"IIOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION
No Farm Complete
Without a Garden
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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
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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.
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