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COUNTRY PLANNING
In (i discussion of "The Relation of
the Landscape Architect to Country
Planning-' by Albert D. Taylor, non
resident professor of landscape archi
tecture at Ohio State university, at
the last meetlnc of the American Civic
association, some of the objects of
rural development were emphasized.
The primary problem of country
planning as Mr. Taylor sees It Is to
make the country a better place In
which to live. This presupj»ose8 atten
tion not only to the aesthetic stand
point, but to the e ononilc standpoint.
Haml In hand with the plan of mak
ing any particular town a better place
In which to live is the problem of tak
ing it uut of Itself, of relating it to
other communities. A nation wide de
velopment is necessary which shall tie
communities together In some unified
way. One of the first steps toward
this is, obviously, the building of good
roads. These foster communication
and acquaintance.
Another problem is that of preserv
ing points of historic interest and
great beauty, and it is one needing Im
mediate attention, not only for the pur
pose of preserving places that might
otherwise be lost to the future, but
also because such places cau 1* bought
now at a cost which is only a small
fraction of the amount which the com
munities will pay later, perhaps, when
they wake up to their responsibility.
Lastly, among the many other impor
tant problems which might be men
tioned Is that of tree planting, which
needs special intention in the middle
west. A good number of communities
in that section, as well as in others,
have no Idea of the progress that has
been made In city and country fores
try. By means of an educational cam
paign, Including the exhibition of
slides of successful plantings, such
places may be enlisted In a movement
▼ery fruitful of artistic and economic
results.
Daily History uiass—Jure &.
1723—Dr. Adam Smith, author of
"Wealth of Nations," born; died
1790.
1S93—OH City and Tltusvflle, Pa., dev
astated by a fire created with burn
ing oil; 300 lives and 13.000,000 In
property destroyed.
1910—Earl Kitchener, British minister
of war, and his staff, on the way to
Russia, lost by sinking of the cruis
er Hampshire off Orkney islands.
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.
East of zenith, high up, eight third
magnitude stars may be seen In the
evening. Planets Jupiter and Mars vis
ible before sunrise, Saturn In the early
evening. I
SOWING THE SEED
How Much Should Be Allowed For
a Family of Four.
LAYING OUT THE GARDEN.
Specialist* Advita tha Making of a
Rough Plan of tha Garden Whareon
Spacaa to Be Used For Each Variety
of Vegetable Can Be Indicated.
J Prepared by United State* department of
agriculture.]
The home gardener will And it help
ful to make a rough plan of hla garden
on a large sheet of wrapping paper.
On this plan he can indicate the spaces
to be used for each variety and aiso by
means of colored pencils or symbols
show where a second crop is to be
planted or interplanted between grow
ing rows and also arrange for the sec
ond and third crops which are to fol
low those previously harvested. Such
a plan will enable him to keep tha gar
den busy all season supplying fresh
vegetables during the summer and pro
ducing in the late fall root and other
crops for winter use. Once the heavy
preliminary spading and working of
the garden have been done it is about
as easy to raise two or three crops as
to keep the garden clean of weeds to
produce only one picking. The spe
cialists ad rise those who are not used
to gardening or wish to have their
children take an interest in the garden
to hire a laborer to do the heavy pre
liminary spading or breaking up of the
soil This heavy work frequently dis
gusts novices and children, who would
continue to take an interest in tha gar
den if their task was simply to fine
and cultivate soil already broken up.
The following amounts of seed the
garden specialists of the United States
department of agriculture »ay are
needed to plant approximately 100 feet
of row, or enough to supply vegeta
bles for a family of four:
Beans, snap, one pint.
Beans, pole lima, one-half pint.
Bean*, bush lima, one-half to one pint.
Cabbage, early, one-half ounce.
Carrot, one ounce.
Cauliflower, one packet
Celery, one packet.
Cucumber, one-half ounce.
Eggp'-ant, one packet.
Kale, or Swiss chard, one-half ounce.
Parsley, one packet.
Paronipe, one-half ounce.
Salsify, one ounce.
Squash, summer, one-half ounce.
Squash. Hubbard type, one-half ounce.
The following vegetables, the spe
cialists say, will undoubtedly be plant
ed in larger amounts than those just
mentioned, and the amounts of seed
given will be a guide for ordinary re
quirements. Some families may need
more of the various vegetables, and
others would need less:
Beet, four ounces.
Ctbbase, late, one-half to one ounce.
Corn, sweet, one pint.
Lettuce, one ounce.
Muskmelon. one ounce.
Onion sets, two quarts.
Peas, garden, two to four quart*.
Radish, one to two ounces.
8plnach, one-quarter pound In spring
and one-half pound In fall.
Tomatoes, late, one-quarter ounce.
Turnips, one-quarter pound.
Watermelon, one ounce.
The string beans, bush lima beans,
sweet corn, lettuce, peas and radishes
will not all be planted at one time, but
successive plantings two to three
weeks apart will be made so as to
have a fresh supply throughout the
season.
Of early Irish potatoes one peck to
one-half "bushel will be required and
of late potatoes one-half bushel to one
bushel or more, depending upon the
amount of ground available for this
purpose. If possible, enough Irish po
tatoes should be grown to last through
out the winter.
In the event that the family wishes
to raise vegetables to supply current
needs and also to suoply a surplus for
canning the amounts Indicated above
should be considerably increased.
USE FOR VACANT LOTS.
People Urged to Raiee Vegetables and
Prepare For a Lean Winter.
It is a world of lean years, says the
New York Times. It9 food lies In this
year's crop. The reserves will be ex
hausted at the end of the crop year.
