The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-06
April Planting

ricultural and horticultural al endar for April applicable to Bir- mingham and surrounding terri tory.
 Vegetable Garden.-First half of month. Plant irish potatoes, Bed sweet potatoes for slips. SOW egg plant, pepper and tomato for plants 10 set later. Plant freely of beets, carrots, cabbage, early corn. lettuce, mustard. persnips, parsley, onions radish spinach, Swiss chard, turnips and English peas.
 Second half of month.-Plant squashes. Set out early tomato. all sorts beans, cucumbers, melons, ,okra, pumpkins and pepper, egg plant and sweet po- tatoes.
 Field Crops.-First half of month. Sow Burt oats, beardlesS barley, clovers. grasses. early corn, rape, spring Vetches, etc
 Second half of month.-Plans cotton, peanuts, velvet and soy beans, broom corn, chufas. sor- ghums, millets, field corn. early COW peas and set out sweet po- tatoes.
 orchar6.-Spraying must be at
 tended to if fruit free of diseases and worms are expected. Get all data and materials from your local seedsman- Be prepared to fight the memorable march Of myriads of injurious insects seek ing to devour every sort of crop. FerIilize all nursery stock in set- sr,a~ aI H. t~A
 Icnse will pay big dividends.
 Flower Garden.-Set out sum mer and fall Towering bulbs and roots, such as gladiolus, tube roses, dahiias, caladiums, and cannas. Roses may still be put out and all sorts of shrubbery. Lawn grass may be planted.
 Last half of month.-Practical- ly all flower seed may now be planted in the open ground, par ticularly the hardy annuas. such as alyssum, asters, balsoms, cai- endula, calliopsis, cocks comb. centaurea cosmos. California pop py. enphorbia. four o'clock, for get-me-not, geranium, heliotrope, annual hollyhocks, lantana, lark spur, nasturtiums, pansies, petu- ~NN"Sf RhAO@t RNPPtNos RNA ANo@e@e~r snap dragon, salvia sunflower sweet peas, verbena, vinca and zinnia. In addition to these many others including climbers. hardy perennials. etc.. may be safely planted.
 Shading the Front Porch
 Ten cents worth of seed, plus a fe, minutes of energy. will add immeas irably to the looks of barre besides protection from tn sun, making life on the iron porch a pleasure instead of veri able inferno. Still you will be abl 0 observe during the summer q ma ority of the houses in Birmingham destitute of any protectio n the way of vines, trees or shrub ,ery.
 People don't seem to think of thi intil such conditions of uncomfor Ire actually present.
 There are many quick growing an iual vines easily grown from seeS iome of which, not only afford tn lesired shade but are a joy for thei bloom. These quic growing vines may serve a valuabl purpose for covering unsightly build ngs, outhouses. dead trees, boar ences, etc.
 If those who are interested woul ,nly suggest to friends and neigh DOTS. no end of good may easily b 
 Soaking Seed
 The "age old" practice of soakin eed for quick germination too ofte 'esults in disaster, especially whc lpplied generally to a great variet If seed. There are certain seeds pos ;essing a very hard shell or oute covering, when soaking before plant ng is permissible; providing alway he soil be sufficiently moist to re ,eive soaked seed, thus preventin my check in the process of germina ion.
 It should be remembered that a leeds possess those clements { ,ourish the sprouting germ until an make roots and through theJ secure food from the soil to main ain it's place in nature.
 The soaking of seed in water be ore planting, is liable in some see, Q dissolve and remove certai from the seed, most es ential for normal development.
 In the absence of definite knowl 'dge obtained through experience c when in doubt, you had better is nature do her own mysterious worl
 Getting . Stand of Corn
 In many sections of Alabama tn ,ut worms. bud worms and variou 'Oot worms are so bad that it is we nigh impossible to get a stand ( ,orn through the ordinary method ( in hills. IL is possible. ( :ourse, to destroy many such pcsl ,y putting out poison bait. but Q large acreage, it becomes more ( ess impracticable on account of Ia DOT and expense.
 The best plan seems to be to dro the corn thickly in continuous dril one grain to every three to fiv inches and avoid thinning out unt