Identifier: lureofland00full (find matches)
Title: The lure of the land
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Fullerton, Edith Loring, 1876-1931 Long Island Railroad Company. Experimental Station, Wading River, N.Y
Subjects: Agriculture
Publisher: (New York?
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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mber One. So John Coddington was at once installed maker and tender ofhotbeds for Experimental Station No. 1 at Huntington in our ownhome chicken yard. The space admitted of seven sash; a three-foothole was dug, the frame set according to regulations and hot manureplaced in the bottom. Pine sifted loam was placed over this andwhen the bed had reached the proper temperature radishes were sown,for we intended getting one crop of these before tomatoes, cabbage andcauliflower took all the room. There were many bunches pulled inMarch when radishes were bringing 25c. a bunch. Tomato seed was sown in February in seven varieties: early, me-dium and late; pink, red and yellow. In the little conservatory, ourWinters delight and recreation, my seed boxes were brought forth andplanted with asters, pansies, coleus, peppers and cardoon, all destinedto beautify the house plot about the little homestead in the Wilderness.When seeds are sown, Spring begins. Part IIISpring, the Strenuous Season Plowing
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Planting SPRING, THE STRENUOUS SEASON 42 Spring, the Strenuous Season SPKING began with us when the ground, even though still hard,could be turned over. Mack, so dubbed to prevent confusionwith John Coddington, forked the lawn plots about the house—the plow had not done any work here, for the trees interfered. It washard work and slow, but brawny muscle and encouragement prevailed.A dressing of well-rotted manure and a sowing of ashes had beenspread for turning under, for we wished to lay special stress upon thegrass plot. Too many new homes never have one, mores the pity. Ofcourse it needed raking after being turned over, and as no rakes seemedto grow in scrub oak, the Englishman turned Yankee and invented one.He took a board, drove nails through it, fastened it to a stick and pro-ceeded to rake; Teddy, for a drag and leveler, tied a couple of cedarsto a board, which answered the purpose admirably. Edward Tuddenham, or Ted, started work March 1, giving us twomen. Much work on build

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