HENRY FIELD’S 
Gerden Planting Tips 
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17. CUCUMBERS PLANT S K 
18. CANTALOUPES BETWEEN 
APRIL 1-15 7. PARSNIPS 19. WATERMELON. MAY 1-15 
8. POTATOES 20. EGG PLANT RS 
9. Brussels Sprouts 21. PEAS 
10, CABBAGE 22. STRING BEANS 
11. TOMATOES 23. LIMA BEANS 
H 24. CORN 
25. ASPARAGUS 
5) { 1. LETTUCE SQUASH AND 
2. RADISHES 
3. ONIONS 
4, CARROTS 
5, BEETS 
BETWEEN 6. TURNIPS 
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A SUGGESTED GARDEN PLAN 
LOCATION OF GARDEN. The kitchen garden should be located close to the 
house. This gives protection against animals and thieves Gnakes_ it a lot 
handier too if you have a few odd moments to spend in it), The main or big 
garden should be so located and planned that it can be cultivated with regular 
farm tools. It saves a lot of weeding. 
SOILS AND SHADE. Don’t make your garden in the shade 
of big trees or in soils full of tree roots if you can avoid it. 
Most garden crops like sunshine and all of them appreciate 
© and respond to good soil. Stony land and poorly, drained soil 
are not the best. i 
FITTING THE SOIL. Plow or spade deeply in the fall, 
Yespecially where there is sod to be turned under. Do a good 
“job. Leave the land rough to hold snow and moisture, Har- 
row or rake thoroughly before planting. Good preparation 
will save a lot of cultivation, 
Thin vegetable 
rows quickly or SIZE OF GARDEN. There is only one rule we would give 
the plants will and that is to “Plant Plenty.” What you do not need for the 
turn sickly. day to day table needs, can. or freeze. 
General Tips 
Before plowing burn the rubbish and dead vegetable vines as they may 
carry disease or injurious insects. 
Apply a good coating of manure if you can get it. Tree leaves are also fine. 
Some gardeners say cover the seed four times its greatest diameter, 
Seed can be planted deeper on loose mellow soil than it can on 
elay or gumbo. 
The same seed should be planted deeper late in the season when 
the soil is warm and more likely to dry out. 
After planting very small seed, especially among the flowers, 
eover with a muleh to hold the moisture near the surface until 
the seed sprouts. * 
Plant some for the worm; some for the crow; some to pull out 
and séme to grow. 
Plant abundantly. Enough for yourself and some to spare. 
How and When to Plant Garden Seeds 
How and Where Amt 
to Plant Rows inches oe 
Depth apartin seed to 
Vegetables es ; (Inches) neg ) | row after 100 ft. 
Bed Geer thinning row 
Asparagus........ Mar-Apr 1 inch 40 in. 12 in. 
Bush Bears Pare: to ‘Apr-May 2 inch 20-46 in. 4 in. 1 Ib. 
Pole Beans....... Apr-May 2 inch 40 in. 40 in. % |b. 
Table Beets....... Mar-Apr 1 inch 12 in. 4 in. 2 oz. 
Mangel Beets... .. Mar-Apr 1 inch 16 in 8 in 2 oz, 
Garrorseiae se Mar-Apr 1 inch 12 in 4 in 1 oz. 
Celery rn eek ae March June ¥%-inch 36-70 in 6 in 1 oz. 
Cabbage, Early ...| March Mar-Apr 4% inch 36 in. 18-36 in 1 oz. 
Cabbage, Late.... May 1 inch 36 in. 24-36 in log. 
Cauliflower.... March ¥% inch 36 in. 20 in. 
Cucumbers. . ; Ma 1% inch 6 ft. 3 ft. 1 oz. 
TANCE. cece. Mar-Apr ¥% inch 12 in. 6 in. % oz. 
Bee Plants... Mar-Apr ¥ inch 36 in. 30 in, 
PePDECS ciara, Mar-Apr + inch 24-36 in. 24 in. 
