Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-15
When Discouraged Plant Beans.

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When discouraged plant beans.
This is the cheering Injunction when
the United States department of agri'
culture is sending to the gardeners o.
the country who have had poor luci
with other crops.
There is no widely adapted garder
crop that will do so well on poor sol
and nothing that is so nearly fool PROOF
as beans" says a statement of the de-
partment "The limits of the planting
season also are elastic. The gardener
may give his backward onions or beets
another chance 10 make good and still
have time to fill in their places WITH
beans, If they fail Beans Of the gar
den and field sorts may be planted III
the latitude of Washington for ma
ture crop until the middle of July, ano
string beans may be planted all thru
August. In the latitude of New YORK
beans may be planted turnout June.
BLACK Valentine Is a very hardy
variety and Green Pod Stringless Is
very prolific. Limas are more exacting
in their requirements than other
BEANS"
AS a result of recent survey OF
100 boys and girls club gardens IN q
typical community, the statement
points out. the department OF asrlcui'
ture finds that where failures have oc-
CURED in gardening this year, they
have been due in general to shaoe'
poor soil or one or more OF the follow
ing mistakes:
% Failure. in preparing for the gar
den. TO dig deeply enough and pulFer-
ize the soil sufficiently. CD Too tines
planting. CO Too deep planting. "a
Ridsing the garden and planting or
ridges instead of keeping the srouno
level. This causes the water to dram
away from the plant, t5) Planting toe
early, especially corn, lima beans ano
cucumhers. 90 Too many light, sur
face waterings. Roots seek water. ano
a wet surface causes a growth o,
roots there, which are later parcheo
by the sun. Such watering TENDS aiso
to form a hard crust over the surface
IN general there should be less water
ing and more hoeing- Keep iocse
LAYER Of soil on top 20 retain the water
that is present. If you must wafer
soak things well. hoe as soon as the
soil dries a little. and then leave Inc
garden unwatered several days, rather
than sprinkle lightly each day. ca
The raising of too many oineFen'
vegetables attempted.
Instructions concerning bean culture
may be had by writing TO the depart
ment of agriculture for farmers buile-
tin No. eS9
Proper Thinning OF Garden Plants.
Do not allow garden vegeta pies iC
crowd each other in drills or rows
Unless each plant has adequate room
for development and chance 10 re-
ceive all the sunlight. air moisture
and plant food which It needs, the spe-
cialists point out. il will be stunteo
and its contribution to the food supply
Of the family therefore will be low in
quantity and inferior in quality.
II is well enough to plant seed more
thickly than the plants should grow
to allow for faulty termination and
losses. It Is explained. but the mistake
Of allowing the crops to grow as thick
" as they come up must not be MADE
A good time to thin out surplus plants
is a few weeks after the plants have
come up, when thty have become large
enough 10 show which are most thrifty
and before they have begun to CROWD
seriously Wherever possible the
thriftiest plants should be left.
In thinning lettuce, and beets, some
of the best rooted plants may be sci
out to fill up any spaces which may
have occurred in the drills. Lettuce
also may be permitted TO grow fairly
large before thinning, and the surplus
plants eaten. The plants should be