Show FARM AND GARDEN A harvest of facts and figures fl cures for the farmer Far nier the tile prop proper pr time tittle to sow seeds and something about the best breeds of pigs it may not occur to soine says the prairie fanner farmer that man many vegetable seeds will ill fail to grow i if sown before A the be soil becomes somewhat warm ami and the nights average at least 50 degrees above zero but will rot in the ground and the blaino blame be he laid perhaps q to bad seed every farmer knows that in this Jati latitude tude he can sow oats or wheat as its soon as the frost is sufficiently aut I 1 y out of the ground but if he b does the same wit with 11 ll his corn failure is pretty sure to follow it is the same with many of the vegetable and flower seeds some are hardy enough to lie dormant in the ground all winter receiving 11 no injury with others there won would b be e no certainty botany of any living through beet carrot cabbage cauliflower lettuce lel luce parsnip onion peas tur turnip dept i and spinach belong to tb the c c class ittis that may ulay be sown as early in th the s spring r iu as the ground is tillable V and when th e perhaps there aro are more nore or lesa less slight freezes at ni night i abt while with euch such things as lima bush and pole beans sweet corn melon squash and similar plants it ii is useless j to sow at least in this latitude before from the middle of may to the middle of june tina this is particularly so in open field or garden if the garden spot is ii in a position corn completely screened from cold eints winds which by the way on the west side odthe of the lake are usually from the east cast but sometimes some timpa from the north and wea tand the soil is a warm sandy loam loarn it sometimes happens bit but to very seldom that it artay raj be sown kown two weeks earlier than ordinary flat heavy land for extra early crop for home use it niia may be worth while to a aid id this 1 earliness ss by means of email boxes covered with panes of glass something in the form of the old fash conid hand band light now little used it is little trouble for f family amily use to first start almost any vegetable not excluding corn in hotbed hot bed then transplant into a warm nook as mentioned above thus gaining alite a tune over seeds sown in the open ground the enea limb od of doing this is to take rough sod sid and cut into squares of about two in inches clies invert and place close together in the bed be d sow the seed directly into therod the sod od and when the outside air permits transplant into rows eod and all for this particular purpose little more more than the protection of the glass is Is required as if sown in a regular hotbed hot bed many bathe lf the plants would become too far fir advanced in a short time tirre to plant out of doan the glass alone advances them moderately for market culture these methods mi might lit not pay but for ones awn nie table a week or two gained in in car earl liness is worth a trial of course over a latitude a ex tended as that reached by the prairie farmer the time opening differs dif fiers greatly but it i is pretty certain that when the oak leaf begins pu pushing ahing steady warm weather is s near nt at hand however tempting a few warm days lays may seem if the oak refuses to push ita its buds plant tender things with caution orthey or they may get ge nipped dipped by bya a parting arting blast mayd of 0 old v winter duter or a into spring froit even eve wet cold weather may do the business |