HOW TO PLANT. 



SOME PRELIMINARY REMARKS. 



TIMES FOR SOWING AND PLANTING COVERING THE 

 SEED. 



It is the wish of the author to make this work national 

 in its scope and useful in all parts of the country. Being 

 primarily designed to aid his fellow cultivators in the 

 Southern States, the times for sowing and planting the 

 various crops are indicated by naming the months proper 

 for these operations. Of course, while February or March 

 may be a suitable time for sowing a certain seed in Geor- 

 gia, in the Northern States the ground in these months 

 months is usually frozen solid. The difficulty in in- 

 dicating the times for planting in a manner that will 

 answer for both extremes of climate, may be overcome by 

 the planter if he considers a few simple facts. All the 

 plants of cultivation, whether in the field or garden, fall 

 into one of two classes : Tender and Hardy, and if one 

 knows to which class a given plant belongs, there will be 

 no difficulty in ascertaining the proper time for sowing 

 or planting it. If the seeds of tender plants are sown 

 before the soil is well warmed, they will make a poor 

 stand, or fail to appear at all, all the seeds having rotted 

 in the cold soil. Beans, bush and pole, melons, squashes, 

 and all of that family ; the tomato, okra, and others 

 are tender plants. Our chief tender plant is Indian corn, 

 which is cultivated throughout the country. Each lo- 

 cality, whether in the far East or far West, whether upon 

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