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, will be found 



High grade supel-phosphate 1,200 



Sulfiite of potash (or muriHte of potiish) ;100 



2,000 

 This is rather a high grade formula and will analyze: 



Pliosphoric acid (available) 8.4 



Potash (KaO) 7.5 



It may be used advantageously at the rate of from 

 400 to 800 lbs. prr nrr.-: the niMxii.mm .■unniint. how- 

 ever, will rarely In- jii-i ilir,l, \ii rMr;i lini^h d' nitrate 

 of soda— say a i liiinMi t iil [in- liill a|.|.lhil ju^t after 

 the plants are w.il i;|,, will 'ji\ -■ ilinn .i j, -i;irt. 



Planting is in rh.nn.-l I.-, Ii:iiiil :ni-l Ilir -...I ,,„t in 



PiSe"i,~, I ■■ , '• ■ • ' - ■ 'U 



dators . I ' 'i.i' : . i :■:' ■ ■ : : |" ' i" ri> 



few si.-c.l ;iri' M . ,!, mm! I ' .■ ( :n., I" ; , ■!. ■ . . ■•,. hri 

 planting is niT, !,,,.!,.. [ 



seeds to the In i ^ 



more than less- ■ ' ,,,.,, ,, , ; ,i , , : 



the mellow soil w imi n,-- i-r'^'H n. - i ■ • ' - . ■ :.i ■. . 



inch or less. Thev hlnnilil <• 



deeper. This forces the ujariiu.t i . i 



it may be— to discover and desi I <■. ■ i - i ■ ■■ 

 sion, which gives some a chance loi ,i| . 

 planted together in a mass, so su^u a~ Uil i^iL. i 

 found the seed would all be scattered or devoun 

 once. The process of planting as described seems 

 and laborious, but it really takes much less time 





2720. The Preserving Wa 



its details indicate. On dry soil," during a time of 

 drought, it is sometimes necessary to put a "hoe-dab" 

 of earth cm each hill, after jilaiiting, to serve as a mulch 



and tu iir,liir, L, I iiiih.ii iMii. I'll is is removed before the 



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cellar where the temperature is uniform and can never 

 drop below freezing. 



After the plants are up they are at first thinned down 

 to three or four to the hill, and subsequently to ono, or 

 at most two. One vigorous root system, well attended 

 to, will usually succeed in extracting from the soil as 



much plant I I a- ill two, and will give a better 



account ^1 . m ■■'■ttling day." 



Cultivainn I r,-d early and should cease 



early. It i^ ,ii,. i nh either the five-toothed or 

 cleveu-tui.lli.-.l .nil 1 1 aiMi' or with scooter nnd "heel- 

 scrape," aud sholllil jmarialilv In- sli.-ill"\v, cxci'i.t for 

 the first plowing all. r lilanl ihl-. wIi.ii Ih.- iiii.iilirs are 

 customarily "run out ' with a tun, plow or "tMi-^ler." 

 "Laying by," or the ..ssatiou of cultivation, should 

 occur as soon as the vines cover the ground well. Vines 

 are never turned at any stage, if it can be avoided, and 

 under no circumstances after "laying by." Nor is the 

 land ever plowed in the early forenoon. To prevent the 

 wind from rolling and tumbling the vines, a thin broad- 

 casting of cow-peas is usually made at the last plowing. 

 They serve also, later, to partially shade the melons 

 and leave the soil in excellent condition for the next 



?.— Large areas for shipment are always 

 ctly on some line of railroad — if possible, 

 r or side-track into the plantation. The 



monsters of si.xi 

 while occasionally 

 dred mark. It i 

 record (officially) 

 This was grown i 

 ago— outside the . 

 In shipping, fl 

 door of the car, v 



for the 



i-p<..^, of .1. , . laiou oi lor the sake of 

 liecause the smaller sizes better with - 

 pressure and there is also less loss if 



aiice of avoiding glutted markets is 



1 III. jiali. i,,n ; n lection of his point of 

 success or failure, it 

 arc- almost an absolute 



-ill i\ |.;,i;-i ',-, ho dc-peiids on his in- 

 ii L-- iirii-i' -- I I- I-- ill.- wall." The 



tlo- |.r--i.l. - - I i - 1.. distribute 



lulates rapid 

 t of root sur- 

 solution, the 



(liquid 'manure, if dlsii'.-.'l, v,', a 

 phosphates) fed the plant, 'i' 

 growth in early spring an.l .1. v 

 face. When acid ]ih.. splint.- is 



and (pi.-ihty. i 'at-, lul tlniiiiinL- i.- .-r r two melons per 



vine will al-.. liast.-u tli.il- -r.m tli an. I .Ic-velopment. 



cheer at that season — may be had by selecting a thick- 

 rinded variety, as Kolb Gem. planting late in June, 

 handling carefully when pulled, and storing in some 

 dry, yielding substance, like cottonseed hulls, in a cool 



the railroads 



to he free from any vital disease, and its maladies 

 almost entirely confined to those resulting from the 

 tacks of a few insect pests, as follows: 



1. The melon worm {Margaronia hyalinata). 



