Milford chronicle., 1923-02-09
WHY PLAN YOUR SPRING
PAINTINGS EARLY9
BY F. F. Rockwell,
horticultural Editor of Farm and
Fireside."

III Why should you plan now while th
u ground is still frozen up hard, or COY
y cred with snow, for what you are &c
81 ing to plant this spring?
i The big reason for doing it now'' i
l. that, the earlier you make your plans
= the better the results which you will
e get.
There are many reasons why this il
o fact. In the first place, you can a
= this time make your planting plans a
Z leisure. With the approach of spring
!. even weeks before the ground can b.
e worked, there are a score of things tc
. begin that require ones attention
even on the smallest place. Now
while the evenings are still long, anG
there is plenty of time to pick and
choose and discuss, and to send for
catalogues if those you have on hand
do not cover everything you are like
ly to want, now is the ideal time to do
your planning.
The Early Order Bird Gets the Pick
There is another big reason why you
should get your plans made now, and
that is so that you can order early,
Many kinds of plants and shrubs are
scarcer this spring than they have
been for many years. A few years ago
the United States Department of Ag-
Tlcullure shut out many kinds of
plants formerly imported in large
quantities from abroad. This was done
to lessen the danger of importing ser
ious insects or disease pests with the
plants. Some of these things have no.
yet been produced in sufficiently large
quantities in this country to supply
the demand. That is the reason for
| the shortage. Another is, that more
building has been going on during the
last twelve months than has previous
ly been done in many years. People
realize more than they ever did before
that house is not really a home until
1t is planted with trees and shrubs |
Almost every new home you see built |
Jhese days has some planting done
around it almost Immediately. All |
this building, therefore, has made an
extra heavy demand for all classes of
ornamental plants.
More Fruit Being Planted Than For
Many Years
When it comes to the fruit trees, the
situation is the same. During the war
and the few years following it, COM
paratively few fruit trees were set out.
During the last year or two, however,
people have begun to realize that in
many kinds of fruits, we have fewer
bearing trees in 1920, than we had in
1910. Government figures show that
The decrease were from ten to thirty
and even forty per cent. This has re-
suited IN extra heavy demands from
Dig commercial planters, and thus
short supply for the home owner and
he farmer who wants home orchard
or his use and for local market.
There is no farm investment today T
Which offers better opportunity than ~
be planting of an orchard.
Plan For All Parts of the Place a.
Too many of the places which one c
ees, whether they are farms or SUI -
urban lots, suffer from "lopsided" T,
lanting. In one place you may see a 81
9w eVergreens and nothing else. Ev-
r-greens are fine and they are so de- II, n,
lrable and so long-liVed that some of Ii
lem should be planted every place, ly
ut there is need also for other trees -,
nd for Towering shrubs and hardy M
Lants. Evergreens, as rule, should
. put to the north or west of a house m m
here they will protect it from winter W,
inds and form a background that
i'll set it off to advantage; but in da
ost houses, we welcome all the sun ed
sht we can have in the winter, and Ne
erefore, in front of the house il is so
++o,, e., 1,o-,o ro,,o0 4,,o' ---S,sHI 80 - no
cir leaves in winter, thus furnishing lat
'th shade in summer and permitting no nc
e sunlight to enter during the We W.
Onths when we want it. o'c
There is hardly place, no matter the
w small, where there is not room for u n
me fruit. Certainly no farm is tio
al farm without at least some sort uai
an orchard to provide plenty of
lit for home use.
Even if it is only a couple of dozen
'es, it will be well worth while, be-
use during eight or ten months Of J
} year, they will save many dollars PEI, PEI
1t would otherwise be spent for N
ore" food, and in addition to this, s
IN very small orchard may bring jan
a goodly sum of ready cash. Ten aur
twenty dollars is not at all unusu- noli
1, have received as much as forty ~ ~
lars for the crop from one tree of VT r
lies. scht
hen there are the Towering shrubs P
the hardy flowers. The day has tric fiiiS
le by when the stark, bare farm Nal
lse will pass for farm home that g,
owner can be proud of. Some BI5n FhIl1
nting and some flowers are as liam
ch part of the modern farm home Elm
running water in the kitchen, viii ~
1ern heating plant, and electric Nj
its. A few dollars invested in a pa
lts will bring beauty and joy to the
Ire family for years, and at the
le time add more than ten times
cost of the plants to the value Of
property. There is no longer any 10
Use for bare, implanted houses. visit
eep these things in mind, and ing ing.
,e your plans now to do some sick. SICK
lting this spring. Get your order Mr.
so you can get just what Ter TEL. !.
want and not have to take what ative
other fellow happens to leave. Mi
end
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