The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1922-03-01
seasonal rips For Gardeners

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Seasonal Tips For Gardeners
During late February and early
March is the time to start the war on
insects by raking up and burning all
trash in the garden. Many serious
insects are harbored in this trash
during the winter and early spring.
II 1t is not cleaned up until later in
the season, they are already active
and cannot be destroyed by this
method.
Those who have not made out
their orders for garden seeds al
ready will profit by doing so at once.
Enough seeds should be ordered
from some reliable seed house to
last throughout the season. The
best seeds are cheapest in the end.
o.
Rotation Of crops is as important
in the garden as 1t is in the use Of
field crops. Plan your garden this
year so that you will not have the
same vegetable growing on the
SAND ground that 1t did last year.
The most useful garden is the
one that has a succession Of crops
throughout the season. This plan
will necessitate several paintings of
early vegetables such as radishes,
onions and peas.
Save time and labor and keep
down the weeds easier this year by
planting the garden seeds in long
rows. This allows the use of
wheel cultivator or even a horse
cultivator in some cases. Beds of
lettuce. onions and radishes are out
OF date.
Leave pfdCS III thS 6oiucH lhio
year for spinach as it is one of the
most healthful vegetables that can
be grown. 1t is a quick maturing
crop and will furnish large amount
of greens. For early greens, plant
the last of March. Gardeners at the
College of Agriculture say the Vic
toria, Bloomsdale or New Zealand
are good varieties for Kentucky.
o.
A few minutes spent in the garden
each day is better than two or three
hours once a week.
Seed Treatment Checks Serious
Losses In Oats
1t is probable that Kentucky lost
from 146,91S to 930,4S2 bushels OF
her annual oats crop in 1919 through
the averages of loose and covered
SHUTS which could have been pre-
vented easily by means OF seed
treatment, according to crop disease
specialists at the Kentucky Agricul-
tural Experiment Station who are
urging farmers to treat their seed
this spring as insurance against
further losses. In spite of the ease
with which losses may be prevented,
the loose and covered SHUTS of oats
probably have been responsible for
greater losses year after year, than
any other preventable crop disease
in the United States, according to
the specialists. Spraying the seed
with a formaldehyde solution has
been recommended as a control
AS the seed is being shoveled from
one pile to another, each shovelful
is sprayed with a solution consist
ing of one part of 40 per cent
formaldehyde and one part of water.
This solution is used at the rate of
one quart to SO bushels Of seed. A
small quart sprayer is convenient
one to use for the purpose. After
the oats are all treated in this way
they are piled and covered with
blankets, canvas or sacks to confine
the vapor. At the end OF five hours.
they are uncovered and planted.
Since the formaldehyde vapor irri-
tates the eyes. nose and throat. the
sprayer should be held close to the
pile of oats and circulation of air
provided.
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