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How to Plan
A Home
Garden
By C. V. GREGORY,
Author of "Home Course In Agricul
ture." "Miiklntf Money on
the farm." Etc.
AGOOD vegetable garden is ono
of the best antidotes for the
high cost of living. At tlio
Illinois experiment station It
was found that the net profits per
year from a half acre vegetable gar
den were nearly $7G. At the present
high prices and without counting tho
work done In the garden by the mem
bers of the family tho profits will be
considerably greater than this. A prop
erly arranged garden can be counted
on to furnish nearly half the family's
AN EUEIIQKNCIY UOTIIKD.
living during the summer months. It
will also add a variety to the menu
that is no small Item. Vegetables pur
chased at the store arc never as fresh
aud never taste as good as those gath
ered from the garden.
There are dllllcultlcs In the way of n
successful vegetable garden, of course.
On the farm the men folks nro often
too busy to "monkey" with the gar
den. In town space for a garden can
not nlwnys be obtained, and It is some
times difficult to get the garden plow
ed and cultivated. A little planning
will overcome all obstacles, however,
and the results fully Justify nny trou
ble that may bo incurred.
Planning the Garden.
Success In home gardening depends
to a considerable extent on having
everything planned out beforehand. It
Is a good plan to make a rough map
of the garden. Make Hues where the
rows are to be and write on each row
the name of the vegetable to bo
grown. If horse cultivation Is to ho
used the rows will need to bo about
three feet apart. Whore the garden Is
to 1p cultivated by hand most garden
crops can be planted as close lis four
icon to eighteen inches apart. The
garden should be planned for horse
cultivation wherover possible, as tne
extra space used will be more than
counterbalanced by the saving In la
bor. In the case of town gardens it Is
often possible for several neighbors to
make arrangements for a man with a
horse nnd .ultlrntor one afternoon out
of each week. In this way the cost for
each will be luslgnlficant, and the gar
dens will be kept In shape with a min
imum of hand work. The same plan
can be followed In getting the gardens
plowed nnd manured.
In planning the garden early crops
can oftcu be followed by late ones,
thus getting double use of the laud.
The cut shows a specimen plan for a
garden 75 by ll!5 feet. The same gen
eral principles will apply for a gar
den of any size:
Asparagus. Hotbed. e Rhubarb.
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Do not patronize a jtheap seedsman
Tho few cents saved In the price of
seed will be more than counteracted by
the lessened value of the crop.
The highly advertised novelties are
valuable more as curios than for any
thing else. If you can't resist the
temptation to try one or two of these,
jflant them In some obscure comer of
the garden where their failure will
wot be noticeable. The old rellablo va
rieties ure always the best In the long
ruu. It Is well lo plant a number of
J liferent varieties In order to give va
riety and succession. This plan will
also give it comparison of varieties,
which will form a basis for seed se
lection next yar.
Preparing the Ground.
An earlier and thriftier garden can
le secured If the land was plowed in
Um fall. It Is also better to have Ii
nauured at that time. If this wa.
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Raising a Few Veg
etables One of the
Best Antidotes For
the Present High
Cost of Living &
Almost Half of the
Family Living Dur
ing the Summer and
Autumn Months
May Thus Be Se
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Copyright, lDlO.by American Press
Association
not done well rotted manure can bo
scattered on the plowing la tho spring
und disked in well. Where the ground
was not plowed In the fall tho manuro
should bo applied before plowing lu
the spring. There Is no fertilizer bo
good for the garden as well rotted sta
ble manure. The averngo livery sta
ble manuro should be nvolded, how
over, as It is usually coarse and strawy
and full of weed seeds. Liberal
quantities should be used, as It is al
most Impossible to make the garden
too rich.
Where mnnuro cannot bo obtained a
commercial fertilizer with a guaran
teed annlysls of 10 per cent potash, 8
per cent phosphoric acid and 3 per
cent nitrogen may bo used instead.
