Show SPINACH IS ADAPTED FOR EVERY LOCALITY plant requires rich soil and stands cold well seed bed should be spaded and qua quan n city of well rotted manure manura worked in it Is best for use while young and tender prepared by the united states department ol of agriculture well grown spinach Is one of the best early spring and late laie fall greens that can cai be raised in the garden spin uch Is adapted for growing in practically every locality requires a rich soil stands cold as viell mell or bettor better than does lettuce but does not do well nell during the hot part of the suin summer united states department ot of agriculture garden specialists suggest one or two plantings in the early spring just ns is soon as the die danger of severe frost la Is P past as t find and a planting late in the lie summer for fall use throughout the M a T 1 A I 1 ta tre splendid patch of spinach Spina cn south spinach can be planted la in ac 0 tober find and remain in the open ground all winter for growing spinach in the bome garden g a bed about 5 feet in an and d 25 bor or 30 feet in length should bo be spat ed and a quantity of well rotted manure worked into the top 3 inches of soil three pounds of commercial ler fer should also be scattered over the surface and well worked into th the e soil six or eight ounces of seed will ho be sufficient for this space sow in little drills or furrows running lengthwise of the bed the rows to be about 6 or 7 inches apart the seed should be covered inch deep and the toll soil slightly firmed over it watering may bo be necessary if 1 the weather should be extremely dry following the I 1 planting of the spinach seed spinach grows quickly and requires ares very little cultivation except to loboen the soli soil a trine trifle between the and keep heep weeds from getting a start starl if the plants are too thick that Is crowd each other they can be thinned out and those removed in thinning cooked for greens the plants left will then have room to grow larger spinach Is very as an early spring green as it contains plenty of iron and other mineral matter it should always be used while young and tender |