2o8 The Canahian Horticulturist. 



The reader must bear in mind that this crop occupied the land for the best 

 part of two years, which, if taken into account, reduces the profit still more. 



The following is his experience with a piece of sandy loam of one-sixth of an 



acre, planted with sweet corn and squash. The first week in May he applied 



seven loads of stable manure on sod and plowed it under. After harrowing, he 



marked out the piece into rectangles, two and a half by three feet, and planted 



it with white Cory corn and squash, and dropped a good fork-full of well-rotted 



manure in every sixth hill of every alternate row. He put four kernals of the 



corn in each of the remaining hills, and then dropped a handful of hen manure 



and wood ashes, one part of the former to two of the latter. He had a hard 



time with beetles on the squash vines, but managed to save three-quarters of the 



hills. The piece was hoed twice by hand and twice with a horse hoe, and the 



corn finally hilled. The corn was a fair average crop, but the .squashes were 



below the average. August 5, the first corn was picked, and August 13 the 



stalks cut. The result was as follows : 



Cr. 



1 ,2~n ears corn S 1 S 50 



165 squashes 17 04 



Total S 31 14 



Dr. 



7 loads manure §6 00 



1 one-horse load rotted manure 75 



2 barrels hen manure and ashes 1 00 



Seed 70 



Cultivation, etc 4 00 



Interest ou laud 1 00 



§ 13 50 



rrofit S 17 04 



Rate of profit per acre : " . S105 84 



N. V. Herald. 



How TO Grow Tomatoes. — Where more than one row is set, the rows 

 should be five or six feet apart. The plants should be kept off from the ground 

 by stakes or some form of trellis, as fruit will soon rot unless kept hot and dry. 

 AVhen the plants get up to about the right size, cut off the ends of the large 

 branches and carry the refuse away. Trim off the bottom branches also, and 

 keep the plants well up from the ground. Many pick the fruit when it turns to 

 a whitish green and place in a south window to ripen. If most of the leaves 

 which cover the fruit are removed, you will get earlier tomatoes and finer flavored 

 ones than can be secured in any other way. To get large vines, select good 

 plants and place them in rich soil. They must have an abundance of water, 

 and large fruit cannot be secured in any other way. To grow premium tomatoes, 

 keep the vines pruned well l)ack and remove the larger part of the blossoms, 

 allowing only two or three fruits to develop. With an abundance of water and 

 fertilizer, you should have no difficulty in growing two pound, or larger, tomatoes. 

 —New England Homestead. 



