. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. EWBALTESAND COMPANY Printers ? Binders Unexcelled facilities for the production of Catalogues, Book- lets, Stationery, Posters and Advertising Matter. Write us for prices and specifications. Out-of-town orders executed promptly and accurately. We print BETTER FRUIT. CORNER FIRST AND OAK STREETS PORTLAND, OREGON WHEN ADVERTISERS MENTION BETTER FRl'lT. .should be four or five feet apert. Bush lima beans are planted five or six inches apart in rows thirty to thirty-six inches apart. Bush beans of the string type may be planted somewhat closer— the p
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. EWBALTESAND COMPANY Printers ? Binders Unexcelled facilities for the production of Catalogues, Book- lets, Stationery, Posters and Advertising Matter. Write us for prices and specifications. Out-of-town orders executed promptly and accurately. We print BETTER FRUIT. CORNER FIRST AND OAK STREETS PORTLAND, OREGON WHEN ADVERTISERS MENTION BETTER FRl'lT. .should be four or five feet apert. Bush lima beans are planted five or six inches apart in rows thirty to thirty-six inches apart. Bush beans of the string type may be planted somewhat closer— the plants standing three or four inches apart in rows from twenty to twenty- four inches apart if hand cultivation only is to be employed. Beans of any kind should not be planted any deeper than is necessary to secure good germi- nation. This should never be over two inches and on heavy soil it should not be more than one and one-quarter to one and one-half inches. Beets can be jjlanted comparatively early in the season. It is not necessary to wait until the ground has become warm, if the danger of frost is past. The seed should be sown in drills four- teen to eighteen inches apart and cov- ered to a depth of about one inch. As soon as the plants are well up they .should be thinned to stand three to foiu' inches apart. From two to three plantings should he made in order to have a continuous supply of young, tender beets.—Office of Information, U. S. Department of Agriculture. Preparing the Garden Soil A simple test to determine when garden soil is ready for plowing or working is to take a handful of earth from the surface and close the fingers tightly on it. If the earth compacted in this way is dry enough for cultiva- tion it will fall apart when the hand is opened. This test is applicable only to comparatively heavy soils, but it is these which receive the most injury if they are worked when wet. On such soils overzealous gardeners not only waste their time, but frequently do
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