One thousand pounds of this mixture
to the acre will be about right It cau
be scattered over tho garden after
plowing nnd harrowed In, or tho plan
of hill fertilization may be followed.
In this plnu tho fertilizer is mixed
with the dirt In tho bottom of each
hill or furrow. Where this Is douo It
would bo well to add n llttlo nitrate of
soda for such plants ns asparagus,
rhubarb nnd lettuce, ns nitrogen pro
motes leaf growth.
The garden should not bo worked in
tho spring until the ground Is thor
oughly dry. as otherwise It will bo
cloddy all summer. The plowing, disk
ing and harrowing should bo thorough
ly done, so that by planting time the
garden Is in ns fine a condition as It
cau be made. This thorough prepara
tion will help warm the soil, and a
Warm soil means an early garden. If
the soil of tho garden Is henvy and not
naturally well drained it should bo
thoroughly tiled.
Tho Hotbed and Cold Frsme.
With many vegetables It Is a great
advantnge to start the seed In a hot
bed early lu spring. Hotbeds are of
many kinds. The simplest is a wooden
frame of any convenient size with tho
back side about eight Inches higher
than the front. This can bo covered
.with a storm window or even with a
'frame covered muslin. The heat Is
usually furnished by fermenting horso
manure. This should contain enough
straw so that It will be rather springy,
but not enough so that It will be too
loose. The mnnuro should be mois
tened with wnrm water and plied up in
a conical pile after belug mixed thor
oughly. After it has started to fer
ment it should bo mixed again. After
fermentation starts the second tlmo
the manure can be spread out on the
south side of some building In n pllo
about two feet thick and two or three
feet larger each way than the hotbed
frame. The frame should then be set
on the manure and about six Inches of
dirt placed In It.
A necessary adjunct to the hotbed Is
the cold frame. This Is made tho
same as the hotbed, with the exception
that no innuure is used and no heat
provided. IMauts grown In the hot
bed are very tender nnd are likely to
perish If removed Immediately to the
garden; consequently . the plan of
'hardening off" Is followed. After the
plants get a good start they are ac
customed to outside conditions by
leaving the cover up n longer time
eat'h day. After n fow days of this
treatment they are transplanted to
the i-oltl frame. This protects them to
some extent, especially at night', while
they are gradually hardened by leav
ing the cover off as much as possible.
Planting.
As soon as the garden Is In shape for
planting seeds of the hardier vegeta
bles should be put lu. In this class
will come lettuce, radlshe- and early
potatoes. A little later the jearly cab
bage plants can be set out and the
onion seeds planted. Then come the
early peas and beans, enrrots, parsnips,
beets and other like crops. Crops that
are sensitive to frost, such as melons,
cucumbers, squashes, tomatoes and
eggplants, should not be planted until
all danger of frost Is past. Late pota
toes and sweet corn should be planted
about the same time, lu order to ex
tend the season of crops like peas nnd
sweet corn fresh plantings should be
made nt Intervals of about a week and
a -Half up to the latter part of .Tune.
To secure early vegetables early varie
ties must be used for the first plaut
lugs, hut.the bulk of the planting had
better be done with late varieties, as
they are better ylelders and are usual
ly of better quality.
In planting the garden a string and
couple of stakes should be used to
Insure straight rows. The aim should
be io put the seeds lu Just deep enough
to get them lu contact with moist soil,
Small -seeds especially should not be
planted deeply. Totntoes. which are
not really seeds, should be planted
deeply enough to make hilling unnec
essary. After the seeds are planted
the soil above tho rows should be
compacts!. A light garden roller is
handy for this purpose. A loose mulch
should be provided to prevent evapo
ration by going over the rows with a
rake or by giving the garden a light
burrowing.
TROUBLESOME GARDEN PEST
How to Rid tho Home Garden of Thota
Unwelcorno Visitors.
One of the most troublesome gimlet?
