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. 1870 edition. Excerpt: ...is to be transplanted, the seed should be sown in a thoroughly prepared seed-bed, about the middle of May. The young plants should be dusted with soot, ashes, road dust, or air-blacked lime, or with some other powder that will drive away the skipping-beetle, which often causes serious loss. The rows need not ...
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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. 1870 edition. Excerpt: ...is to be transplanted, the seed should be sown in a thoroughly prepared seed-bed, about the middle of May. The young plants should be dusted with soot, ashes, road dust, or air-blacked lime, or with some other powder that will drive away the skipping-beetle, which often causes serious loss. The rows need not be more than twelve inches asunder, and the plants may stand quite thickly in the row, at intervals of not more one-half inch or one inch. The plants for an acre may, in this way, be raised upon a few square rods of ground; although, for fear of accidents, it is always best to be liberal in this respect. The amount of seed sown for the transplanting of an acre should be not less than three-quarters of a pound; and, if there is the least danger that the seed may not be of uniformly good quality, it will be poor economy not to use at least twice this quantity. The seed-bed should be kept thoroughly clean, free from weeds, and well pulverized; and, if the weather is dry, should be occasionally watered, in order that the plants may be as strong and firm as" possible at transplanting time. They should be set out in place, not later than the middle of July, if the crop is intended for consumption on the farm. But the first of August will be early enough, if it is intended for the market. In this latter case the seed-bed need not be planted before June first. If, between the time of planting the seed and setting out the plants in the field, the weather is such that they threaten to grow to too large a size, they should be retransplanted, and their growth in this way checked. Every transplanting of turnips, or any thing else that bears transplanting at all, has the effect of increasing the bushiness of the root, and, ultimately, the stamina of...
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