This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 edition. Excerpt: ...lumps as possible. By means of a light pine board 4 inches wide, rows 4 inches apart are marked off. The edge of a common lath is then placed in the marks and gently pressed into the soil until a narrow furrow one inch deep is made. The seed is then dropped in the furrow about half an inch apart, covered, and ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 edition. Excerpt: ...lumps as possible. By means of a light pine board 4 inches wide, rows 4 inches apart are marked off. The edge of a common lath is then placed in the marks and gently pressed into the soil until a narrow furrow one inch deep is made. The seed is then dropped in the furrow about half an inch apart, covered, and pressed down with the hand. Working in this way, two men can plant almost 150 square feet an hour, and will use about 3 ounces of seed. As soon as the radishes are up and the seed leaves are well formed, the plants should be thinned out to 1% to 2 inches apart. It is of the highest importance to have all the radishes attain marketable size at the same time, and to accomplish this it will be necessary to use only the large seed. Where the seed as ordinarily obtained in the market is used, about 35 per cent of the crop will reach marketable size in from 35 to 40 days, 28 per cent will require 15 days longer, while the rest will in all probability never be worth anything. By using only the large seed, 90 per cent of the crop will come in at one time, thus making it possible to pull practically all the crop at once and immediately replant. As obtained in the market, about onethird of the seeds are too small to use, and consequently are thrown away. Two pounds of seed was screened so as to separate the large from the small seed. In this case there was obtained from the 2 pounds of seed 19 ounces of large seed and 103 of small. The remainder was made up of pieces of gravel and crushed seed, bits of sticks, etc. The seed cost wholesale 60 cents per pound, and if one-third by weight is thrown away it brings the cost up to 80 cents per pound. This is a very small matter, . however, in view of the many advantages resulting from the use of the large..
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