Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 76, Ed. 1 Friday, March 31, 1944 Page: 2 of 16
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Fertilizer Brought Out Especially
Vktory Gardens Has More Nitrogen
By I J* ftAimiFY,
Vnltert PreM Fam Editor.
Victory gardeners can see dan-
ger signs on the food front.
Farmers are facing a crop year
no better than average. At this
time two years ago, everything
was in favor of peak production
on farms. Last year factors
were just about as favorable.
But today some areas have had
loo much rain, others too little.
That means production of food
in cities have one big advantage
over farmers. During weeks of
drought they can simply turn
the hose on thirsting plants in-
stead of waiting for rain. Gar-
den irrigation is impossible in
many rural areas. If rain Is de-
nied. crops fail,
full In Experts
Crops will also fail In city
gardens if there's too much—or
too little—lime in the soil. Be-
ginners in the art of growing
food at home won’t know wheth-
er their soil is in the proper bal-
•nee as to the content of this
chemical.
If there’s any doubt about the
Htuotion. call in outside help.
Soil tests can ho made by local
garden leaders, county agents or
crop experiment stations.
Lime Improves the structure
of certain heavy soils. Rut too
much of it may injure most gar-
den crops. Most of the garden
vegetables arc damaged by ap-
plication of more lime than they
need. For this reason the chem-
ical should not be applied unless
i soil test demonstrates that the
garden plot is actually deficient
in lime.
In mast eases the soil doesn’t
need it. That is, if the ground
affords good drainage, and if
:here's barnyard fertilizer ti
work into it.
This natural type of fertilizer
will ho hard to obtain in most
tili< -. But n wouldn't hurt 40
look around. Florists and seeds-
men often know where It ran he
tbtainctl.
Beans, tomatoes and potatoes
| may lx- injured hv the use of 1
But it’s practically impossible to
have the soil too rich for most
other garden crops.
Richer Fertiliser ,
Most Victory gardeners will
have to depend on commercial
fertilizers. A material brought
out especially for Victory gar-
dens Is richer than a similar
product made available last
year. For one thing its nitrogen
content is considerably higher.
In applying fertilizer to the
soil, be careful to follow direc-
tions. . . . Too heavy an applica-
tion may be more harmful than
good. The material can be
spread over a small, intensively
planted garden. Then it must
be thoroungbly mixed with the
soil by careful raking or spad-
ing. Fertilizer should be work-
ed into the soil no deeper than
three or four inches.
Expert gardeners have this
word of advice: Great care must
he taken in the use of commer-
cial fertilizers—in a small gar-
den—the kind you’re planning
to cultivate. There is often a
tendency to use too much soil
enrichment. The result is that
more harm than good is done.
| Xo more than 50 to 50 pounds
I of standard fertilizer can safely
be applied to a plot
30 by 50 feet.
Hard Work Necessary'
Fertilizer can he mixed direct-
ly into the soil or used as a side
dressing. In the latter ease, the
material must be placed a short
distance from the plants. Other-
wise the plants will suffer fer-
tilizer "burn.” It's beneficial,
however, to place tin* side dress-
ing close enough to the planted
seed for the smaller roots to
reach as they grope around un-
der the ground for nourishment.
No amount of lime, if and
when its use is indicated., nr fer-
tilize! will veto the necessity of
hard work in the garden. Chem-
istry plays its part in gardening.
But an even greater portion of
success is based on proper break-
ing ,>f the soil, removal of trash,
ami a willingness to -tick to the
Several Solutions
To Location
Problem
Give a man a little know-hows
about plants and their ways, a
good piece of land under a
friendly sun, and lie’s on his
way to a real victory in Victory
gardening.
The ideal location for a Victory
garden is right in your own
hack yard. But few back yards
are large enough for the purpose,
and in many cases the soil la
either unthrifty or is too shaded
to promote healthy growth ol
plants.
