Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 94, 1 March 1918 — Page 8

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1918.

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ORDER HOME GARDEN SEED EARLY; HOW TO FIND AMOUNTS NEEDED

BE A "HOME GARDENER" The home gardens of America are the home guard In food production. The "home guardener" of this year our second In the war is forewarned and thus forearmed. The "home guardener," before he arms himself with his hoe, must fortify himself with knowledge. Every peck of vegetables produced for home use this year from ground that never before grew food will mean a certain quantity of meat or wheat released for use behind our battle lines.

Get the seed for your home garden early. This is an important step in the home gardener's effort to supply fresh vegetables for his table and for can

ning and to help relieve the demand on the country's supplies of food. Seed should be ordered well in advance of the time for planting in the open, so that it will be ready for planting in flat or. frames and also for use as soon as the weather and the condition of the soil make it possible, neforo ordering peed the home gardener should decide what vegetables he wants to raise and also should look over his garden plot or plan and decide on the best location for each vegetable, determining how much seed will be. required for the space available for each variety. A well-laid garden plan, the preparedness of which was described in an earlier article in this series, will be a great aid in determining the amounts and varieties of seed that will be needed. , Garden Space Valuable Just what vegetables are to be grown depends, of course, upon the Individual tastes of the family. In general, the aim of the home gardener should be to raise vegetables in which freshness is an important quality. Peas, Etring beans, Lima bean, aspar

agus, and sweet corn, for example, lose much if they are not cooked al

most Immediately after they are pick

ed. In the case of potatoes, corn, cucumbers, squashes and melons, it should be remembered that these vegetables occupy a large area in proportion to their yield and in a small garden consume valuable space which, in most cases, could be used more profitably. In the case of potatoes, however, it also should be noted 'that they are easily stored and are an extremely good staple crop, and many gardeners will find it to advantage to plant as much ground to potatoes as possible after sufficient space has been allotted to the other garden crops. Find Amount of Seed Needed Aim to make every seed count. Remember the supply of some of the more important varieties of garden

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may obtain enough to meet their needs, everyone should co-operate to make what is used produce a maximum crop. , Following are the approximate quantities of seed that should be purchased for a garden which is to supply vegetables for successive plantings throughout the season for a family of four: Beans, snap , 1 to 2 quarts Beans, pole, Lima 1 pint Beans, bush, Lima 1 pint Beet 4 ounces Cabbage (early) 1 packet Cabbage (late) ounce Carrot 1 ounce Cauliflower I packet Celery 1 packet Cora, sweet ..1 to 2 pints Cucumber 1 ounce Eggplant 1 packet Kale or Swiss chard 2 ounces Lettuce ounce Muskmelon 1 ounce Onion sets 4 to 6 quarts Parsley 1 packet Parsnips : V? ounce Peas, garden 2 to 4 quarts Radish 1 ounce Salsify 1 ounce

When You Chocse Your Seed, Think of What It Will Bring. Have in Your Mind a Picture of the Product.

Spinach . . . U pound in spring and i pound in fall. Squash -(summer) .1 ounce Squash (Hubbard) fc ounce Tomatoes, early ,1 packet Tomatoes, late M ounce Turnips 2 to 3 ounces Watermelon 2 ounces If a gardener should desire to plant all of the vegetables mentioned. It is calculated by garden specialists of the U. S. Department of Agriculture that enough space could be found for them in one-fourth of an acre. However, it is advised that the gardener, unless he has had one or more years' experience, center his work on as few as six of the more important vegetables. For most of the vegetables listed the plantings may consist of the entire quantities mentioned. Relatively small quantities of cauliflower, eggplant, and parsley should be sufficient for most families. The entire supply of string beans, bush Lima beans, sweet corn, lettuce, peas and radishes should not

be planted at one time, but successive plantings be made so that a fresh supply of the vegetables may be had throughout the season. Of early Irish potatoes 1 peck to Vi bushel , will be required, and of late potatoes bushel to 1 bushel or more, depending upon the amount of ground available for this purpose. If abundant space .is available it may be well to grow enough Irish potatoes to last throughout the winter. Seed for Canning Vegetables If the family wishes to raise vegetables to supply current needs and also to furnish a surplus for canning, the amounts given above should be considerably increased. With a little forethought a comparatively small tract of land may be made to supply the average family with fresh vegetables throughout the growing season.

Sisters Kiss U. S. Flag to Avoid Ducking TRENTON, .N. . J., March 1. Given their choice of. swearing allegiance to the American flag or receiving a ducking in a nearby canal, Elizabeth and Margaret Paine, sisters, chose : the former and kissed the colors today at a pottery. The disciplinary action was enforced by their fellow workers, mostly women, after the sisters had made disparaging remarks about national army men who marched away to camp yesterdy. . The Paine sisters are Americans, born of German parents. WOMAN HELD AS ENEMY

WAUSAU, Wis., March 1. Charged

with having made threatening remarks concerning. President Wilson, Mrs. Lucy E. Gebert of Milladore, was

brought here today and arraigned be

fore a United States commissioner. She was released in $7,500 bail and a hearing was set for March 7.

Army of the Republic will be held here May 15, 16 and 17 this year. Preliminary plans for the encampment now are under way here.

Thrift and war stamps bought of Uncle Sam will help win the war against Prussianism.

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