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Show EARLY CABBAGES STAKE TOMATO PLANT TO OBTAIN QUALITY NEED RICH SOIL Start Seed in Hotbed in February and in Open Ground as Soon as Possible. DYED HER SKIRT, DRESS, SWEATER AND DRAPERIES WITH Adapted to Every Garden, Whether Large or Small. SPRAYING Plante Should Ba Started Indoors and Gradually Hardened to Outside Too Many Farmers Neglect Their Or-- v charde Because of Other Pressing' Work on Farm. Conditions' Two Methods for Home Garden. Of RELATED CROPS CULTURE (Prepared Thrives Best Under Irrigation, and Brussels Sprouts Mau Be Qroftrn in Same Manner Collards Are Tender. Cauliflower (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) When- - set in the spring, cabbage seed should be started in a hotbed or greenhouse in February and in the open ground as soon as the soil can be worked. For a late crop In the North, plant the seeds in a bed in the open ground In May or June, and transplant In the garden in July. Early cabbages require a rich, warm soil in order that they may mature early. For late cabbages, the soil should be heavier and more retentive of moisture and not so rich as for the early crop, as the heads are liable to burst. Cabbages should be set In rows 30 to 36 Inches apart and 14 to 18 Inches apart in the row. Early cabbages must be used soon after they have formed solid heads, as they will not keep during hot weather. They can, however, be used for making sauerkraut - Cauliflower. Cauliflower requires a rich, moist soil, and thrives best under irrigation. It will not withstand as much frost as cabbage. The culture Is the same as for cabbage, and the heads begin to develop, after which the leaves may be tied together over the heads In order to exclude the light and keep the heads white. Brussels Sprouts. Brussels sprouts are closely related to cabbage and cauliflower, and may be grown In the same manner. Instead of a single head, brussels sprouts form a large number of small heads In the axis of the leaves. As the heads begin to crowd the leaves should be broken from tlie stem of the plant, A few to give them more room. leaves should be left at the top of the stem, where the new heads are being formed. Brussels sprouts are more hardy than cabbage,, and In mild climates may remain in. the open ground all winter, the heads being removed as desired. For winter use In cold localities, take up plants that are well laden with heads and set them close together in a pit, coldframe or .cellar, with a little soil around the roots. The uses of brussels sprouts are similar to those of cabbage, but they are considered of a superior flavor. ' Collards. The culture and uses of collards are the same as for cabbage and kale. Collards withstand the heat better than either cabbage or kale, and a type known as Georgia collards Is bjr the United States Department The Middle West produced a good crop of apples last year, but not necrly enough to meet home demand. And yet the farm orchards alone could be made of Agriculture ) Tomatoes are adapted to growing in every garden, whether large or small. To have a supply early In the season, the seed should be sown under cover four to six weeks before the weather becomes warm and the outdoors, plants should be transplanted once or twice before setting them In the open ground. Two dozen plants can usually be purchased at the seed store n cheaper than they can be grown. plants are 'usually the best if they can be secured. Indoor plants should be gradually hardened to outside conditions. This can be done by placing the boxes or to easily satisfy market demands If they were sprayed and properly cared ' for. no is longer a difficult Spraying operation. The spray material now comes already prepared and all one has to do is to weigh out the right amount of arsenate of lead, measure out the mix with water and go to work. Of course, the work must be done at the right time. A thorough Job must be done, as well. The task will be no harder to perform nor require any more energy than It will to grow most of the cultivated crops of the farm. Too many farmers think that they do not hae time to spray their orchards for the reason that the work must be done at a time of the year when they are busy with the planting as well as the cultivation of corn and other crops, but this is not a valid reason. Periods of wet weather prevail more or less frequently during this busy time, which make it impossible to get out on the land, either to plant or to cultivate, and it is at such times that spraying can usually be done to best advantage. It does not matter how wet the soil may be, so long as the foliage on the trees is dry. It is during the cool, moist time following periods of wet weather that scab on apples gets a good start. Those who have provided themselves with a spray machine will have little difficulty in getting over the farm orchard of average size in about half a day. One can fill a outfit with spray material and apply It in one hours time. This will be enough liquid to thoroughly spray from ten1 to fifteen bearing trees, thus making It quite possible to get over an acre of orchard In about half a day. . Tomatoes 8taked. An outfit suitable for farm work will cost anywhere from $30 to $50. It pots in which theyare planted outdoors for several hours each day when should consist of a good pump, about the weather is warm. They may be left out all night when there Is no danger of frost. Plants for the main or late crop can be started outdoors " after the ground has become warm. Two methods are in vogue for growing tomatoes In home gardens. In the small garden the