Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-04-03 | Page 18 | The 1918 War Garden

Ij TIIE 1918 WAR GARDEN ! KOW MUCH OF EACH CROP TO PLANT. !; Dr. M. C. Morjril!, Horticulturist. Utah Agricultural Collese. in Co operation With the U. S. Food Administration for Utah. HAVE you figured out the approximate amount of each of your garden crops you ought to plant iu cider to supply tho needs of your fam-ily? fam-ily? If you have, you are. cue man in a doren. Mcst people stive little ii thought to this question. When the planting season arrives, they rush out jc into the cardeu and plant Just aVout as the spirit moves thcv.i. As a result of such haphazard planting we often see whole tows of ' lettuce, radishes and the like where the family can only use one fourth of a row,. and one-half of a row of peas or beans, where the children alone could ! easily eat three. :j: From puHishcd tables of careful results the following data are com-.1; com-.1; Pllocl. Tlieso show the approximate amount, of each of the common f-mlon ;: crops to plant under ordinary co.ulitieus for each member of tlu t.iuii'.v .!; Of course, these amounts can only be sujt.iiestive and will need med; : ;eat icu : .; on the basis of the individual piefevcnec:. i f meiubevs of the launlv ltn' 1 J they can lu'obably serve as a useful ;;.iide. Fieans -fi foot vow r.r.'s'.ey f, (,,,,, r , ; i; E(V' -r,f00t vov' Faisivos cI11Vl,t r',w J Cabba-.o 10 plants lv.is foo, 1,oulu, row I; , Carrots '-r. foot row ; Kadi-lies IOicaI lew : C.'iulinowcr 10 plants i Spi"uh I.i feet iow ! Corn, sweet l.r hills j Squ.i -h .j, j ; Lettuce IH foot row . Tomatoes j.i,..ts ' Onions foot row Tuir.ii"; i.w . ( 1 ' foot 1 ow J