South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-19
.How Much Vegetable
Sc ed TO Plant for
a Family of -Four
by a Government Expert.

Ntstlduie heeu Tor planting should
be ordered at once 50 as to be on
nand as soon as the weather and
condition of the soil make planting
possible. Before ordering seed the
home gardener would do well to
look over his garden plot, decide on
the best location for each vegetab BILE.
and determine how much seed lie
will require for the space available
for each variety.
He will find IL helpful TO make a
rough plan of his garden on Il large
sheet OF wrapping paper. on this
plan he can indicate the spaces 10
be used for each variety and also
by means of colored pencils or sym
bols show where a second crop is
20 be planted or interplanted be-
tween growing rows. and also ar
range for the second and third
crops which are TO follow those pre-
viously harvested. Such a plan will
enable him TO keep the garden busy
all season supplying fresh vege-
tables during the summer and pro-
ducing in the late fall root and 9TH
=
heavy preliminary spading and
working of the garden has been
done, il is about as easy 10 raise
two or three crops as to keep the
garden clean of weeds TO produce
only one picking. The specialists
advise those who are not used 10
gardening or wish TO have their
children take an interest in the gar
den 10 hire a labOrer 10 do the
heavy preliminary spading or break
ing up of the soil. This heavy work
frequently disgusts novices and
children who would continue to take
an interest in the garden if their
task was simply TO fine and Guilt
vate soil already broken up.
Seed for a Family of Four.
The following amounts of seed
the garden specialists of the United
States department of agriculture
say are needed TO plant approx
mately 100 feet of row. or enough
TO supply vegetables for family
of four:
Beans, snap. l pint.
Beans, pole lime, p pint.
Beans, bush lime, Il pint 70 1
pint.
Cabbage, early, y ounce.
Carrot, 1 ounce.
CauliflOwer. / packet.
Celery, 1 packet.
Cucumber. y ounce
Eggplant, l packet.
Kale, or Swiss chard, p ounce.
Parsley, 1 packet.
Parsnips. IL ounce.
Satisfy. ] ounce.
Squash, summer. y ounce.
Squash. Hubbard tyre, y ounce.
The following vegetables. the spe-
cialists says, will undoubtedly be
planted in larger amounts than
those just mentioned, and the
amounts of seed given will be a
guide for ordinary requirements.
Some families may need more of
the various vegetables and others
would need less:
Beet, ounces.
Cabbage. late. y ounce to 1
ounce.
Corn, sweet, 1 pint.
Lettuce. l ounce.
Muskmelon, ounce
onion sets, quarts.
Peas. garden. to 4 quarts.
Radish, ] TO ounces.
Spinach. Il pound in spring and
L pound in fall.
Tomatoes, late, "A ounce.
Turnips. Il pound.
Watermelon, l ounce.
Plant Successfully.
The string beans. bush lime
beans. sweet corn. lettuce. peas and
radishes will not all be planted al
one time, but successive paintings
two OF three weeks apart will be
made so as 10 have a fresh supply
throughout the season.
OF early Irish potatoes / peck tn
Il busheI Will be required, and OF
late potatoes y bushel 10 ! bushel
or more. depending upon the
amount of ground available for this
purpose. Ii possible. enough Irish
potatoes should be grown TO last
throughout the winter.
In the event that the family
wishes to raise vegetables TO supply
current needs and also 10 supply a
surplus for canning, the amounts
indicated above should be consider
ably increased.
The home gardener should find
useful farmers bulletin 255 Home
Vegetable Garden. and farmers
bulletin 647, Home Garden in the
south. The latter is designed par
ticularly for use in the warmer
climates. but contains man sugges-
tions that can readily be adapted
by home gardeners in the north.
Tho denartnnnt of agriculture will