ONIONS .\. isperejastmre sd Mar-Apr 1 inch 12 in 4 in, 1 oz. 
Onion Sets.... Mar-Apr 2 inch 12 in 2 in. 2 ats. 
Peas, Smooth..... Mar-Apr 2 inch 24 in. 1 tb. 
Peas, Wrinkled.... May 2 inch 24-36 in. 1 Ib. 
Pumpkins.f sc. 4: May 1% inch 8 ft. 8 ft. 1 oz. 
POPCOLE ieee itieie Ma 1% inch 36 in. 1 ft.- Y% oz. 
MRACHSIN ho clehe tore = Mar-Apr 1 inch 12 in, 2 in, 1 oz. 
Galsify sitts .c3t5.002 Mar-Apr 1 inch 12 in. 2 in. 1 oz. 
Squash wor. ..: May 1% inch 8 ft. 8 ft. 1 oz. 
Sweet Corn....... May 2 inch 36 in. 12 in. Y lb. 
Tomatoes March ¥% inch 36-60 in. 36 in 
Turnips..... March 1 inch 12 in. 4 in. 1 oz, 
Muskmelons. y May 144 inch 6 ft. 4 ft. 1 oz. 
Watermelons...... May 1% inch 8 ft. 8 ft. 1 oz. 
Save This Chart—It Will Prove Helpful 
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- inches tall begin drawing in dirt 
Bush Beans 
Inoculate with ‘‘Nitragin” and then plant 
when the ground is warm in rows 24 to 36 
inches apart, covering the seed 2 inches deep. 
Thin later to 4 to 5 inches in the row. One 
pound will plant about 100 feet of row. 
Rows three feet or more apart if tended 
with-a horse. § 
Plants may stand as close as two inches 
apart or as far as six inches apart. y 
Do not cultivate when plants are wet with 
dew _or rain. é 
Above directions suitable for small Limas. 
Navy beans should be planted late, say 
June 20th, so_they will be too late for the 
bean weevil. Late plantings will also cause 
tea A the entire crop to mature at one 
ime, 
Use 20 to 30 pounds of seed to the acre. 
Space rows a convenient distance apart to 
cultivate. d 
For small crop pull and pile to dry then 
thresh with a flail, 
Large Bush Limas 
All Limas require rich soil. Do not plant 
until ground is thoroughly warm. Wait until 
after corn planting time. 
If you have the time plant the seed on 
edge eye down. Cover two inches deep. 
One pound of seed to 100 feet of row. 
Rows not closer than 18 inches or 2 feet 
apart. Thin to ten or twelve inches apart 
in row. They do better if inoculated with 
“Nitragin” before planting. 
Can a few for winter use while they are 
green. 
Pole Beans 
Tnoculate with “Nitragin” an 
then plant when soil is warm in 
hills 3 to 4 feet each way, cover- 
ing seed 2 inches deep. 4% pound 
of seed to 75 hills. 
_ Stick a slender pole six to 
eight feet long, beside each hill 
and draw the tops of four of 
them together wigwam fashion 
and tie them. 
Can a few shelled, while green, to use in 
succotash. 
Use above directions for Pole Limas except 
they should be planted later and on rich 
soil, and two plants to the hill is better 
than more, 
Table Beets 
See Chart. Beets have best flavor when 
about half grown. 
Make several plantings for the season’s 
supply. Last planting about July first. 
Use the plants thinned out for greens or 
transplant some of them. Store after frost, 
in a pit, cellar or cave where they will keep 
cool and moist enough to prevent drying out. 
Use the tender half grown beets for canning. 
Mangel Beets—See Chart 
The best crops are from early planting, 
After frost pull and pile in field until cold 
weather, he 1 
Cover temporarily so sun will not dry them 
out and so they will not freeze. 
Store in cave or pit where there is enough 
moisture to prevent shriveling. Hold_tem- 
perature as near freezing as possible and pro- 
vide ventilation. : . 
