92 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



down the plank. We often set the plank for a second run 

 of cucumbers the same season. 



It is quite important to have good cucumber plants, and 

 we have had the best success by planting the seed in the bed 

 or green-house, and transplanting very soon after the plants 

 come up, before they get too tall, as they are apt to, soon, 

 if the bed is warm enough to bring them up good. Then, 

 when they have made two or three true leaves, reset and 

 leave until they have started again, when we set them in four 

 or five inch pots, one plant to the pot. The advantage of 

 transplanting is to make the plant more stocky. They may 

 not give so many cucumbers as plants that have been handled 

 less. 



The heaviest crop of cucumbers that I ever grew, the 

 plants were set one foot apart, three to the sash ; but we do 

 not set so thickly as that, as a rule, thinking we get better 

 results, usually, by setting them two feet apart. They want 

 to be set in the centre of the bed. 



We have not considered the water supply as yet, as I take 

 it for granted that no one would think of using glass to any 

 extent without some supply that could be depended on at 

 any time. It makes very little difference where it comes 

 from, but it should be clean, so as not to clog the sprinklers, 

 and have head enough to make a spray, to be all right to use 

 on beds and in green-houses. It is not usually necessary to 

 water beds very much before March, when they are run all 

 winter ; but after this time they will need consideral)le water ; 

 and I think they often suffer at this season, as they must have 

 a great deal of air, and the beds have not much water in 

 them even when they feel moist, if the heat is dry under 

 them. Early in the season it is well to water on a bright, 

 warm morning, so that the sash can be off and let the leaves 

 dry ; but as the weather becomes warmer, we usually water 

 in the afternoon. 



There is another subject of importance to consider before 

 we think seriously about crops, and that is, in regard to our 

 storage capacity. 



It is not that crops bring so much more during the winter 

 and spring than they do in the fall, but during the fall the 

 farmers many of them have a surplus, and they supply the 



