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Show ; MONEY INGARDENINfi Stehhen R. Whitehead Gives Farmers r Benefit of Ills Experience. ft What to Produce and How to Alarket -wDL-y' The Seclectlon of Seed an Important Item. i .. I S. R. Whitehead lectured on "A few practical pointers In Market j Gardening" last wook at tho Wednes day night mooting of the St. Ooorgo Farmers' Instlturo. In part ho said: "Prom my short oxporlonco in this lino I havo learned a fow points that, -. though I am muoh younger than most of you, will perhaps help you in your work. . "In tho first plaoo, market gardon- y Ins summed up, as I found It, is pleasant, profitable work, with a j o-u-s-h remuneration. Got tho host ip, soil at hand and put it In tho host sbapo possiblo. "Get tho best of soods. I "In most gardening, plant far I enough npart so that you can do most of your cultivating with a horso. Of I course, if you oro cramped for ground you can not do this. Always drive Jj your horso slowly, in cultivating, In Jf order to got close to tho plants and 5r not tear thorn up. Do not stop cul tivating because tho weeds are all out. Stir tho ground and koop on stirring it, keep tho moisture in tho ground for tho roots of tho plants to draw "P." i Ho then referred to somo gardon jf stuffs that could bo shipped from St. Goorgo with profit. Also treated on f somo of them separately, as to marketing and so forth. Radishes, ' lottuoo, onions, cauliflower, peas, bonne and asparngUB woro spoken of as follows : I "For radishes uso tho Fronoh j Breakfast. Do not plant tho long t rod or long whlto radishes for market jj log. You will got no more for a MBL y ..bunch of .tjeo, largo, long ones than S r"n ")unou 01f ho smallor kinds, and MMm n su'PP'nBi tho largo ones will wolgh flv moro than twlco as muoh as tho smull l-w ones. With good, mellow, oloan I m ground you can either drill or broad- lT oast radishes. Givo them plonty of figf water until tlmo to pull. Thon tie ftp from 10 to 14 in a bunch, with Kr common twino. Ship them In cheap jJ; burlap sacks. You oan make monoy wfi on thorn if thoy net you lOopor dozen r bunches. They wholesalo for 4 Co a ', doz. bunches in Salt Lako wbilo tho Br Dlxlo stuff is on tho market. PJ "Get a 'head lottuoo' varloty of K r lottuoo, and plant in the fall. Plant K early enough to lusuro a safe wintering .( In drill. Yes, by tho way, buy tho ' Doaoon Hoad Lottuoo socd. Drill tho J. rowB a foot a part and thon, whon old !.. enough to thin out, thin tho plants ' out to 8 iuohos apart. Whon thor- 'M oughly hoadod, out it just bolow tho v' hoad, as you would cabbngo; trim off fj all outsido loaves and ship in bns- h kots. Hi "Onions pay whorover thoy can bo IQ grown oithor for dry or bunch onions. Ic Plant'tho Prizo-takor for dry onions Br 1 j, and tho Pickling for bunch. Plant I'- thorn also In tho fall early enough to w insure a safo wintering. Drill them in rows to suit your apneo. If you j havo room drill them far onough npart i bo that you can got through with tho I horso and cultivator. Tio a small ' hand -full in n bunch. Out tho tops i half off and slip in burlap sackB whon if you buunh. T "Ralso you cauliflower plants in m hot-bods. Plant them out just nB p soon as tho heavy frosts havo gono, in rowB 3 foot npart and 18 inches I"J&v botweou tho plants. As soon as tho H hoad begins to form tio tho loavos lit loosoly around it to shiold it from V tho sun. Whon you out tho hoad Wtjp' off to ship, loavo just enough loavos j; to covor it, and slip in bnskots. It h brings 12ijo por pound nearly all tho F, year. J "Any good poa will pay you. r Plant thoso in rows 2 foot apart. I would drill thorn in tho row and thon board tho rows ovor lovol and loavo it -v uutil tho pons aro largo onough to "' mnrk tho rows. Thou furrow out K with a oultivntor. Cultivnte them B woll and thoy will bring from 8200 H to 3100 par noro. Thoy bring from Ifi ' 5 to 12J.j oonts por pound in the pod. rfl,' s "Beans aro vory similar to peas. H "In planting asparagus you can flj , oithor plant tho roots or tho sood. M1' Roots aro just a yoar nhoad of sood. When you plant out your roots, plow very doop. Covor tho root ovor with from G to 10 inches of soil so that you can oultivato down doop without outting tho roota. This will also glvo you doopor cutting whon you out, making moro of tho stalk (tho tender part) como bolow tho ground. Separate tho roots into singlo crowns nnd plant them 18 lnohes npart iu 3 foot rows. Do not forgot to covor thorn ontlroly up with at least G Iuohos of soil. Asparagus can bo out ovory other day for two months and will yield from 300 to 81,000 por aero, bringing as high as 25 conts n pound. It is tlod in ouo half pound bunches nnd sold for 15 conts a bunoh or two for a quartor. "In sonding stuff to tho markots North, to tho mines or Codnr City do not wot it. Loavo that for tho soiling agent at tho otbor end. It tends to boat tho truck and soon spoils it. "If possiblo got prices f. o. b. Modonn and do not sell to commission commis-sion men any other way if you can help It.. Thoy aro "business" men nnd look nfter thoir own intorosts whothor you got anything or not. "In Bonding truck nwny always put your nnmo on tho shipping tag or crato as you would in tho upper loft hand corner of an envelope. This tolls who it enmo from and is important." |