Here are sonic of the draw-
backs to guard against in select-
ing your garden spot: Steep
slopes, had drainage; too many
trees, too much rock ,too little
topsoil. Too much shade from
buildings will be as discouraging
to the development of your
crops as shade from trees^
If the back yard or the vacant
lot next door has these draw-
backs, it will be necessary to
look for a plot somewhere else.
The average family will want a
plot measuring 30 by 50 feet.
That’s the plot size recommend-
ed by garden leaders.
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Sweetwater Reporter, Swootwoter, Toxoi
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too much Uirnyard fertilizer. | job.
T
Select Seeds Having Carefully Made
Successful Record Garden Plan Is
In This Locality
By l.h'K IMNNTFV,
1 iilinl I’re*- Farm Editor.
The garden should be in the
of ground open where it can get direct sun-
light at least h hours a day.
Vegetables, you know, take
nourishment from the sun as
well as the earth. That’s why
it's necessary to goY away from
obstructing buildings or trees.
Home lilkc Shade
Of course some crops tire tol-
erant of shade. Those are the
leafy plants like spinach, kale
and lettuce. But tomatoes, egg-
plants, pepjjprs and lima beans
don't fare so well unless they
get plenty of sunlight.
Drainage is important. If
ground remain wet a long time
after a rain it'll lie undesirable
as a garden site. Ground that
washes badly after a rain should
also be avoided. Seed planted
on -licit a location would prob-
ably lie washed out.
The presence of green scum on
I the ttrfacc of the -oil is getter-
__• ui)> an indication that, the
' ground suffers from poor drain-
age.
If you find a level piece of
land on which there's a lush
growth of weiil- or gras--that's
the pi.mv for your garden. Soil
; which support these plants will
iil-o he friendly to tomatoes and
let Hate and other vegetables.
Experienced gardeners prefer
t !c first step In developing a a rich, deep -andy loam for their
iic e-uftii garden. \ p|an W||j planting-. But other types of
One of First Steps
A carefully made garden plan
In ' any variety of seed won :
•10 ' ' " ' " " "den C ■ tn better utnbo time n ' •s"il :,r’ "fton productive,'though
* ** ill. Ill '•■<. II. 1. Itlitl.l •/. /llllt llOltik
<"t or letitH-. fmm plant? oy and space hut to Ik>
It may not lie possible to find
a desirable plot close to home,
j Hot thousand? of gardener? dem-
onstrated last year that suice-»
ftti cultivation can be carried on
at considerable distance from
home.
Garden lender- arc dressing
ihi- point: Don't abandon plans
they're often hard to cultivate.
f, . really p, ;inj .use, tile ground should
1 t ■ it nut-: in i t down on be fn e of rocks, trash and de-
p i|-er \nd to augment your t’1' ol Jl kind.?,
plan, keep ; -crop look for the 1 ;i> are often cluttered
many odd hits of information " "it nibble and "fill.'" It takes
•• he h have .1 hif oivy of -uni:-? clipped front here and there V ' l,'uV*lU,> 110 productI v-
r .1,1 ' it\ ol Stull lots and they -hould
In making your plan, run the j lie avoided by Victory gardeners.
' with the contour of the IH-tann- No Harrier
• nd never up and down hill
1 i f short way of the ,,iot j,
•mimendetl Start with the vege-
tables that ar<- to be plant'd
tit.-t. Group, to a marked de-
k’rce, the early crops, so that
when harvested the splice rnav
’’e filled for later one . choose
varletes tor summer aiui an.
■•"Hite, mil''ns1 In smi'l? 7mm’' anTfor T{0roge<,rT?v\rrnln<{* I'" ? ":V'J,‘nT,if hi'v,'n’l
...i 1 ...... totjgi. rt\ to locate mund a pldt. There ore a lot of ■
< nditinn this method he ft l ' wlWe'moV.......mndy who can help you
:. ■: Z z&sps&'si rfan,J' m""T h:n" v,,r>;
......* it 1: fall and a - i l L „ f ra,na«’• ‘"'mn.itt'.ws. One ol the func-
, , ;!„ , , ...h .linin ' 1, , 11 ru 1 the house per- lion, 01 the committee I. to fin I
a Hi" in idle taie, .Jrv"wc Xrn\lTjSis,uii2B' ‘,urln*' K:m,onI f‘^»««ins f*rt- prrfciwrtiv*
•If- 1: ' vvh in tl < winter ,td l, ,;1.'"'-'''I'M- planters.
