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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
417 
Part I 
f I am sending the diagram of my gai’den. 
Pan you tell me how to plant it to get 
the best results? Laud is very poor. I 
am planning on using 200 lbs. cottonseed 
meat. 200 lbs. 16 per cent acid phosphate, 
-/* lbs. uit-ate of soda. Will this fer¬ 
tilizer be all right, or can I get a better 
one? The garden is for a family of seven, 
i have no manure for use on the garden. 
I wish to grow carrots, onions, lettuce, 
radishes, turnips, celery, parsnips, to¬ 
matoes. peas, beans, cabbage, beets, cu¬ 
cumbers and sweet corn. My family is 
very fond of all vegetables, and it is hard 
1 o decide which they prefer, but I will 
suggest the following : Parsnips, carrots, 
peas, celery, onions and tomatoes. I in¬ 
tend to use hand cultivation and horse 
cultivation both. r. h. r. 
Kittauning, Pa. 
Working Pi.an Needed.— Many people 
will have gardens this year for the first 
time, and the questions uppermost in 
their minds just now are. what shall be 
grown and how much of the various 
kinds; what kinds of fertilizers Should 
lie used and how much, and other ques¬ 
tions of greater or lesser importance. The 
first and one of the most important mat¬ 
ters after the location of the garden is 
settled is some kind of a working or plant¬ 
ing plan for the season. After this has 
been worked out the matter of going 
ahead is simplified very much. Rut be¬ 
fore going further it mav be well to give 
some space to the matter of location and 
tin' kind of soil best adapted for vege¬ 
table growing. 
Choice of Location.— When there is 
any choice of location a piece of land 
gently sloping to the south or southeast 
should be chosen, as the lay of the land 
has considerable influence upon the time 
the soil can be worked, and on the earli¬ 
ness of the crops. If the garden is pro¬ 
tected on the north or northeast bv build¬ 
ings, hedges or tight fences, this 'will be 
quite ail advantage, to break the cold 
winds from these directions. The land 
most suitable- for garden purposes is a 
rich deep sandy loam, with good natural 
drainage, and the slope should be just 
sutticient to carry off the surplus surface 
05 FEET 
1—'■» Row Parsley 
I*:l rsnips 
1 n>\v Salsify 
4—2 rows Swiss I'lmnl 
— 
''""•a Carrots 
r- 
r—in 
rows Onions 
— 
1 —3 rows Beets, first sowing* 
7— 
7— 
■ s —~ rows Lettuce. mnking -nrlv 
--- - ...... planting . 
to he fnllowed hy last sowing of Beets 
!>—2 rows Eettuce. Rig Iloston. to bo fol 
U 
0 — lowed by last sowing of Beets 
10— ing 
- .. • ui _ 
rows L ettuce, Big Boston, second sow- 
insr 
11—1 row Lettuce. Coa or R,>niain 
12 - 
rows Hccts, sci-oiiil sow 
12— Sn in in or mui Full use 
ing for late 
—Same 
-Same 
13- 
r"\vs Carrots. g„w 
15— Summer and Winter use" 
ing for late 
13—Same 
13—Same 
13—Same 
13—Same 
14—4 rows Radishes, to he sown 1 row at a 
14— time at intervals of ID .lavs apart" 
1 1—Same -- : -*—- 
15— 
15 — Ik- followed l>.v Radishes or Turnips 
14—Same 
rows Spinach. Sow 2 rows at a time 
lit intervals of 14 to 20 riav«"n 
part, to. 
—Same 
k‘ lls Muskmelou or Cauteloupe, one or more varieties, hills 4 feet apart 
" 11 '» o o o o O .. O O .1 O o O O O O 
water after heavy rains without washing. 
Everyone, of course, cannot have such a 
location nor that kind of soil, but those 
who can should take advantage of it. 
But no matter what your location, or 
what the character of the soil, go ahead 
and have your garden. You will be all 
the better and happier for it. 
Plan and Arrangement. —The plan 
here given was made for a member of 
the Rural Family, and is designed to 
meet his own requirements. It is not 
intended as a complete guide for him nor 
any other reader, but as a general guide, 
which may be altered to meet the re¬ 
quirements of anyone who will give the 
matter a'little study. This man wants 
plenty of tiie things lie himself and fam¬ 
ily are most fond of, and onlv a limited' 
supply of the things they need less. All 
persons who will have a garden this year 
will have their preferences, and no two 
are likely to prefer the whole of the kinds 
given the preference in the accompanying 
plan. Therefore change it to suit your 
requirements. 
