Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-14

Why worry about the high cost OF Vegetaoles! IL you
have back yard why get busy and turn 1t into gar
den? Why pay outrageously high prices for onons po-
tatoes cabbage BEANS peas and all the other Vegetaoes
when with few cents worth Of Seeds few square feet
Of ground and little heahfu outdoor work you can pro-
duce your own garden products?
Never was there time when the planting Of gar
dens was calculated to interest so many people The high
cost of living has brought things such pass that The
average family will absolutely be compelled grow vege
tables in the back yard adjoining vacant lots this
YEAR Vegetables make up half the cost OF food for sum-
mer consumption in most families.
By careful selection Of seeds from & reliable seed
house. and a little planning as to the arrangement OF
heds the average head Of family can make his back yard
proftyielding area; The amount OF labor required IN
he ordinary city garden is such to take much time
from even his periods of recreation, and the exercise
gained by digging and delvng in the ground is always
eneticial
The following is authentic information from an ex-
pert in the seed business what plant and how to
plant it:
Beans-Bush rows feet apart; plant inches apart
in rows variety recommended Bu1pees strngless green
pod Wax rows feet; plant inches; Improved Golden
Wax; pole running beans, rows feet. plants I'M
proved White Kentucky Wonder
Beets-RoWs 18 inches; plants 3 or inches; Cros-
hys Egyptian Detroit Dark Red, Extra Early Egyptian
Brussels Sprouts-Rows 212 feet, plants ~ feet;
Half Dwarf Paris Market.
Cabbage-Rows 212 feet, plants feet. Early Win
ningstadt Copenhagen Market Danish Bahead Selected
Early Cor Late) Flat Dutch
Carrots-Rows "a inches; plants inches. Oxheart
Early Chantenay, Improved Danvers.
SNOWFALL
Chives-Rows 213 feet; plants inches. Cebolleto.
Corn-RoWs 3 feet; plants foot. Oregon Evergreen,
Adams Extra Early, Country Gentleman Minnesota
Sweet To combat the worm dry arsenate Of lead
TO be busted
Lettuce-Rows feet; plants inches Iceberg Let
tuce California Cream Butter Paris White Cos, Early
Curled Simpson.
Onions-Rows IS inches; sets 3 inches Australian
Brown Australian Extra Yellow Globe White Portugal,
Red Wethersfeld.
Parsley-Rows "a inchese; plants inches. Cham
pon Moss Curled
Parsnips-Rows 80 inches; plants inches Hollow
Crowned
Potatoes-Rows 3 feet plants 10 inches.
Peas-Rows feet plants inches. Yorkshire He
ro American Wonder, Gradus, Stratagem; late variety
Telephone.
Peppers-Rows feet; plants 18 inches. Perfection
Pimiento Anahem Chilli, Chinese Grant.
Radishes-Rows 18 inches plants inches. Epicure,
Early Long Scarlet, Short Top, Scarlet Turnip
Tomatoes-Rows feet; plants feet New Stones,
Sparks Earlana.
Turnips-Rows feet; plants inches. Early Pur-
pie Top Milan; Early Snowfall.
For the home truck gardener who makes garden
only supply his table, the choice of crop should be
dependent only upon the family taste. All root vegetables
should be planted to get the best results This
cudes beet carrots chives onions parsnps potatoes
radshes and turnips. On the other hand is safe to
plant almost anything that will grow in the soil of the
yard melons, though they may well be delayed few
weeks
To the boy or girl in school who has never known
the joys Of garden the present high cost of all food pro-
ducts should provide strong stimulus for little expert
mental work with spade shovel hoe and rake. If space
enough is available, vegetables may be raised to supply
the home table and supply the neighbors we'll thus
assuring pocket money for vacation time.
1t is quite possible that Uncle Sam is not SO verdan
onNn q he looks