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Some Vegetable Seeds
Good for Five Years
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FOREST .
: Determine Supply for
Future Irrigation Now
Now is a good time to get some
Don’t throw away all of those
vegetable seeds that were left over late measurements of water if you
from planting the garden this are contemplating future irriga
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spring. Some of the seeds will be tion from a creek. Small streams
suitable for next spring, providing should be measured several times
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a little care is exercised in their during the growing season in order
to determine the amount of water
storage this winter.
be found in Extension Circulai
Mulches of straw, leaves, grass |
Manures applied in the fall will as a partial mulch.
The length of life of the seeds that might be available for 550 “Measuring Flow in Small clippings and shavings may be use 1 he very beneficial by spring. If
Fall is a good time to plant
irrigation.
The
most
economical
depends on two things-the Kind
Streams” by Marvin Shearer. A to a good advantage in the small ' the manure contains considerable ■ out
new berries. Usually
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, the
.... plant-
of seed and the conditions under irrigation systems that use pumps copy may be obtained from the patch of berries.
| shaving or straw, it will also act | ing is delayed until spring.
are
those
that
can
be
used
on
a
which the seeds have been stored.
County Extension Office.
Seeds vary greatly in their length continuous basis during the irri
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of life. Spinach, onion, parsnip, gating season. This particularly
Prune Raspberries in
and parsley keep their vitality for applies to sprinkler systems.
Stream flows vary from year Fall and Spring
only ane or two years; sweetcorn,
lettuce, beets, carrots, beans, peas to year and crops vary in their
Red raspberries should be prun
and salisfy for two or three years; water requirement. Grain and hay
cabbage, kale, broccoli, cauilflower crops need irrigation early; row ed in the fall and again the follow
ladish, turnip and mustard four or crops need water during the ing spring. The fall pruning
live years; and cucumbers, melons, months of June, July and August. consists primarily of removing the
squash and tomatoes about five Pastures require water from early canes that have produced fru.t
years, All of these times asnume | Spring until late fall in order to and cutting out the weak new
canes. Canes removed in the fall
that- the seeds have been stored obtain maximum production.
under favorable conditions—a cool
A continuous stream flow of 7 will lessen the chances of disease
temperature and fairly low humi gallons per minute should be being spread to the new canes.
dity. Seeds do not keep their allowed for each acre of pasture. The raspberry root borer enter
vitality as long in hot, humiu Row crops should have an allow the plant crown through old cane-'
that have not been cut off a t
summer weather as they do in ance of 10 gallons per acre.
cooler, drier times of the year.
The simplest way to measure ground level.
Spring pruning is done in Feb
Ordinarly, it is best to buy seeds ,-mall stream flow is by the weir.
ruary or early March after danger
A
weir
is
a
bulkhead
placed
across
fresh each year, but if seeds are
a stream so that all of the water of severe freezing is passed. In
held over until the following year, in the stream flows through a the spring when the canes begin
by all means make a germination notch. More details on measuring to leaf at the tips, it is time to do
test before planting them.
water flow in small streams can the pruning. The height at which
the canes are cut off will be
determined by the size of the cane
und tiie hieght of the wire sup
ports. Cane tip removal strength
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ens the cane and allows it to re
main in a vertical position while
bearing the fruit.
Ta 11 growing verities, like
Cuthbert, should be cut back to
5 H or fi feet. Low growing var-
ieites like Newburgh can he cut a-,
low as 4 feet. Cutting back the
canes will reduce the crop, but if
properly done, the harvesting will
be easier.
Canes may be left long or at
their full length if the ends are
fastened to a wire support 4 to 4 * j
Prices ai low a*—
feet above the ground. Old cane
may be broken up and left in the
patch to decay of they are not dis
eased. Diseased wood should be
removed from the patch an I
burned.
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