THE GRAND PRIZE GARDEN I7 



June — 61 1-2 hours male labor $ 9. 11 



I 1-2 hours female labor 12 



July — 8 hours female labor 64 



26 1-2 hours male labor 4.18 



Aug — 5 hours male labor 75 



3 hours female labor 24 



Nov — 5 hours male labor 1.05 



$-2777 



July — Marketing $ 2.00 



Aug — Marketing 3.00 



Sept — Marketing 3.00 



Nov — Marketing 5.00 



$40.77 

 Male labor, 162 1-2 hours, female labor, n 1-2 hours. 



Raising and Setting Tomato Plants. — Seed of 

 Fordhook's Fancy and Ponderosa was sown in the 

 hotbed April i and transplanted after the second set 

 of leaves appeared. Nitrate of soda was applied, one 

 ounce to the sash. The plants were left in the hotbed 

 until May 3. Potting" soil was prepared by mixini^ 

 three-fourths leaf mold and one-fourth well-rotted 

 manure. Six-inch pots, with broken pieces of crocks 

 placed in the bottom for drainage, were filled one- 

 fourth full of soil. As the plants were put in the pots 

 a small handful of Jadoo fiber was placed under and 

 around the roots. Sufficient soil to hold the plants in 

 place was put in and well firmed around the roots. The 

 pots were then filled with the soil and placed in a tub 

 partially filled with water which had been exposed to 

 the sun, and after soaking were transferred to the cold 

 frame. With occasional watering and uncovering, 

 when weather permitted, they remained until May 26, 

 when they were set in the open ground. 



In planting out, a line was drawn and holes were 

 made with a spade three feet each way for Fordhook's 

 Fancy and five by six feet for Ponderosa. A tub 



