Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-09
FARM BUREAU ADVICE
 FOR SPRING PLAATIN

drawing near s <411644I Piuu6Hs Hl at work in some sections. To help the farmer. and home gardener the following suggestions were given out | for publication at the. New London | County Farm Bureau office tn the Fhayer building, Thursday.
 The better the soil Is prepared, the l better foundation you are laying for | good garden. Flow deep and thor l ougfly in a manner that thoroughly l puiverizes the soil, then harrow irn- mediateiy before the soil has chance to dry out and become iurnpy on top.;l
 If you must spade your garden, spade in such a way as to cover up all trash and break up the large coarse Jumps. Before the land has a chance to become baked. hard. and lumpy, use garden rake or wooden
 hay rake Such as is ordinarily used
 to rake hay by hand This will leave
 the surface fine and prevent the for
 nation of lunps will conserve Imois- ture as the loose soil will act like a sponge, soaking up the rain that falls and preventing the evaporation of moisture from the soil beneath.
 The best fertilizer for the garden is barnyard or stable manure plowed or spaded into the soil, It pays to use a liberal quantity If bafnyard manure 1 is unobtainable, plflverized sheep ma
 
 commercial fertilizer used. The high- est grade of commercial fertilizer is to l be recommended as it contains more plant food for a dollar than the cheap brands.
 For garden use we recommend what 1 is known commercial as -489n Mix ture, which means per cent. of ann monia, 8 per cent. of phosphOric acid, 1 and f per cent. of potash. Such fer tilizer should cost about $5.5e a hum dred pounds, and is worth more than I twice as much as one costing S2 to l $2.50 a hundred pounds.
 Wood ashes and hen manure are splendid garden fertilizers with these exceptions. Never mix them before l applying. Keep wood ashes sof the l potato patch, and hen manure away 1 from contact with tf1e seeds. Best I way to apply hen manure is to scat I ter broadcast one bnshel to one square 1 rod or more and rake into the soil.
 l Commercial fertilizers may be ap- I piled just before the seeds are plant ,A ed and worked into the soil with q rake or a harrow. Be sure to scat ter it evenly. One hundred pounds oi a good commercial fertilizer analyzint ,i 8 to 4 per cent. of nitrogen and to Il | per cent. of phosphoric acid, and a t per cent. of potash will be enough for about 10 square rods of garden l This would be an average application sl Better results would be secured b. ? dividing the amount, putting in one | haf or two-thirds at the time 0 , planting and the remainder bein, Fl worked into the soil between the TOW ) later on in the season.
 Fl, Onions are among our hardies : vegetables and the seed may be SOW I in drills IS inches apart or the set & may be used inches apart in row f i about IS inches apart, 1 oiince of see f or { quarts of sets for 100 feet or TOW Q Desirable varieties are Yellow Glob si DanEers.
 i Peas may be planted any time nov : Peas will come along if planted a : soon as the frost Is out of the grouns | In order to hasten them to maturit e and make them a little earlier do ns . cover the early paintings too deel u Soak them in warm water over nigf e l before planting. This. will catis d them to swell and start germinatio e In good shape. One quart Of seed q sufficient for 100 feet of drill. Max f the rows SC to 36 inches apart and Ii inches deep. Cover 1 inch deep an |: i'll in the rows as plants grow. Dt VI sirable varieties are Eett's Exceisio d Alaska, Thomas Laxtoa, Hersford l- Market Garden. isl Lettuce may be sown any time 4 " eItsof the way places in the gardt -1 or a special TOW may be made for ts iI which one-daif ounce of seed W e. plant a TOW 100 feet long. A packa, of is sufficient for about 1900 plan, ir Thin out the seeding to 6 inch ss apart or better still transplant the .u in the evening or on rainy day. D to Eirable varieties are May King, Ic fe berg, Big Boston.
 7e Spinach. Sow in rows Is inch at apart, preferably in sandy locafi esi for the earliest crop. One ounce lg likely to deteriorate, be sure and F re fresh seed. May be sown in succe i- sion all summer. Desirable Yarieta ss are Long Season, New Zealand. he Cabbage. For the early crop SC ye may be sown in the open ground in ar short row and the plants later traI ho planted to the permanent 1ocati, ,g. Early cabbage plants. should be
 about Is to IS inches apart in roi
 two or three feet apart. Desiral
 varieties are Early Jersey Wakehe ,c Copenhagen, Market
 Crops which may be planted ca: ng in the season and which will stand ,sS certain amount Of frost include c A- ions, peas, lettuce, beets, swiss cha <s, and cabbage.
 h. Garden crops which will not vii nt stand frost but are fairly good gro ne CTS during cool weather include DO or toes, carrots radishes and parsll ne Crops which you must delay plai of ing until warm weather comes vi ,, the ground is very warm inch " corn. beans. cucumbers, tomato na melons, egg plant. peppers.
 II Don't plant lima beans until N to pears and cherries are in bloom. T
 rule also applies. with less empha -ty to other varieties of beans with = exception that one or two early pia
 lngs of string beans may be ma [ bearing in mind that a light frost 2, st. destroy them.