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11"" ........... ■ power : u'd m war pt due*
Do not plan a garden unle ss I lion
you are willing to work it ----- ----- -•
1 brough the summer and au-
!!,n,n Neither should you plan j
•' v-' di'u larger than is newled,
or than you can cultivate, a'
■ns.id vvoli'and-for garden wid '
mil timelv weed- prisiuce more than
which flourished In another part
1 th«' country may fail In this
■ .'a 11 So in buying seed, Iv
n 1 lie I,if koi.tt for varieties
I'lf man at the seed -tore ttsti
■lly ' arrie- -uch varieties, pur-
hi>-mg hi- supplies from seed
vrowers nearby.
Oviioft;-, whether you buy
'•"l- .r plants, should lie ?•-
fft'd with esiwclal care Only
• ariotu- with ti history of sue
ecs-' iii the region should lie
plant ell
The commonest method of
I tic coif I.
< llll't t 'liltllM'll’ \\ till \\ rl'll-
Onl
anti ctinn<
nil thm I
The -«•#;«
Willi i'T"
'•ttglt. i.tri
iug i -
culture
Another
’ii. nt i' tvi
*>ttyinc onion
rietv "f . 1.1*11
*ediing- are delicnte
make a gmid start in
ikes or forms a t rust,
hut- can't compete
Therefore, thor-
imisirt.tnt in onion
matter should tie
in connection with
or any other va-
Be ure to a-k
; "itr dealer for coils which are
re-Utcr.i to one 01 more dl.;-
“Ukcc. \- we said earlier in the
Tui'fl' u ■eiie-. the lilithe-t prleetl
... rl - 1'i nerallv the cheapo..'
in the long run. inferior mate-
rial very often fall) to reward
the gardener for hi? time and
ffoi •
THE KINH
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LIKE MOTHER
USED TO
MAKE
COFFEE SHOP
MRS. J. K. < ruddock
a larger but
neglected one. Confine your
• 1 of vegetable? to the e- enti d
varietlc: which plea-e your fani-
• ! and do nht plant too much
1 1 any one thing, ftoniomhni-
■- is difficult to utilize, no j
.nailer liovv mm Ii you enjoy,
thut vegetable.
flan you ec in hooks and
newspapers arc intended as
guide-, and changes should h.-
ei'ioe to adapt one to your pac-1
tl< ui 1 needs. But be sure to I
include lettuce, beans, carrots, i
I |. • T"tnatoe?, spinach, cam'
'"ge. and onions. All these arc 1
u' grow and prixluce ahum!.
■ n' crop liiirh in foml value.
‘ him ■ i.iiiliage may be ub-il-
f'-r part of late lettuce, 1
i'rfiecfili „r cauliflower for a
I >• oi '..ibiwigi . swi • chanl ami'
1 I-1 "d greens for a part 0*
II fiii.'i'li. And lie sure that
"’’a plan -how- the lllind)cr of
b't "t row to Ik- given over to,
' 1,1 ’ "d». I he -pacing between j
1 It" f *w . and the oriler in whlcij
‘1 °T' - 11 ro to Ik; planted.
Checf UphSK^
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finest ficatiinu srrvirc
aViillohl.' . . . anil have
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hv bringing them to
IF YOUR NOSE
* CLOSES UP*
TONIGHT
Put 3.purpose Va-tm-nol up -srli
no.arii. It (1» £hrlnks swollen
m.;mbrnni.,i, f2» soothes Irritation,
f31 relieves transient nasal con-
gcation . . and brings greater
breathing comfort.
Pol low tnc complete
directions
In folder.
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Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 76, Ed. 1 Friday, March 31, 1944, newspaper, March 31, 1944; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth710186/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.