HENRY FIELD’S 
Garden Planting Tips 
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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 (makes 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 
yy are not the best. 
FITTING THE SOIL. Plow or spade-deeply in the fall, 
$¥ } ¥especially where there is sod to be turned under. Do a good 
Bac -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. 
SIZE OF GARDEN. There is only one rule we would give 
and that is to “Plant Plenty.” What you do not need for the 
day to day table needs, can or freeze. 
Thin vegetable 
rows quickly or 
the plants will 
turn sickly. 
General Tips 
Before plowing, burn the rubbish and dead vegetable vines, as they may 
enarry 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 
clay 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, 
cover with a mulch 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 some to grow. 
Plant abundantly. 
Enough for yourself and some to spare. 
How and When to Plant Garden Seeds 
How and Where 
Inches Amt. 
Vecetables to Plant Depth pibde! apart in seed to 
Hot In (Inches) (Inches) row after 100 ft. 
Bed Open ; thinning row 
Asparagus) ....--= Mar-Apr 1 inch 40 in. 12 in: 
Bush Beans....... Apr-May 2 inch 20-46 in. 4 in. 1 Ib. 
Pole Beans.,..... Apr-May 2 inch 40 in. 40 in. ¥ Ib. 
Table Beets....... Mar-Apr 1 inch 12 in. 4 in. 2 oz. 
Mangel Beets... . . Mar-Apr 1 inch 16 in. 8 in. 2 oz. 
Carrots (2) amet Mar-Apr 1 inch 12 in 4 in. 1 oz. 
Celery a aeiee ote. March June ¥-inch 36-70 in 6 in. 1 oz. 
Cabbage, Early ...| March Mar-Apr % inch 36 in. 18-36 in 1 oz. 
Cabbage, Late.... May 1 inch 36 in. 24-36 in 1 oz. 
Cauliflower....... March ¥ inch 36 in 20 in. 
Cucumbers....... May 14% inch 6 ft. 3 ft. 1 oz. 
ettuce: ee ai Mar-Apr 4% inch 12 in 6 in. % oz. 
Bye Plant cia Mar-Apr Y inch 36 in 30 in. 
Peppers ware eas 2 Mar-Apr % inch 24-36 in 24 in. 
Onionsierp 2. angie Mar-Apr 1 inch 12 in 4 in. 1 oz. 
Qnion Sets). vas a. Mar-Apr 2 inch 12 in 2 in. 2 qts. 
Peas, Smooth..... Mar-Apr 2 inch 24 in 1 lb. 
Peas, Wrinkled.... May 2 inch 24-36 in 1 Ib. 
Pumpkins S). sicko May 1% inch 8 ft. 8 ft. 1 oz. 
Popcorn se. oe. iy May 1% inch 36 in ft) ¥Y% oz. 
Radshatael nee Mar-Apr 1 inch 12 in 2 in. 1 oz. 
Salsify Set ae Mar-Apr 1 inch 12 in 2 in. 1 oz. 
Squash... es cde May 1% inch 8 ft. 8 ft. 1 oz. 
Sweet Corn....... May 2 inch 36 in VAs 4 |b. 
Tomatoes. .2.....% March ¥ inch 36-60 in 36 in. 
Tumnipsietts) okie. March 1 inch 12 in 4 in. 1 oz. 
Muskmelons...... Ma 1% inch 6 ft. 4 ft. 1 oz. 
Watermelons...... May 14% inch 8 ft. 8 ft. OZ. 
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20 Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co, “MIDWEST’'S LEADING SEEDHOUSE.” Shenandoah, lowa 
rate of 1 pound to the acre. 
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 garden tractor. 3 
Plants may stand as close as two inches 
apart or as far as six inches apart. 
Do not cultivate when plants are wet with 
dew or rain. ; 
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 
practically the entire crop to mature at one 
time. 
Use 20 to 30 pounds of seed to the acre. 
Space rows a convenient distance apart to 
cultivate. 
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 
Inoculate with ‘“Nitragin” and 
then plant when soil is warm in 
hills 3 to 4 feet each way, cover- 
ing seed 2 inches deep. % 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. 
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- 
tient. Cover the seed shallow and plant 
thick, 
Store in a pit, cave or cellar where they 
will keep cool and moist enough to prevent 
shriveling up. : 
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 slowly. - 
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 
inches tall begin drawing in dirt 
to them drawing the leaves to- 
gether. 
As the plants grow taller, pull 
wp more dirt, always leaving 
leaves exposed. : 
Some bleach with a section of 
a drain tile or by. wrapping 
plants in heavy building paper, 
Early Cabbage and Cauliflower 
See Chart. Plant the seed in the house or 
hot bed six weeks or more before you set in 
ve 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 
thin out and 
When four or 
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. 
keep until about the first of the ye 
Egg Plant—See Chart 
Figure 1500 plants from an ounce of seed 
and 150 from a packet. Seed slow to sprout. 
