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EDITORIAL
"OLD G LOKi
"America For Americans
1IOME GARDEN MOVEMENT
Charles I-athrop Pack, president of
the National Emergency Food Garden
Cum mission, has written a letter to A.
J. Drlscoll, chairman of the Promotion
Committee of the Central Garden Com
mittee of the District of Columbia,
commending the work of the commit
tee.
Mr. Pack calls atteution to the fact
that President Wilson emphasized the
patriotism involved In the garden
movement and adds: "The president
of the United States in his appeal to
the nation points out in forceful lan
guage the part that must he played by
the people. The members of the Wash
ington garden clubs are now doing
what the president urges all to do, and
I sincerely hope that the good work
will be kept up.
"The National Emergency Food Gar
den Commission, of which I have the
honor of l>e!ng president. Is urging
throughout the nation as vigorous a
campaign as Is beta:? prosecuted In
Washington. Our whole aim Is to aid
the people to aid themselves, and by
the creation of home gardeus, where
fresh vegetaMes may Lie raised ail dur
ing the summer season, a great beneflt
v. ill be the result not only to the Indi
vidual family, but to the government,
which now Is burdened as never before
with a multiplicity of responsibilities.
"The need for immediate action on
the j-art of the people to embrace every
possible opportunity to aid themselves
and their country U apparent on all
sides. The great government detri
ments and the president of the coun
try himself are urging the masses to
permit no wild land go to waste. The
food problem is serious today, but with
war progressing, as it must progress,
with leaps and bounds, the food situa
tion will become more acute, and then
will the situation arise where the in
dividual householder must not only lis
ten to counsel, but must do his bit If
■utBcient food Is wanted."
FOR SPOTLESS TOWN
In a clroul;;.- ^cnt out recently by the
Philadelphia board of trade to all busi
ness organizations and about 150 of
the larcest business houses attention
Is called to a recent address of Mlera
Busch. chairman of its committee of
municipal affairs, asking. "What kind
of a city do Phlladelpluans want?"
Mr. Busch 6aM:
"I>o they want clean streetaT Let
them avoid throwing dust and rnbblsb
Into the highways, guard and dispose
of store waste, see that sides of wag
ons hauling rubbish are always higher
than the load and gather up waste pa
per. The present enormous fire loss
can be made nominal by personal care.
The waste of water, besides that re
quired to extinguish fires, means a
large and constant expense in pumping
and storage capacity.
"The appearance of the city coald be
radically changed and Improved in a
week if everybody would clear away
pavement obstructions, projecting
signs, etc.
"Letter boxes and fire and police sig
nal boxes could be placed against
buildings (In Europe they are often set
into the walls) and if placed in the
same relative position, such as on the
northwest corner of intersections,
coald readily bo found by those requir
U-i them." I
WHAT TO GROW.
If your garden or part of It?'
happens to be moist and low
ground, such crops as celery,
onions and late cucumbers will
do best there. If it -is high,
warm and dry soil it is particu
larly adapted to early peas,
beans and other crops which you
mean to force.
If you have plenty of room you
may grow sweet corn, melons,
quashes and other spreading
plants in addition to the ones
which may be planted closely to
gether.
Around the edges of your gar
den you have probably discover
ed places for permanent beds of
asparagus and rhubarb, for a
few strawberry plants and possi
bly for some other small fruits,
like currants, the bushes of
which bear annually.
As for the bulk of your prod
uce, please your own taste and
that of your family, always re
membering that it is better In
' a small garden to specialise an a>
few vegetables, preferably those
like string beans, peas and rad
ishes, which taste better the
fresher they are, than to grow
little driblets of everything, but
not enough of any one thing to
- be worth the trouble.
Suggestions for early planting
> in an ever so small garden
peas, beets, carrots, radishes,
parsnips, lettuce, salsify, kohl
rabi, onions, spring spinach and
(if enough room) potatoes.
Later crops can be planted
• when some of these have been
• gathered—National Emergency
> Food Commission.
MAKING TOWN FARMERS
TO LESSEN FOOD COST
National Emergency Food, Gar dan
Commission to Croat*, a Million
Mora Gardana.
When the school and bom* garden
ing movements started In the United
States a score of years ago -few per
sons foresaw that some day this minia
ture farming of urban lots might prove
of great economic benefit to the entire
population. Up to the present the
movement has been fostered aa a. so
cial service—to give boys and girls
habits of industry and to afford to
dwellers in congested districts enjoy
able, healthful and profitable occupa
tion in their leisure, with incidental
aid in beautifying cities and towns by
cleaning up the back- yard* and vacant
lots.
The present food crisis, which may
become more acute in the event of- a
serious war, seems to liava. brought
the day in which the idle lands within
American municipalities are likely to
become an important source of food
supply. So seriously is the matter re
garded that a number of well known
educators and philanthropists have or
ganized in Washington the national
emergency food garden commission,
devoted to the purpose of patting 1,
000,000 men, women and children on
city and town gardens this spring to
raise vegetables for their families.
Charles Lithrop Pack, president of
the American Forestry association, is
the originator of the movement and
the head of it. With him'are associa
ted among others Dr. Charles W. Eliot
of Cambridge, Mass.; John Grter Hib
ben, president of Frtoeetoe university;
Carl Vrooman, assistant secretary of
Agriculture; Capt. J. B. White, mem
ber of the United States shipping
board; Albert W. Shaw, editor of Sys
tem magazine; Emerson McMillla of
New York, John Hays Hammond of
New York, Fairfax Harrison of Vir
ginia, Luther Burbank of California
and Hon. James Wilson, former sec
retary of agriculture.