The outlook Is not too roseate. The
English wheat crop Is reported back
ward, the Dutch small. French wheat
will yield less than usual Argentina
will hare little wheat or corn to ex
port. The Australian wheat crop is
estimated at nearly 50,000.000 bushels
less than last year's. Our big winter
wheat states have not bad moisture
enough. Early vegetables In the south
ern states have been nipped by frost.
So the shortage goes.
Food prices are high already. This
careless, easy going America must re
member the ant and prepare for next
winter. One thing nearly all of us out
side the cities, and many urbans, can
do. That is to raise all we ean of the
common vegetables, so easy to raise,
thriving almost everywhere, so large
a part of our food. We can't import
them. We must grow them; and they
should be grown in quantities unheard
of before, grown by the rich—and the
more they sell the better—by the poor,
by the great mass that is neither.
Beans, onions, peas, potatoes and the
rest, these should be the crop of
everybody with laud enough to bend
over in.
Selectmen, town committees, town
trustees and councilors, spy out the
vacant cultivable land and see that It
is tickled with the plow. Commuters,
who farm for exercise and pleasure,
or say you do, this Is the spring when
you need to farm for business. More
ground for garden this year; and gar
den for vegetables, not for ornament
WARTIME WISDOM
Man! a Million More Gardens For
Food This Year.
WHAT TO DO IN EACH MONTH
Utilize Vacant Lota For Vegetable? and
Increase the Nation'a Food Supply
When That Supply la Moat Needed.
Aleo Help to Keep Pricee Down.
[Prepared In Washington by the experte
of the National Emergency Food Oar
den Commission, which la affiliated with
the conaervatlon department of the
American Forestry association.]
WHAT TO DO IN APRIL.
Transplant late in April tomato, pep
per and eggplant from plant frame or
cold frame to garden.
Bed sweet potato In plant frame.
Sow celery seed In plant frame.
Transplant annual flower plants into
flower borders.
Transplant dahlia and snapdragon
plants into flower borders.
Plant summering flowering bulbs.
Plant beans, Swiss churd, kohlrabi,
carrots, parsnips, salsify, corn, cucum
bers, melons, squash and okra.
Sow seeds of alyssum, cosmos, mi
gnonette and nasturtium in flower bor
ders.
Keep soil between rows mellow.
Spray for insect enemies.
Plan for disposing of various crops.
WHAT TO DO IN MAY.
Care for lettuce plants In hotbed.
Care for sweet potato plants In
plant frame.
Sow seeds of brussels sprouts In
plant frame.
Plant beans, pumpkins and corn.
Keep soil between rows mellow.
Spray for insect enemies.
Harvest and replant crops promptly.
WHAT TO DO IN JUNE.
Transplant sweet potato plants from
plant frame to garden.
Sow tomato, cabbage and collard
seeds in plant frame for fall crop.
(Sow tomatoes in early June. Sow
cabbage and collards in late June.)
Sow seeds of hardy perennials in hot
beds. Shade plants with screens made
of slats*.
Transplant in seed bed hardy peren
nial flower plants and place plants sis
to twelve inches apart both ways.
Plaut beans, corn.
Prune spring flowering shrubs and
vines after flowers have fallen.
Plaut dahlia roots.
Keep soil between rows mellow.
Spray for Insect enemies and plant
diseases.
Harvest and replant crops promptly.
WHAT TO DO IN JULY.
Transplant plants of brussols sprouts
from plant frame to garden.
Plant Irish potatoes, beans, corn,
carrots and rutabaga.
Keep soil between rows mellow.
Spray for Insect enemies and plaut
diseases.
Arrange for a canning demonstra
tion.
Harvest and replant crops promptly.
WHAT TO DO IN AUGUST.
Transplant tomato, collard, cabbage
and celery plants from plant frame to
garden.
Sow seeds of lettuce and endive in
plant frame.
Plant beans, beets, parsley, kohlrabi,
carrots, turnips and garden peas
(smooth variety).
Spray for Insect enemies and plant
diseases.
Keep soli between rows mellow.
Han-eat and replant crops promptly.
WHAT TO DO IN SEPTEMBER.
Transplant lettuce and endive plants
1a plant frame to garden.
Sow seeds of lettuce, endive and cab
bage In plant frame.
Root cuttings of roses.
Plant splnnacl), kale, mustard, win
ter radish, carrots, onion sets and crim
son clover.
Spray for insect enemies and plant
diseases.
PUNTING SPINACH.
A Favorite Crop Grown For Green*,
and AH Gardeners Should Plant It.
Spinach Is perhaps the most favorite
crop grown for greeus, and every home
gardener should plant it. Around Nor
folk, Va., and to the south of it large
areas are cut at any time through the
winter when the fields are not frozen
or covered with snow. North of the
latitude of Norfolk spinach can be
planted in the autumn and carried
over the winter by mulching with
straw or leaves. The seed should be
sown In drills one foot apart at the
rate of one ounce to 100 feet of row, or
ten to twelve pounds per acre. A rich
loam is required for success.
There Is perhaps no other garden
crop which gives as much satisfaction
as spinach. Ordinarily It occupies the
land during the autumn and winter
and does not interfere therefore with
the production of summer vegetables.
Three or four ounces of seed planted
in the autumn after the summer crop
has been harvested will produce an
abundance of greens for the average
family during the late autumn and
early spring. In gathering spinach
the entire plant is removed Instead of
merely cutting off the leaves. By se
lecting the larger plants first the
smaller or later ones are given room
to develop. This metaod does away
with the necessity of thinning.
fraternal ordeks
Arctic Brotkerhood. —
Camp Bkagwary No. 1,
A. B. meets every sec
ond anil fouirtli Tues
day exenlng at 8:30 p.
ra. 8»*rp. Visiting brothara cordial
ly welcome. J. M. Tammer, Arctic
CbW. W. B. Hargraves, Arctic Re
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