The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-09-15
MAKE YOUR PLANS NOW
terest In 1t that you will want to do
something more to it.
DO It This Month

DO IL InlS MOnCn
Do you want to know why all
this has to be done this fall? Well,
in the first place, fall blowing is bet
ter than spring. If you leave it till
spring 1t will not get done at all
or If done it will not be done at the
right time. If the fertilizer is work
ed into the ground this fall 1t will
| have time to ripen and become a part
of the soil by spring. Flowers are
not so hardy as field crops and 1t
is easier to founder them by contact
! with strong manure. The ground
in the yard packs so easily by the
tramping of many feet, and there Is
SO little opportunity to loosen 1t up
again, it is important that you get
it we'll pulverized and then get some
thing into it that will prevent It's
packing. Well rotted manure Will
do this If you use it in sufficient
quantity. But don't think that a
gallon of it to the square yard is
going to have that effect. One bushel
Of manure to three bushels Of earth
will be more like it, but you must
be sure that 1t we'll mixed and has
time for the soil to assimilate the
fertilizer before it is set to shrubs
and plants. If you plow the ground
a foot deep, see if you can't put on
four inches of manure. If the manure
is fresh and strong it will not do to
use SO much even if it does have all
winter in which to ripen. You must
not have it in Jumps and bunches
where the roots will reach it. Gut
ters should be placed under the caves
to catch the rain water and keep IT
from pouring down upon the plants.
The beating of this water on a plant
ruins it. If it is not actually hurt
by the dropping of the water, the
splash of the dirty water after 1t
hits the ground leaves dirt on the
leaves and that helps to smother the
plant. The soil becomes caked n
slick and dries out quickly, and 1t
also burns easily in the sun, so you
might as we'll rig up some l n OF
a trough next winter n attach II
to the caves. Have a pipe or trough
to conduct the water down to the
ground at some point where you are
willing it shall go into the earth.
If YOU let it fall from the end OF
the trough or gutter at the caves 1t
will always keep an ugly bare spot
several feet across.
Fencing Yard and Garden
It will be necessary to get some
woven wire and make a fence to
keep poultry and animals out of the
yard. This may seem a lot of trouble
but If you will build your fence we'll
and hang the gates carefully with
springs to hold them shut, you will
find it works we'll. Extend the fence
around the garden spot too, and pro-
coed to save money on your grocery
bill by growing better food in the
garden than you can buy in cans
at the store. A garden does best
when It is protected by some rows
of trees or willows. Anything that
will break off the wind and make a
coy spot will add greatly to the
early growth of stuff in the garden.
If you find yourself saying that
things do not grow well for you, just
r member that it is because you have
not prepared the soil right or you
have not planted right. A slight
change in the depth of the seed or
the time of planting may make a
great difference in the results, but
for the present give your attention
to getting the weeds off and the
ground well fortified and plowed
deep. We will tell you about the
spring work next winter and spring.
Just take u word for it that the
farms where they have loads of
garden truck from some time in the
spring till the canned goods are gone
the next spring, do it by planting
generously and often and by giving
nature a chance. The person who
does half a days work in the garden
twice a year and expects it to save
them $500 on the grocery bill has
too much expectation. More system
is needed and more application at
the right times, If you want green
peas all summer, keep planting seed
peas all spring, a few at a time.
If you want green corn for several
weeks during the summer, plant a
few rows of seed corn Of an early
sweet variety everw few days in