The plan adopted by the commission
is first to create garden volunteers by
making the dwellers In citle* and
towns realize the danger in the food
situation this year and then to give
these volunteers dally Instruction In
gardening from the sprouting of seeds
in hotbeds to the harvesting of the ripe
crops.
The ambition of the commission to
create 1,000,000 new gardeners is con
servative. The bureau of education es
timates that there are 6,000,000 school
children capable of cultivating garden
yards, while within our cities and
towns there is probably an equal num
ber of adults who have the leisure for
such work.
Growing Okra op Gumbo.
The borne gardener will usually And
It advantageous to grow small quanti
ties of certain specialties which will
add to the attractiveness of the family
fare and which few houaewlves will
trouble to buy. Among these may be
mentioned okra or gumbo.
The young pods of this plant are
the part used. These are employed
principally In soups, to which they im
part a pleasant flavor and a sticky
consistency. The best pods are grown
on young plants, but if the oods are
removed before they are allowed to
ripen the plants will continue to pro
duce them until killed by frost
The seeds of okra should be sown in
the open after the ground has become
quite warm, or the plants may be
started In berry boxes in the hotbed
and transplanted In the garden after
all danger of frost has passed. The*
rows should be four feet apart for the'
dwarf sorts and five feet apart for the
tall kinds, with the plants two feet
apart in the row. ,
10W TO PREPARE
THE GARDEN SOIL .
'ertllliere and Lima Should Be Applied
When Ground J* Ready.
Pr«p*r»d by United States department of
agriculture.]
A simple test to determine when
garden soil Is ready for plowing or
working Is to take a handful of earth
>0111 the surface and c'ose the fingers
:lghtly on It. If the earth compacted
n this way Is dry enough for cultiva
tion it will fall apart when the hand
a opened. This test is applicable only
:o comparatively heavy soils, but It Is
these which receive the most injury If
&ey are worked when wet On such
soils overzealous gardeners not only
waste their time, but frequently do
ictual damage by attempting to work
theia too early.
After plowing or working with a
spade It id usually desirable to apply
jo me form of fertilizer. Barnyard or
stable manure, which furnishes both
plant food and humus, is undoubtedly
the best, and applications of from
twenty to thirty tons to the acre are
satisfactory. The manure should be
distributed evenly over the surface and
later worked in with a hoe and rake.
Frequently it Is advisable also to ap
ply commercial fertilizer, especially
phosphate. An application of 300 to
300 pounds of acid phosphate to the
icre is usually sufficient. In order to
supply potash, if this is needed, un
bleached wood ashes may be distrib
uted over the garden at the rate_of
1,000 pounds to the acre. Wet or leach
ed ashes have less fertilizer value.
Two thousand pounds of these should
be used. In order to start the plants
early in the spring applications of 100
pounds to the acre of nitrate of soda
are sometimes used. It is Important,
however, to remember that no form of
commercial fertilizer will yleKl good
results unless the soil is well supplied
with hnmus. This frequently may be
furnished In the form of sod or other
vegetation which has overgrown a
garden spot and may be turned under
with a plofr or spade.
In certain localities it is also ad
visable to test the soil for acidity.
Naturally moist soils are likely to be
sour and in such a condition are not
likely to produce the most satisfactory
crops. The test for acidity or sour
ness is a very simple one. A handful
of the soil slightly moistened and a
piece of blue litmus I aper, which can
be obtained from any drug store, are
all that is necessary. When placed on
sour soil the paper will turn red. To
correct such a condition lime should
be used. The ground should be cov
ered with a thin coat of air slaked
lime and the latter worked In well.
Lime is not a plant food, but it will
correct the acidity and will improve
the physical condition of the soil.
ON GROWING ONIONS.
On SmaJI Areas It la Preferable to
Plant Sets.
[Prepared by United States department of
agriculture.]
Onions, like i>otiitocs. are a staple
crop that Is grown commercially on a
very extensive scale. As a general
rale, It Is well to have the crop follow
some other one that has been kept un
der the hoe anil free from weeds the
previous season.
In the north seed Is sown as eurly In
the spring as the soil cau be brought
to the proper condition. In the south
onion sets are frequently put out in
the autumn and carried through the
winter with the protection of a little
hay or straw. There are three meth
ods of propagating onions—the first, by
sowing the seed in rows where the
crop is to grow; second, by sowing the
seed In specially prepared beds and
transplanting the seedlings to the open
ground, and, third, by planting sets
which have been kept through the win
ter. The first method is used by large
commercial growers on account of the
amount of labor involved In the others.
On small areas, however, it may b«
preferable to plant sets. Under normal
conditions these may usually be ob
tained at planting time for about $2.50
a bushel, eight or nine bushels belli*
required to plant an acre. Onions
planted from sets will ripen earlier
than those from seed sown in the
flelda When the transplanting nieth
od Is used the seed is sown in green
houses, hotbeds, cold frames or spe
cially prepared beds at the rate of
three and one-half to four pounds for
each acre to be planted. The seed
lings are transplanted when they are
somewhat smaller than a lead pencil
and rather stocky. The root end of
the seedling Is pushed Into the soil
with one finger, and the soli is then
firmed about the plant
The seed Is sown thickly in drills
about twelve to fourteen inches apart
After the plants become established
they are thinned to two or three inches
apart The maturity of the bulbs may
be hastened by preventing the con
tinued growth of the tops. This is
sometimes accomplished by rolling an
empty barrel over the rows and break
ing down the tops. After these are
practically dead the oniun bulbs may
be pulled up by hand irom the soil
and spread in a dry, wnll ventilated
place to cure. Thereafter they may
be stored in crates or bags for winter
use. In the north the crop ripens and
is harvested during the latter part of
the summer and early autumn. In
the southern states, where the crop is
grown during the winter, the harvest
ing and marketing period takes place
during the spring months.
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