Show sra 1 S SQUASH CULTURE tiow friye ara gro I 1 1 1 in tiessa 5 L i 1161 till illi I 1 I 1 squash must have a wa warm rin so soil A and thrives best in sol boll of good I 1 in clinics to a light rather than artiff loi loam m the rich inea meadows dows grow hi luxuriant cu vines and large size squashes but of inferior quilitz qui lity and extremely poor keepers to seanro large crops of fine texture fully fally mcatek squashes ono one must provide a liberal amount of food if manure is used it should be applied before plowing and thoroughly incorporated po in into ci the soil by harrowing the hilli should ile bo struck out nut not less than eight feet ap apart artand and for the stronger growers 10 feet is nono none too far use from froin to TOO 00 pounds ot of phosphates per acre scattered well around each eacle hill and mixed with the soil drop eight or ten seeds in each cacci hill and when tho the plants aro are well started thin them on out to three or four to a 9 hill at tho the second hoeing scatter between tho the rows about or COO pounds more of the phosphate thus provi providing ling abundant food for the plants planta all through their growing season inthe if tho lulls are struck out into info regul regular arrows rows ill alio field can bo be cultivated in both ways and much han liand 1 hoeing saved tho the best growers havo have dropped the former custom of lilling hilling up their squashes and prefer tho the level mode of culture tho the cultivator should bo be icett going over the field until tho the runners become so ion long that tho cultivator would injure them in passing A massachusetts farmer who b has as made a I 1 special test lest of fertilizers on oil squashes tells in a letter to american cultivator how lie ho grows prize squashes my former pra practice atice was to apply to my field nine or ten cordson cords of manuro to the acio acie but now by using civo cords of manure broadcast and a handful of phosphate in each hill I 1 get a much more satisfactory crop wit with h less labor and expense tho the work u ork of planting not being half what it used to be ba when we applied the manure maduro in every hill tho the phosphate is very obnoxious to the black bugs and other insects which ic it feed upon the young plants and aad I 1 seldom have any an trouble ficia them when I 1 freely use the phosphate |