Show boys and girls club activities CARROTS BEETS TURNIPS the cultural methods for these popular vegetables are very similar vA VARIETIES carrots use deavers Da avers half long long orange beets beet grow crosby EK eg pose improved blood turnip turnips select early white flat dutch purple TOP too white globe SPECIAL NEEDS carrots carrota beets turnips are rich feeders and store their food elements in their root system hence the seed bed should be well fart fertilized I 1 an some a time i before planting and t the he soil should ine be sandy in n nature in order that the roots may expand X P d as easily IV as they grow PLANTING I 1 A ING so sow in rows row twelve to fourteen inches part apart space the seed in the rose roa about thirty to a foot plant the seed from one halt half to ta one inch deep depending on the soil conditions LATER CARE OF PLANTS cul cultivate 0 often and ain gate a as net necessary ary busine usine iha the trec trench method this out the plants early and carefully it if thinning practised practiced the roots will wind about each other PESTS carrots carrot and beets are seldom hurt by insects however soil and wh which ch has been cropped contin bously with the root type ve vegetables e t bles may become infested with animals which attack the roots plant lice jim are a severe peat oo 00 turnips tops of turnips may mav wilt over ina ira day although the he soil is moist on ex animation the leaves may be found covered ad with insects on t the he under side prevention la is the only cure examine the young turnip plants early and destroy all the plant lice turnips of these three vegetables love cool weather best hence the fall sown saw crop gives surest returns for a fifty foot row saw gow one half ounce of carrot seed one ounce entire of beet beat seed ard and one us fourth ounce of turnip seed NOTE both senior r and juniors will meet a week from next sat night in basement of public library we have some important business all come |