•Soil Improvement.— Poor soil is very 
discouraging in vegetabl gardening, anil 
when such soil has to be used or none 
at all. it is almost a misfortune to be 
unable to get stable manure. Poor soils 
are very deficient in humus, or organic 
matter, and best results from fertilizers 
used can never be obtained on soils of this 
character. The kinds and quantity of 
fertilizer R. II. R. contemnlates using 
will not meet the demand, while no defi¬ 
nite rules can be given for the kind and 
quantity of fertilizers to be applied, as 
this varies with the crops and land. 
Therefore in the beginning it is much 
better and safer to use a good high-grade 
truck-grower fertilizer at the rate of 
1,500 to 2.000 pounds to the acre, and iu 
this case I would advise the use of this 
kind of fertilizer, and not less than s 00 
pounds, applied broadcast after plowing, 
and harrowed iu. As a special supple¬ 
mentary manure. T would advise the lib¬ 
eral use of pulverized sheep manure for 
such crops as lettuce, cabbage, melons, 
cucumbers, onions, beets and spinach. 
Five hundred pounds of this or more can 
be used to good advantage during the 
season. Nitrate of soda is good for let¬ 
tuce, cabbage and numerous other garden 
crops when applied judiciously, but such 
crops as beans, tomatoes and eggplant 
should be treated very sparingly with 
this highly stimulating chemical. 
Tillage. —The land should be plowed 
deep, and put in the very best possible 
condition by repeated borrowing, and 
when small seeds are to be sown, the 
surface should be made fine and smooth, 
as small seed will not germinate well, 
nor can the small plants be handled to 
advantage in rough cloddy ground. Culti¬ 
vation must be carefully atteuded to so 
that the ground does not become baked 
nor weeds get possession of the ground. 
W hen this occurs, one may almost say 
"Good-bye garden." It is a good plan 
to cultivate every 10 to 14 days from the 
time the plants come up, until almost 
ready for use, or as with corn, melons, 
etc., until too large for further cultiva¬ 
tion, and oftener if heavy rains occur. 
Frequent and good clean cultivation is 
of major importance. If this important 
matter .7 neglected, no matter how favor¬ 
able every other condition may be. the 
garden cannot be a success. As the 
planting plan was made to meet the re- 
qpirements of R. H. R. we will notice 
only the kinds given iu the list. 
Parsley.— Seeds of this should be 
soaked in warm water a few hours be¬ 
fore sowing. As the seed of this plant 
is quite hardy it may be sown outside 
about as early as the ground can be safely 
worked. The seed is very slow to ger¬ 
minate. Sow iu drill where wanted, cov¬ 
ering seed one-fourth inch deep. Thin 
out the plants to stand three or four 
inches apart. Sow one-half ounce to 100 
ft. of row. 
Parsnips. —The parsnip is a W r inter 
vegetable, and needs hard freezing to re- 
70 FEET 
17—25 Egg Plant. 30 in,dies apart 
" “ 11 11 " (> 11 0 0 o '1 n '» o o 0 nnoooooo 
a—1 row Earl\ 
row Early Tomatoes. Bonny Rest, 32 plants 
rows main crop Tomatoes, Paragon or Sto ne. Oti 
11110 1 
15 Sweet and 5 Hot Peppers 
O O ,1 o <) o O O O O O t> O o OOOQ 0000000 
plants 
-Sanio 
KUrly . 0al)l) '' 1 ^°- f^peiinageii M a rket I 20 second Early Cabba ge, All Se a i^uT 
45 La to Ca bbage, Flat 1>nt.li or All Susans - - -—— 
I linnnii 41 * .. 1 _a. ? 
— 1-_■> V'L II FI 
2—Hush Roans, Hrst plnnting. May 10-15 
Hush Roans, second planting. .Tune 10-15 
RltoVl IL^.. ..r. * 1. * 1 - I — “ . _ . ““ 
—Bush Drang, third planting. July 10-15 
-2 rows Ford hook Bush Lima Roans 
-Same --- 
-2 row s 
-Same 
Henderson's Improved Hush Lima Roans tor Winter use' 
1 + 
' .*4 _ 
- r| nvs l’oas. Gradns or Tims. R.ivton' 
-Same; to l,o followed I n- 3 rows Celery, planted d-s inches a ~art j„ r , m - 
-2 rows Peas. Champion of England -— 
1 row Foi e lama Roans, planted in hills 3Lj feet ai~ 
3 rows Sweet Corn, plant July 1, Stowell's Late Everiri 
Rime 
21 >- 
4 half rows Early Metropolitan Sweet I 4 hall' rows stowell's Tate i.y 
'orn. followed hy Turnips or Rutabagas 
»- 
tll 
R 0 
''■on. followed bv late planting RmAi 
Deans 
. .1 i I It ' Illlir _ 
3 rows Stowell's Late Evergreen Sweet Corn, sooond planting about June 1. 
-Same 
-lti hills Cucumbers, Hills 4 feet apart I'm hills Squash, hills 0 feet apart 
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