Carrots—See Chart 
_ Seed sometimes slow to sprout so be pa- 
eae Cover the seed shallow and plant 
ick, 
Store in a pit, cave or cellar where they 
will keep cool and moist enough to prevent 
shriveling up. > 2 
Some pack in dirt or sand and moisten 
occasionally. 
Celery—See Chart 
Start early either in the house or hot bed 
or in the field later on. 
Celery seed sprouts slower. 
Cover shallow and keep surface soil moist 
until plants are up. 
To allow plenty of room, 
transplant when quite small. 
five inches, transplant to field. 
Space plants four to six inches in the row. 
Rows four to six feet apart if you use dirt 
for banking up. Three feet apart if you use 
boards. 
When plants are ten or twelve 
thin out and 
to them drawing the leaves to- 
gether, 
As the plants grow taller pull 
up more dirt always leaving 
leaves exposed. _ 
Some bleach with a section of 
a drain tile or by _ wrapping 
plants in heavy building pape:, 
Early Cabbage and Cauliflower 
See Chart. Plant the seed in the house or 
hot bed six weeks or more before you set in 
the field, covering seed about one-half inch 
eep. 
Cauliflower will not head during hot dry 
summer weather so must be started early. 
Real early or real late plantings will not 
be troubled with worms very much. 
Late Cabbage—See Chart 
Plant in cold frame figuring 2500 plants 
to an ounce of seed, or drop in hills 3x3 
feet or drill where plants are to stand at the 
rate of 1 pound to the acre. 
To mature late crop, figure 120 to 150 
days from seed. Most folks plant their late 
cabbage too early. 
It saves a lot of hard labor and you are 
surer of getting a stand if seed is planted 
in field where crop is to be grown. 
Chinese or Celery Cabbage 
Sow outdoors the very earliest possible in 
the spring, or for a fall crop, sow after mid- 
summer, In many places in the middle west, 
the fall crop does better than the early one. 
Make your rows 18 to 24 inches apart, and 
thin the plants when they are 4 to 6 inches 
high, so they are’8 to 12 inches apart in the 
row. These plants quickly run to seed in 
warm weather without making any heads, so 
be sure to get them out early, Use raw for 
salad, or boil. Store in moist, cool quarters, 
Cucumbers—See Chart 
_ Plant when ground is warm 
in hills 3 x 6 feet covering 
seed 1 inch deep. Drop about 
a dozen seeds to the hill and 
thin later when bugs are gone 
to 2 plants in hill. Figure 100 
hills to the ounce or 35 to the 
packet of seed. 
; : Help the plants resist the 
attacks of insects and disease by planting on 
rich soil. Use plenty of Bug Dust. 
When four or 
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Egg Plant—See Chart 
Figure 1500 plants from an_ounce of s 
and 150 from arpackets Seed slow to sprot 
Do not plant too early. Egg plant should 
be the last spring crop planted in the garden, 
Lettuce—See Chart fe 
Thin to 12 inches for the head varietie 
and 6 inches for others. Sept aay 
It can be planted in the fall just before 
freezing weather and it will come up vi 
early in the Spring or started in the hot 
and transplanted to the field later. "2:5 
Loose leaf lettuce is easiest grown: ~ 
lettuce does better on rich soil especially 
head lettuce. Wate 
Lettuce. is_a cool weather plant and 
crisp and tender early in the season. ne 
Mushroom Growing 
For best. results, temperatures should 
range from 50 to 60 degrees Fahrenheit. A 
eave or cellar 5 to 6 feet deep with the rooi 
above the ground, and vent holes for venti- 
lation is ideal. i Ee 
Plenty of moisture is needed. The bed 
should not be exposed to a dry atmosphere, 
After manure bed several feet deep reaches — 
75° temperature, mushroom spawn bricks are 
broken into 1%” sq. pieces. (16 to brick) 
and planted 2” below surface, 1 ft. apart, 
Full information in regard to growing Mush: 
rooms is included with each order for Mush 
room spawn. = 
Muskmelons—See Chart 
Plant when ground is warm in hills 3 x 6 
feet, covering seed one inch deep and thin 
later when the bugs are gone to one plant 
every three feet. 
