Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-02-18
A FARM GARDEN
Half Acre of Ground VIII Provide An
the Vegetables Needed by the
Average Family.

H. M Cottrell, one Of the South's
most noted agricultural experts, who
has particularly studied the needs Of
the cotton growers. writing for a
prominent farm journal, has the fol-
lowing interesting article on the far
mers garden:
A well tended garden OF one-half
acre will furnish more food than can
be bought with two bales of cotton.
People who have good garden are
well fed and can do good days work
every day. The health of the family
Is better where there is a full sup
ply of vegetables every day in the
year. Any landowner can afford to
furnish free the half acre needed by
the tenant for a garden, because the
tenant will more than pay for It in
work that will produce larger yields
of crops.
Besides the half acre for garden,
each family should plant a half acre
to Irish potatoes, on which two crops
are grown, one half acre to sweet po-
tatoes, and one half acre to Japan
ese or Texas ribbon cane for syrup.
In the latter case use three pounds of
seed Every country merchant can
afford to allow tenant farmer cred
| II for seed and plants for the garden
and seed for the Irish potatoes, be-
cause, with the garden and sweet po-
tatoes, the tenant will not need
large allowance to carry him through
the season and he will have more cot
ton money to spend in the fall.
Below is list of seed for family
of five and the time of planting. The
earlier paintings may be killed by
unfavorable weather, but will do well
in so many seasons that 1t will pay to
take the risk. Any good varieties
may be used in the place OF the ones
mentioned.
February
Sow 1G-eent package cash of White
III ped trrDip radisL, southern cUrleu
mustard, big Bottcn lettuce, Alaska
peas, purple top 6, ,Cbe furnip. Plant
half an acre of Irish cobbler potatoes,
using six bushels of seed.
1
Sow 10-cent packages each of
champion of England peas. early rad
ish, purple top globe turnip, crimson
eicbe beet, dwarf German kale,
Bloomsdale spinach, southern curled
mustard, red Valentine beans, long
orange carrot, small early Wakefield
cabbage and Adams early corn. Plant
scent package each of acme and
stone tomatoes in boxes kept in the
house.
Apil
Sow 10-cent Packages each of
Danvers' half-long carrot. early white
cucumbers, red Valentine bush beans,
small Sieva butter beans, early blood
turnip beets, big Boston lettuce,
white velvet okra, hollow crown par
ships, champion of England or tele-
phone peas, early white tipped rad
ish, purple top globe turnip and early
surprise sweet corn. Plant two pts.
icnion sets. Bed two bushels Nancy
Hall sweet potatoes in hotbed.
May
! Sow 10-cent packages each of
red Valentine bush beans, Kentucky
wonder pole beans, New York egg
plant, Rock Ford canteloupes, Keck-
ley sweet watermelon telephone peas
bull nosed pepper, long green cay
enne pepper, Stowell's evergreen
sweet corn, white bush squash, yell
low field pumpkin, Carolina butter
beans and white velvet okra. Plant
cowpeas for table use. Set 1000
Nancy Hall sweet potato plants.
| June
| Sow 10-cent packages each of
white tipped turnip radish. purple
top globe turnip, Stowells' evergreen
corn, red Valentine beans, white
spine cucumbers. Georgia collards.
July
Sow last of month if season is ia
vorable rutabagas and turnips; 10
cent ackage of each.
Auguts
Sow 10-oent packages each OF
red Valentine bush beans, Georgia
collards, drum-head Savoy cabbage,
viii grow winter BloOmsdale spin
ach, dwarf German kale, China rose
radish, strap leaf turnip, seven-top
turnip for greens. country gentle
man sweet corn big Boston lettuce,
southern curled mustard.
September
Sow 10-cent packages each of
red Valentine bush beans, Alaska
peas, corn salad, seven-top turnip,
blood red beet and dwarf German
kale. Plant two quarts shallots and
OTIS. Of onion sets. A package Of
dwarf essex green's will produce very
choice winter green's.
| October
Sow 10-cent package each of
Bloomsdale spinach, radish and tur-
nip. Plant two quarts onion sets.
November
If season Is favorable SOW 10-cent
package each spinach, radish and
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