open or in hot beds and cold
frames, the best results can be secur-
cd by sowing the seed in a we'll pre-
pared bed and transplanting the
young plants. Sow the seed thinly in
drills to inches apart and cover
about 1-2 inch deep. For the best re-
suits. transplant the young plants as
soon as they form the first true
leaves. Set these plants in cold
fran 2 inches apart each way and as
soon as they reach a height Of 1 1-2
to 2 inches, take up the plans with
a trOwel or spade and set to the per-
manent bed. If planting in the field,
set the plans to 10 inches apart in
rows IA inches apart each way. Let
tuce seed Is sometimes sown in rows
In the field and the plans thinned out
to stand the proper distance.
The soil for lettuce should be thor
oughly prepared as very little cultiva-
ton can be given when the plans at
tain considerable size. While the
plants are small, the soil should be
cultivated to keep down weeds and
prevent crust forming. In the
frames hoe or hand weeder can be
used. while in the open wheel hoe
can be used to good advantage.
There are two general types of let
tHce,, foose leaf and the heading
types. OF tie loose leaf types. the
Grand Rapids and Black Seeded
Simpson are among the best varie-