Or space hills 6 x 6 feet and thin later to 
two plants to the hill. Figure 85 hills to” 
ounce or 30 hills to the packet of seed. 
Look on the underside of the 
leaves, about time they begin to 
vine, for lice. Dust or spray 
with Bug Dust. 
Muskmelons are ready to pull 
when a crack appears around 
the stem. 5 
The melons are best if gath- 
ered early in the morning while 
cool, 
Onions—See Chart 
Onions do most of their growing before hot 
weather so get them in early. Pata 
When onions are as large as a straw, thin | 
and _ weed. ‘ ae 
When tops, fall down pull and throw in — 
we and allow to cure two or three 
eat p ? 
Store temporarily in shallow piles or slat- _ 
ted crates under cover. _ y 
If not harvegted until a wet spell of 
weather it causés second growth and they 
will not keep. well. ‘ : 
Use sets to grow bun 
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go to seed. y 
ONION PLANTS—tThe p 
transplanted as -early as | light 
freeze will not hurt them. | _. i 
Space the rows any convenient ‘distance. } 
BERMUDA. ONIONS—Follow the same © 
general directions as given for onion plants. » 
Pull and dispose of at once for they won’t 
keep like the native val ieties. However, they 
will keep until about the first of the year. Re 
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- Parsnips—See Chart 
Plant early in rows 15 inches apart, cover- 
ing the seed from one-half to three-fourths 
of an inch deep. ware : 
Thin later to 4 or 5 inches in the row. 
One ounce will drill 200 feet, one packet, 5 
feet. ate oe 
Parsnip seed sprouts better earlier in the 
season when the soil is cool and m : 
Sprouts slow. » ASK : 
To mark the row so that you can culti 
vate before the plants are up, scatter y 
radish seeds along the parsnip seed. > 
The radish come up first and when . 
they are large enough pull and use. 
‘Store in a shallow pit where they wi 
freeze, for freezing improves the flavor. _ 
Or you can leave them in the groun 
where they grew, until spring. — 
Peanuts — 
Plant when the ground is warm in fo 
not closer than 2 feet apart. Drop two k 
nels every 12 inches in the row. a 
Shell before planting. It is best not to 
break the brown skin covering the nut. __ 
Cultivate same as for beans. Do not co 
the bloom. Keep soil loose and me 
They will bury themselves. Harvest after 
frost and thoroughly dry before sto 
ye 
Harvesting Peanuts 
Dig your peanuts after frost kills the t 
The spading fork is about as good a 
anything. : p 
Just dig the whole clump up, shake the 
soil out of the roots, pile them up around 
a pole in the garden, or in the cornerib, or 
some other well ventilated place and al 
them to dry and cure. After two or tt 
weeks you can pull the nuts off the roo 
These should be cleaned up and dried an 
cured still more. Two or three weeks 
is usually enough and then they are rea 
for roasting. - Pina 
_ Small lots may be roasted in a baking pan 
in the oven. Try one of them now and th 
and you will soon recognize when they 
been done just right to suit you. 
Peas—See Chart 
One pound of seed should drill 10 
of row. 
_. To get that delicious flavor use peas ° 
in two or. three hours of the time th 
picked. oo 
You should plant both smooth seeded 
early peas and wrinkled varieties for 1a 
heavier yielders. Be sure to inoculat 
“Nitragin” before planting. Baer: 
_One plan is to drill two rows s: 
side about 8 inches apart with 2 f 
tween each pair of rows.’ This saves 
and the peas stand up better. we 
Even bush peas like a little brush 
least climb up on. ‘They are nat 
climber and you will find that you get 
results this way. It is very import 
plant them very early. The last of 
usually right. _ E 
ossible. A light 