plants may be set two feet apart In each direction and then pruned to a single stem and, tied to stakes. Where plenty of land Is available the plants may be set three to four feet apart and allowed to grow naturally upon the ground. It should be borne In mind, however, that by trimming and tying the plants to stakes a better quality of fruit Is obtained, and that the fruit will ripen earlier than when they are not to and trained. From twenty-fiv- e fifty tomato' plants will be sufficient for growing In the home garden, and this number should furnish plenty of tomatoes for summer use and for canning. United States Department of Agriculture. Spray Outfit 8uitabla for Farm Work. lime-sulphu- r, START OKRA IN BERRY BOXES After All Danger of Froet le Paet Transplant Young Plants In the , Open Garden. if sv. Sow the seeds of okra In the open after the ground has become quite ' A Solid Head of Cabbage. highly esteemed in the Southern states. Collards do not form a true head, but instead a loose rosette of leaves, which, when blanched, are very tender and of delicate flavor. " . Kohl-Rab- i. belongs to the same class as cabbage and cauliflower, but pre-- . Kohl-rab- I sents a marked variation from either. The edible portion consists of the swollen stem of the plant For an early crop, plant and cultivate the For a same as for early cabbage. In . late crop the seed may be sown drills where the crop Is grown and thinned to about eight inches apart in the row. The rows should be from 18 to 36 inches apart, according to the The kind of cultivation employed. fleshy stems should be used while they are young and quite tender. PLANTING ONIONS IN GARDEN Greater Part of Commercial Crop Is Grown Frdln Seeds Seta May - Be Planted Early. Onions may be grown either from sets or from seed. The greater part of the commercial onion crop Is grown from seed, but the usual method of by 'planting onions In the garden is will use of sets. One quart of sets plant from 75 to 125 feet of row with the plants 4 Inches apart in the row; this depends, however, upon the size Onion sets should be of the sets. small a in furrow, root-enplaced to a depth of covered and downward, ' about Inches unless the soil is extremely heavy, in which case they should not be covered so deeply. Onion d sets may be planted Just as early In the spring as the ground can be cultivated. United States Department of AsTlculture. IS NOT DIFFICULT warm,' or start the plants In berry boxes in a hotbed and transplant them to the garden after all danger of frost is past The rows should be 4 feet apart for the dwarf sorts and 5 feet apart for the tall kinds, with the plants 2 feet apart In the row. Okra does best In rather rich land and requires frequent shallow cultivation until the plants cover the ground. The young pods are the part used, and these are employed principally in soups, to which they Impart a pleasant flavor and mucilaginous consistency. If the pods are removed from the plants and none allowed to ripen, the plants will continue to produce pods until killed by frost, but the best pods are grown on young plants. Okra pods can be dried or canned for winter use. United States Department of Agriculture. LIME BENEFITS CLAY An application of about 10 ordinary pailfuls of hydrated or d lime to a plot of ground 30 by 60 feet In size will generally prove Lime has the effect of beneficial. loosening and pulverizing any heavy clay soil, and of binding loose, sandy soils. Lime also corrects any sourness In the soil due to lack of drainage, but in a case of this kind proper Lime drainage should be secured. should always be applied to the and in no case should it be pnt on the land at the same time as fertilizer. The properNiiethod would be to spread the lime upon the land Just after plowing and before harrowing ; then apply the commercial fertilizer one week later. Under no circumstances should lime be mixed with commercial fertilizer or manure, as it liberates the nitrogen from them. sur-fcio- e, com-merlc- 10-fo- BORDEAUX MIXTURE FORMULA 8afost and Most Satisfactory Material for Diseaseo and Destroying Harmful Pests. The formula for a bordeaux mixture found safest and most satisfactory In apple orchards Is three pounds of copper sulphate, four pounds of lime and 50 gallons of water. This formula is usually written Bordeaux mixture will not kill Insects unless poison Is added. If an insecticide Is desired add two pounds of arsenate of lead to each 50 gallons of the solution. Great care should be used both In making and using bordeaux. In damp weather it Is liable to cause burning of the leaves and russetlng of the fruit. ORCHARD SOILS NEED CARE 8praylng and Pruning Play tant Part, but Space Between Trees le Neglected, SOILS Application Has Effect of Pulverizing and Loosening, and Corrects Sourness. - rt feet of hose, and a spray rod with the best nozzles that can be had. Barring the few repairs that one will have to provide from time to time, the outfit will last for several years. 25 The continued high price of perfect apples Is doing moro to awaken widespread Interest In orchard methods than anything else. Spraying and pruning play their parts, but no orchard can be expected to results without give Its maximum proper treatment of the soli and the paces between the trees. Winter Feed for Horses. Horses that have been fed largely on ronghage during the winter season will be in better shape for the next seasons work than those that have been kept up In barns and have been fed a relatively large amount of grain during the idle months. . Rabbits Are Nuisance. 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