Do not plant too early. Egg plant should 
be the last spring crop planted in the garden, 
early in the spring or started in the hot bed © 
and transplanted to the field later. 3 
Loose leaf lettuce is easiest grown. A 
lettuce does better on rich soil especially — 
head lettuce. : P 
Lettuce is _a cool weather plant and is 
crisp and tender early in the season. oe 
Mushroom Growing —~— 
For best results, temperatures should — 
range from 50 to 60 degrees Fahrenheit. A 
cave or cellar 5 to 6 feet deep with the roof | 
above the ground, and vent holes for venti- 
lation, is ideal. Rs 
Plenty of moisture is needed. The bed 
should not be exposed to a dry atmosphere. 
After manure bed several feet deep reach 
75° temperature, mushroom spawn bricks are 
broken into 14%” sq. pieces (16 to brick) 
and planted 2” below surface, 1 ft. apar 
Full information in regard to growing Mus 
rooms is included with each order for Mush- 
room spawn. ' * 
Muskmelons—See Chart 
Plant when ground is warm in hills 3 x 
feet, covering seed one inch deep and thin 
later when the bugs are gone to one plant | 
every three feet. ree | 
Or space hills 6 x 6 feet and thin later to — 
two plants to the hill. Figure 865 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. \ 
The melons are best if gath- 
eC early in the morning while 
cool, ~ 
Onions—See Chart 
Onions do most of their growing before hot _ 
weather, so get them in early, ret 
When onions are as large as a straw, thin 
and weed. - 7 
When tops fall down, pull and throw i 
toes and allow to cure two or thre 
ays. oe-- wen. 
Store temporarily in shallow piles or slat 
ted crates under cover. eae 
If not harvested until a wet spell o: 
weather it causes second growth and the 
will not keep well. ; i ‘ 
Use sets to grow bunch onions from, 
many will not make a large bulb but wi 
go to seed. ~~ ts ae at Br 
ONION PLANTS—The plantss 
transplanted as early as possible. 
freeze will not hurt them. —~— 2 
‘Space the rows any convenient distan 
BERMUDA ONIONS—F ollo the 
general directions as given for o 
Pull and use right away, as they 
like the native varieties. Howe 
Parsnips—See Char 
Plant early in rows 15 inches a 
ing the seed from one-half to th 
of an inch deep. : =a 
Thin later to 4 or 5 inches in th 
One ounce will drill 200 feet, one packe 
feet. 453 
Parsnip seed sprouts better earlier 
season when the soil is cool and mois 
Sprouts, slow. Ropes ss 
To mark the row so that you ¢an culti 
vate before the plants are up, scatter a few 
radish seeds along the parsnip seed. -— a 
The radish will come up first, and when 
they are large enough, pull and use. - Ss 
Store in a shallow pit where they will 
freeze, for freezing improves the flavor. — 
Or you can leave them in the grouni 
where they grew, until spring. = = 
Peanuts 
_ Plant when the ground is warm in rows — 
not closer than 2 feet apart. Drop two ker- ie 
nels every 12 inches in the row. ue 
Shell before planting. It is best not to ~ 
break the brown skin covering the nut. oF YN 
Cultivate same as for beans. Do not cover — 
the bloom. Keep soil loose and mellow. 
They will bury themselves. Harvest after 
frost and thoroughly dry before storing. — 5 
Harvesting Peanuts 
Dig your peanuts after frost kills the tops. 
The spading fork is about as good a tool as 
anything. 2 
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 corncrib, or 
some other well ventilated place and allow 
them to dry and cure. After two or three 
weeks you can pull the nuts off the roots. 
These should be cleaned up and dried and 
cured still more. Two or three weeks more 
is usually enough and then they are ready 
for roasting. : Se 
Small quantities may be roasted in a bak- 
ing pan in the oven. Try some now and the 
and you will soon recognize when they have 
been roasted just right to suit you. og 
Peas—See Chart j 
One pound of seed should drill 100 feet 
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row. ; 
To get. that delicious flavor, use peas with- 
in ive or three hours of the time they are 
picked. v . 
You should plant both smooth seeded for 
early peas and wrinkled varieties for later 
heavier yielders. Be sure to inoculate with 
“Nitragin” before planting. - Z 
One plan is to drill two rows side | 
side about 8 inches apart with 2 feet q 
tween each pair of rows. This saves space 
and the peas stand up better. % 
Everi bush peas like a little brush to at 
least climb up on. ‘They are naturally a 
climber and you will find that you get better 
results this way. It is very important to 
plant them very early. The last of March is 
usually right. J be 
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