The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-05-24
SOWING THE SEED
How Much Should Be Allowed For
Family Of Four.
LAYING OUT THE GARDEN.

Specialists Advise the Making 81 .
Rough Plan OF the Garden whsrso1
Spaces TO Be Used For Each Variety
Of Vegetable Can Be Indicated.
Prepared by United States department Of
agriculture
The home gapdener will find II help
full to make rough plan Of his garden
on a large sheet Of wrapping paper.
On this plan he can indicate the spaces
to be used for each variety and also by
means Of colored pencils or symbols
show where a second crop Is to DO
planted or interplanted between grow
ing rows and also arrange for the sec
ond and third crops which are to fol-
low those previously harvested. Such
q plan will enable him to keep the gar
den busy all season supplying fresh
vegetables during the summer and pro
ducing I'm the late fall root and other
crops for winter use. Once the heavy
preliminary spading and working OF
the garden have been done II Ii about
as easy to raise two or three crops rs
to keep the garden clean Of weeds to
produce only one picking. The spe-
cialists advise those who are not used
to gardening or wish to have their
children take an interest In the garden
20 hire q laborer to do the heavy pre-
liminary spading or breaking up Of the
soil. This heavy work frequently dis
gusts noviccs and children. who would
continue to take nm interest I'm the gar
den II their task was simply to fine
and cultivate soil already broken up,
The following amounts Of seed tho
garden specialists Of the United States
department of agriculture say arc
needed to plant approximately 100 feet
Of row. or enough TO supply vegeta-
bles for a family Of four:
Beans. snap. one pint
Beans. pole lima. one-half pint.
Beans. bush lima. one-half TO one pint
Cabbage. early. one-half ounce.
Carrot. one ounce.
CauliHower. one packet
Celery. one packet.
Cucumber onc-half ounce
Eggplant. one packet.
Kale. or Swiss chard. one-half ounce.
Parsley. one packet
Parsnips. one half ounce.
Satisfy. one ounce
Squash. summer. one-half ounce.
Squash, Hubbard type. one-hslf ounce.
The following vegetables. the spe-
ciallsts say. will undoubtedly be plant
ell In larger amounts than those Just
mentioned. and the amounts OF seed
given viii he a guide for ordinary re-
quirements. Some families may need
more OF the various vegetables. and
others would need less:
Beet four ounces
Cabbage. late. one-h half to one ounce.
Corn. sweet. ono pint
Lettuce. one ounce.
Muskmelon. ono ounce.
Onion sets. two quarts.
Peas. garden. two to four quarts
Radish. ono TO two ounces.
Spinach. one-quarter pound In spring
and one-half pound In fall
Tomatoes. late. one-quarter ounce.
Turnips. one-qunrter pound.
Watermelon. ono ounce.
The string beans. bush lima beans.
sweet corn. lettuce. peas and radishes
will not all be planted at one time. but
successive paintings two to three
weeks apart will be made so as to
have a fresh supply throughout the
season.
or early Irish potatoes one peck to
one-half bushel win be required and
Of late potatoes one-half bushel TO one
bushel or more. depending upon the
amount Of ground available for this
purpose. II possible. enough Irish po-
tatoes should be grown to last through
out the winter.
In the event that the family wishes
to raise vegetables to supply current
needs and also to supply surplus for
canning the amounts indicated above
should bo considerably increased