Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-15
Farming in the City
Hon. TO Grou Your Peas. Beans
and Bcets.

Peas. beans and bects are among the
mos, popular of home garden crops.
says the bulletin of tn. National Elmer
eenCy Food Garden Commission.
Peas can be planted las soon as the
ground can he worked in the spring. as
they are not easily injured by light
trosts The seeds come in early and
late varieties. the early seeds being
smooth and the late wrinkled. BY Sc
l"cttng these varieties ana planting
seeds every ten days or two weeks
until warm weather sets in. YOU can
make your garden produce fresh peas
for = long period during the growing
season.
Recommended early brands of peas
are Alaska, First and Best and Gradus.
SUPPORTS Later varieties. which must
hc supported with brush. strings
stretched between stakes. or chicken
wire. are Champion of England, Tclc-
phone and Prize Taker.
!'lHn; seeds two or three inches deep
]; - we'll 10 plant double rows six
inches apart. the middle space being
used for the supports. y space of three
OF four feet should separate these
pairs OF rows.
Beans should not be planted until
danger of frost il over. String beans
and Lima beans grow on low bushes
or on climbing vines: yol can get
ply plant every ten days ncver more.
than two inches deep, bush beans
three or four inches apart and climbing
or pole beans i'll hills four or five feci
apart.
r"r pole hcans plant eight or ten
seeds III each hill and thin to three
or four when the plants come up The
poles five or siN feet long should be
ii:ldly fixed in the ccntcrs OF the hills
tiarc two rows Of hills and slant the
poles so that each set Of four may lie
tied together at the top for mutual
support. Indian tcpee fashion.
Ecets arc an early spring crop. being
safely planted when the danger pc
frost is past. Sown thickly in rows
ono foot apart, they should be later
thi;'ncd 10 stand three or four inches
apart. Three paintings will give a
continuous supply.
ONLY YOU CAN
REDUCE LIVING EXPENSE
There is only one person i'm the
world who can reduce the cost of liv-
ing for you-and that is yourself
MI "i the studies and experiments
i'm reducing the cost OF living point
back 1" this fact The blame has
been pu' on the gold surplus and on
the trusts; the war and on the
crops; on the farmer and on tho re-
taller aud on the fnddlcman. But no
true hiii has h""n found against any
OF them or against all OF them
The high cost uf l!vinG in the United
states to-day is due primarily to the
over dcvelopm"ut OF economic inter-
dependence. and tho only remedy is
tn" economic Independence of the in
diNidual.
That is why tho movement, for home
gardening nov sweeping the country
- significant ana important
consider, for It moment, tho develop
m"ni of our method OF feeding our
selves rs a r"oulc. When our conn
try vas sparsrly settled every family
Ma economically indcrendcn, !,
stored Ills own supplies i'm its own
r"Iihr. "Ncn spun lis own cloth and
mad" its own candles Tina; was :,
had state ~ affairs, because il was
"N'r"n" II left no leisure and pre-
vented specialization
SOW ~" have gone TO the oppos;tc (
extreme. y typical modern American
Guy dwcIier is Il man who makes shoes /
Tor a living THAT is his contribution
|" ih" na''yual upkc.p ~. does MOTH
ing else. n depends upon :. man in
bermuda foi has onions, ana one in
Main" for his potatoes aud the hens
OF hNnsas lay eggs for him. Further +
more. NJ depends upon a complicated |
system OF trans portatiOu and storage |
Z" hFlhs ih"-s things 10 MS door The
FaI4fpaGs '-cs, .-r" them across the
9Iai!! M -'s:aE@ plants must pre-
'ht- a~ retailers must select
nat 20 r-s-- tzEe MS order bv ,cl.-
rFfr= sh- ut th-;n iu q cart.
80 nou"E And much
~ -ry it'll. fore
'1E-s ave tbs. shoemaker :,
ga rea for example. he would
'h@--'2 hE I'efstc"s wheu they are
hf@i zHd ,-g-- ,aern. ne could pur