Insects Is the striped cucumber beetle,
which so often plays havoc with cu
cumbers, melons nnd squashes. Prob
ably the most effective way of getting
rid of beetles lu the homo garden is by
tho uso of frames covered with net
ting. Light box lumber is all right
for these frames. They should bo
mado about eight Inches squnro nnd
four Inches high. The top should bo
covered with screen or mosquito net
ting. These frames should be rhiccd over
tho plants as soon ns they begin to
appenr through the ground nnd left
until the plnnts have outgrown them.
Then they cau bo put nway nnd kept
for the next year.
A simpler nnd cheaper remedy, but
ono that is more wcrk. Is to go over
the vlues lu the morning whllo .tho
fl.'w Is ou nnd tap each one gently to
knock tho beetles off on tho ground.
Then with n common oil can filled
with kerosene upply n drop of oil to
each beetle. IJo very careful not to
let any of the oil touch tho plants.
By going over the patch two or threo
times most of the beetles can bo killed.
Cabbage worms are very trouble
some nt times. The purls green-bordeaux
mixture Is tho standard remedy
for these us well ns nil other biting
Insects. To make It dissolve ono
pound of copper sulphate In a woodeu
pail. Slnko ouc nnd one-half pounds
of fresh lime, prefcrnbly with hot
wnter. Add enough water to tho cop
per sulphate solution to make live gal
lons and do the samo to tho lime.
Now pour tho two solutions together
nnd stir well. Stir one ounce of parls
green to n thick paste with a little
cold water, udd It to the bordeaux
solution and stir well. This mixture Is
the standnrd remedy for both Insects
and fungous diseases. It should bo ap
plied with a hand spray pump.
There is sometimes dlfilculty in got
ting a liquid spray to stick to tho
smooth leaves of tho cabbage. In that
110M3 OltOWN WATEHUELON.
case parls green used ut the rate of
one ounce to eight pounds of air slaked
lime may be sprinkled ou the plants
In the dry form whllo the dew, Is on.
There is llttlo danger from the use of
pnrN green lu this way, ns no traces
of li will be left by the time the cab
bages are mature.
For plant lice aud other sucking in
sects kerosene emulsion N (he best
remedy. To make it boll one-fourth
pound of laundry soap lu a quart of
soft water until thoroughly dissolved.
Add half a gallon of kerosene aud
churn fiwlhly by pumping through a
spray pump and buck Into the pail.
When thoroughly emulsified tho mix
ture will have a creamy appearance.
Dilute witli about nine parts of soft
water before using. This mixture is
to be applied ns a spray to any plants
affected with lice.
Onion Culture.
Where only a fow onions nre want
ed the best plan Is to buy a quart of
union sets and plant them three Inches
uplift lu rows eighteen Inches npar't.
Tl-ey should be covered ubc.nt ;tii inch
icp. Onions must be kept free from
weeds nnd hoed frequently. When
grown from seed they must be sown
thhkly and Inter thinned by hand.
Larrer nnd better onions will be se
cured by pliiutia; the sd early In the
hotbed. s. soon : ', weather be
comes settled in the spring they can
be "hardened off" and transplanted to
the garden, setting them about three
Inches apart.
If the onions show a tendency to
"go all to tops" n barrel may be rolled
over the tow to break tlje tops over.
This will cause the growth to be trans
ferred to the bulbs. After the tops are
dead the bulbs should be pulled and
spread out lu thin layers lu a shed or
some other well ventilated place to
dry. After they are well cured they
can be sucked up and stored any place
where there Is no danger of freezing.
Treating Potatoes For Scab.
If the seed potatoes are nt all scabby
i will pay to treat them and make
Mire of getting n clean crop. Scab is a
fungous disease which is propagated
by spores. These spores. If not killed In
the seed potatoes, will get a foothold
ou the new potatoes soon after they
are set. and a scabby crop will result.
The best remedy is to soak tho seed
potatoes for an hour nnd a half lu a
solution of one pound of formalin to
forty gallons of water. The solution
should be mixed in a barrel and the
potatoes put in a gunny sack nnd low
ered into it.
After being treated they should be
spread out for a few hours to dry,
when they are ready to be cut and
planted.
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