Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 173, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1918 — HOME TOWN HELPS [ARTICLE]

HOME TOWN HELPS

DEVOTE STUDY TO GARDEN Properly Planted Land of Value Both to the Owner and to the Community. It is a wise course to. plan food production in a systematic way so that the garden will give satisfactory results. Study methods of cultivation on all products. When buying onion sets, for example, see if there are not other food crops which are better procured in a state of growth than in seeds. All gardens need horseradish and rhubarb, which are best started from roots, and these can be bought from almost any dealer. Rhubarb will thrive in any odd bit of ground. It will be ready for use the second, year. It is a valuable crop as well as being bardy and prolific. Horseradish also is commonly grown from roots or sets and not from seed. Some claim they have the best success growing it aftef the early cabbage, beets, etc. The crop is dug in the fall, the small roots being removed and cut into sets four to six inches long. The top end is cut square and the bottom slanting so there will be no mistake in planting. These are tied in bundles and kept over winter in sand. When planting, time comes small holes are made with a light crowbar or long stick and the sets dropped in and covered two or three Inches deep so.that they do not come up until midsummer. Any deep, rich, well-drained soil will answer for horseradish.