The daily Alaskan., 1917-06-05
SOWING THE SEED
How Much Should Be Allowed For
 a Family of Four.
LAYING OUT THE GARDEN.
Specialists AdvlsS the Making of a Rough Plan of ths Garden Whor0on spaess to Be Used For Each Variety of Veastabls Can Bo Indicated.

Rough Plan or Eho Sar09h WnoTeon
 spaess to Be Used For Each Variety
 Of Vegetable Can 5e Indicated. Prepared by United States department ot
 agricultural
 The home gardener will find it help ful to make a 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 be planted or interplsnted between grow Ing rows and also arrange for the sec ond and third crops which are to fol low those previously harvested Such a plan will enable him to keep the gar den busy all season supplying fresh vegetables during the summer and pro ducing in the late fall root and other crops for winter use. Once the heavy preliminary spading and working Of the garden have been done 1t is about as easy to raise two or three crops as to keep the garden clean of weeds to produce only one picking. The 5pe- cialists advise those who are not used to gardening or wish to have their children take an interest in the garden to hire a laborer to do the heavy pre- llminary spading or breaking up of the soil. This heavy work frequently dis gusts novIces and children, who would continue to take an interest in the gar den if their task was simply to hne and cultivate soil already broken up.
 The following amounts of seed the garden specialists of the United States department of agriculture say are needed to plant approximately 100 feet of row, or enough to supply vesetR- bles for a family of four:
 Beans, snap, one pint
 Beans, pole lima. one-halt pint
 Beans, bush lima, one-half to one pint Cabbage, early, one-half ounce.
 Carrot one ounce.
 Caulihower, one packet
 Celery, one packet
 Cucumber, one-haH ounce
 Eggplant, one packet
 Kale, or Swiss chard. one-haf ounce.
 Parsley one packet.
 ParsnIps, one-haf ounce.
 Salsify, one ounce.
 Squash, summer, one-half ounce.
 Squash. Hubbard type, one-hRn ounce,
 The following vegetables, the spe- cialists say, will undoubtedly be plant, ed in larger amounts than those just mentioned, and the amounts of seed given will be 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-haH to one ounce. Corn. sweet, one pint
 Lettuce, one ounce.
 NuskneiOn. one ounce
 Onion sets, two quarts.
 Peas, garden, two to four quarts.
 Radish. one to two ounces.
 Spinach. one-quarter pound in spring and one-half pound in fall.
 Tomatoes, late, One-Quarter ounce.
 TurnIps, one-Guarter pound.
 Watermelon, one 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 she season.
 Of early Irish potatoes one peck to one-half bushel will be required and of late potatoes one-half bushel to one bushel or more, depending upon the amount of ground available for this purpose. If 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 a surplus for canning the amounts indicated above shOuId he considerably increased