The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-04-20

THE 81 ,rinly fever has struck the
schools and Abe children are studying
seed catal 6gs picking out vegetables
and flowers fer their gardens and, pre-
paring lists to be forwarded for seeds.
1sWe anti Clip ate, 3" said David r. Fog
well who is in charge of the official
home garden. msy under the supervision
of the schools, "that we shall have at
least 200 GA r,leDs made by children
under the rules iof the contest promoted
bv the schools and which, as was the
case last year, will have series of
cash prizes as All incentive to the chill
dren to work.
"The prizes b ave not been decided
upon vet but the. will be very soon.
'FTn the meant time the children are
urged to get their lists of seeds wanted
ready in order tina all may be sent out
together. Last ye ar more than $4,000
worth of seeds, all in emmy packages,
were ordered by the cfildren. This
year there will probably be more, for
the children began to realize after their
exhibition of vegetables and flowers
last fall what COULD be accomplished
with a penny's worth of seed and a
bit Of hard work.
cone child, from a. penny's worth
of tomato seeds, raised $40 worth of
the vegetable which w as sold Many
of the children raised TALL the family 3
table vegetables from few pennies
worth of the seeds.
"The maximum amo unit of ground
space which any child lay cultivate in
connection with the cont est is rs square
feet The gardens may be as much
smaller as tlle child des ires to have
FFThese gardens will each be inspect
ed at least once a na onth and it is
hoped they may be inspected even
oftener The arrangenA ent of the gar
den as we'll as the growth of the plants
will be considered in awarding prizes. {"
Mr. Fogwen said further that he
hoped to interest the different parent
teacher organizat ions to aid in4the in
spection tours and in giving instruc-
tions to the children in gardening.
The pupils of the fresh air school
have plat of ground near their school
house about 40 feet square. Here the
children will be allowed to have com
munity garden and raise vegetables to
be used for their meals as they eat in
the school, They are also TO have a.
flower garden which Mr.. Fogwell is
helping them to plan and which is to
contain hollyhocks, elysium and other
old fashioned flowers.
At Bonny Hame The children will
have enough space so that each child
will be allotted a spare Of % feet for
his gardening.
The federal bureau of education has
sent out from Washington instructions
to schools for the supervision of home
gardening, some of which are included
in the following
If there is only small amount of
ground, it will be very helpful if. any
high board fences can be replaced with
one made Of chicken wire This will
allow a maximum amount of light and
a free circulation of air, both of which
are desirable for the best development
of the plants and the prevention of
such diseases as mildew. Board fences
are sometimes Objectionable in that
they often prevent free surface drain
age The yard should be so graded
that no water will stand on the surface
of the ground. Sometimes an open
ditch leading into the alleyway or on
to some lower ground will be necessary
Beginners in gardening should be en-
couraged in the selection of the more
easily grown crops, such as onions,
radishes, lettuce, peas, beans, turnips,
carrots, beets, tomatoes, and cabbages.
Too frequently the boys and girls select
too many crops and fail to raise enough
of any to be of use for either the home
or market. For market purposes, the
fewer the crops, consistent with contin-
uous cropping, the greater the chances
for success. Too much stress can not
be placed upon the necessity for select
ing crops that will be required to sup
ply the home or for which there is a
good market. In this connection it is
well to select crops that fit into the
general cropping scheme and those that
will give a continuous succession of
crops. The following crops are sug-
gested for the various seasons:
First planting (early spring Rad
ishes, onion sets, spinach, kale, turnips,
garden peas, lettuce (from plants, if
obtainable), cabbage, and caulifower.
Second planting (from two to four
weeks ter).-Beans, beets, carrots,
corn, parsely, and white potatoes
Third planting (from two to three
weeks LATER Beans, beets. tomatoes.