The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-01-31
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Once, Upstairs in the Court House Al
Jasper. | will be IN m, Office all day
saturday aud Monday morning and al
other times when not busy IN the fields
Office hours s u ~ A NJ aud ] TO . !
NJ. Phone 30.
Draw Your Garden Plan Now
, Have you made your garden
pan for this year? Ii no it is
time 10 get busy so that you can
ldetern inc how much seed you
need ana trier it 'arly. 81
down some evening soon with
your family and put your 1918
garden o. paper.
How much Of each vegetable
are you &c ing to plant? A mis-
take you may have made the Past
season was 10 plant too much OF
some Vegetable and not enough
of others. Pr, vide for the needs
of your family in the rows you
allow for each vel tai lie
Have orr last years plan ~
mind so that you co not place q <
crops on the same section OF the
garden as they were lsst summer
Rotate your crops: that Is plan 10
put yodr tomatoes where you
cabbage was planted. cabb ge
Nhere there were tomatoes. aad
so on.
Always plan to plant H. rows
rather than beds; and do net
make paths through uni, So nee
esssry. II your riot is lar Z
enough for wheel hoe cultivation
run the rows the long wy of the
garden.
How should the VA ious cron-
oe :, oups q? Perenrials such a.
asparagus or ihuharb should b,
D aced at one side; next 10 them
the group of earl IS vegetables
such as early raids hes, early peas,
leaf lettuce or ca ~ turnlps.
Next the groups that you " Il
plant few weeks later such as
onions, chard, and cabbage, then
the ones that you will plant when
the wealth, r starts TO get warm
such as bush string beans; finally
the rows of tomatoes, peppers.
cucumbers and squash.
In your plan make provision
for the SOW ng Of companion and
succession crops Arrange your
plan so tfat when one crop is
harvested another vegetable can
be sown between the oil, lows or
new paintings in the space vaca-
ted Do not be content to raise
a single crop. when two or three
are possible
If there is a varis ton in the
soil in different parts or the gar
den, that must be- considered.
II part o your soil is higher ar d
drier than the rest. plant your
early crops there 70 give them
thp advantage of quick warm
soil. Grow large enough gar
den to supply you with both sum
mer and W inter- vegetables.
Save Wood Ashes.
II you have fireplace or use
wood in the cookstove. do not
throw away the wood ashes
save this valuable material to
use in fertilizing your garden.
Wood istes are Of value as q
fertilizer because of the potash
and ! me they contain. Potash
has been impossible get for
some time and is still likely to be
scarce {; nd high in price For
every hundred pounds of unleach-
ed wood a: hes you spread over
the garden, five pounds OIL potash
will be added. Your root crops
especially will be benefited Al
the same time the lime IN the
ashes will sweeten your soil
a nd improve its tea ture Ssve all
your wood ashes until spring,
then just after narrowing. IT
a d spread them over the var
den. 5 to 10 pounds % the square
rod, and work them in with tar
row or rake
Coal ashes have no jertillz.Dg
va,ue. but in ease of heavy clay
soil ;if sifted lightly over the
surface a. d work, d n they vii
Iivhi en- the soil 80 that air and
water may more easily penetrate
Because of the improvement in
texture of the clay It will he b.
tsr for root crops and easier 10
cultivate.
h c THOMPSON.
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