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"IIOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION No Farm Complete Without a Garden Send for this Book EVERY farmer should have a gar den. In fact, no farm can be complete without a well-mannged gar den. There is no surer way to cut down the high cost of living than to have all the vegetables the family can consume. Growing vegetables for home use is quite different from rais ing vegetables on a larger scale for the market. Market gardening can be carried on profitably only where the Boil and climate are favorable and the transportation and market ing facilities are accessible. In the home garden the aim is to furnish the family a supply of fresh, whole some food all the year around and add an attractive feature to farm liv ing. It has been shown that the farmer gets a larger return from the time, money and land devoted to a vege table garden than from auy other expenditure on the farm, provided it is Intelligently managed. A vege table garden is valuable, not merely because It produces foodstuff worth so much money, but also because It furnishes at all seasons of the year the fresh, green foods that are nec essary for the best health and work ing efficiency. Meat, bread and mo lasses all the year round do not give a balanced ration. The human sys tem needs for its best development the fresh foods with phosphate and acid Juices in them, just as the plant needs phosphates. With a properly planned garden and suitable berry bushes, grape vines, nut and fruit trees, all of which take only an acre or so, the farmer has half of his food supply at a very low cost, and has it fresher and better than it could be bought at any price. Hull' Acre Knough. For the average family a half acre will furnish an abundance of vege tables all the year. The garden should be near the kitchen for convenience la gathering the vegetables. A well drained spot somewhat protected from the high winds should be chosen. The soil should be a sandy loam or a clay loam. Coarse sand or heavy clay makes a poor garden. If such must be used, the character Should be improved at once by the addition of manure, green manure, well rotted chips, leaf mould, ashes, lime, sand or whatever is needed to make a loose, rich, finely pulverized soil. The soil must be given humus enough and be broken deep enough to hold moisture well. When prac ticable, the garden should be located where It can be irrigated from the tank. Often a very small amount of water will save a vegetable crop. The garden spot should be thoroughly broken and well rotted manure added to the so'il in Winter. Before the seeds are sown the soil should be plowed and replowed, disced, har rowed and dragged until it is thor oughly pulverized, settled down, and the surface leveled and covered with a fine mulch. The garden should have a wide gate to admit wagon and team, should be oblong so that the rows may be long, and should be so planted that the cultivation may be done largely with horse-power. The rows should extend the entire length of the plat, and should not be less than 30 Inches apart for the use of the horse culti vator. Small square patches worked by hand make gardening needlessly burdensome and expensive. The grape vines and berries are usually planted on one side of the vegetable garden, which Is a good arrangement. JiilMincse Gardens. To add variety to the attractions of home grounds there is no more potent factor than Japanese gardens, but these must not be left open as a part of the general landscape. They look well when confined to a house court or patio, and if a part of the greater garden should be set apart fcy a wall, fence, hedge, or other di vision of a precise nature. They are not expected to fill the same place as other gardens in a conception of the whole, but should be made toy-like or gardens In miniature, more or less absurdities from our own point of view. Rocks, water and uneven sur faces, If extent of area will permit the latter, should be the leading feat ures and considerations. To Make a tiood Hotbed. Excavate two feet deep, and as large as the bed is to be; if a two Bash bed, the opening is six feet square, If a six-sash bed is to be made the opening is 18 Vfe by 6 feet, as the sashes are generally 3 by 6 feet. The frame Is made so the sash fits ' snug and tight. . The opening is plunked up from the bottom with good, solid boards, which It s Free! Our 1915 Record Service Innovation. Hearing and Selecting Records at Home If you have an Edison Phonograph or a Vic tor or Victrola, or a Columbia or Grafonola, or one of Edison's latest diamond point disc phon ographs, you will be glad to hear of our new service by which records may be selected in your own home. The New Plan Is Simply This : For every four records that you agree to buy we will send one dozen free trial. Orders may be placed by telephone or mail. All the latest rec- jrds as well as the old popular favorites. Free City Delivery. Out of town deliveries by parcels post, which is prompt and safe. Sufficient postage as fol lows should be included for each dozen to be sent by post on trial. Victor or Columbia records 10 inch 12c per dozen Victor or Columbia records Vi inch 15c per dozen Edison diamond disc records 17c per dozen Edibon cylinder records 9c per dozen Tor litis new record service address "Record Service Department" jT ...rib a. . i a at i.i II E FRENCH &CHAArfc.KWHtt v ltrj Building , Droadway at Aider .3t Portland, Oregon We repair phonographs : expert workman, prompt service. Old style machines will be accepted as part payment "for the latest types. "All the makes, all the records, all the time." keeps out the moles and keeps in the heat. Attend to the ventilation and have the frames so arranged that this may be done with the least amount of time and labor possible. The front of the hotbed frame is one foot above the level of the sur rounding soil and the rear is two feet above. This gives the sash a fall of one foot in six. The manure Is about 18 Inches deep after it Is packed down solid. The earth on this about six inches deep. This leaves plenty of room betweeu the plants and the grass. Always ventilate at the back or top, by slipping the sash down, little or much, as desired. Growing Asparagus. Asparagus requires a deep, sandy black loam soli, the deeper the bet ter; subsoil of a porous nature and well tile-drained. The item of fertilizer is one of gi gantic Importance. Fertilizer in some form must be procured in liberal quantities. Asparagus Is not a dainty feeder; It devours alike the fine ground bone of commerce and the dead cat picked up in the back alley. In starting a family asparagus bed, plow the ground at least six inches deep. The plants should be one year old, set In rows three feet apart and IS inches apart in the row. Dig the holes for the plants large enough to receive the roots in their natural position and eight inches deep; firm the earth well over the plants. Sheet Music Buyers Accept This Offer To responsible parties we will send the latest Sheet Music on Trial. 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I The Greatest Grass Grown in America I BBanaaaaasaavnaavaaBtaa-a I Grown North Good for Hay Grain Forage Silage Grown South GROW SUDAN GRASS THR MOST WtWDRRFI I, CRASH OF THF. ACJE introduced tad Indorsed hy the V. S. Agricultural Department. Tented Neverrly hy the formers la all part at Texas aad atrengly recenuaeaded by the Farmers' Congress. Never a pent. Will grow wherever sorghum does, f rom the Atlantic to the Pacific. Makes more -tter hay than any other plant known. Under ordinary conditioni produces S00 to 800 pounds of grain and 3 to S tn of choice hay per acre the same aeason. Adapted to all aorta of aoll aad resists drouth aad atanda the rain well. Takes 2 to 6 pounds of seed to sow an acre In drills and 10 to 30 pounds broadcast. Quality of hay equals timothy and all kinds of livestock prefer it to alfalfa. Cattle fight for the hay and poultry fatten on the grain. Last Spring the seed sold for i to 14 per round and all who grew It then expect to plant more next year. It is now selling at $1 per pound and will go higher befora Spring, ae the supply Is limited. We will send prepaid by parcel post pure Sudan seed for $1 per pound In lots of SO pounds and under not less than one pound considered. Larger lota by freight cheaper. Better order now and be sure of getting the seed and save money and then make more money another year. Lveryone who can should grow Sudan grass, In struction how to plaat with erder. Circular free. Address, EU.Af.ENh: FARM, Bom 15, Aldior, Harris County, Texaa. More Sudan Grass Means More Money Gained. Grown East Makes Money When Other Crops Fail Grown West Laughs at Drought Smiles at Rain
