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Show H TILE FAMILY VEGETABLE H GARDEN. H Tho one great secret of having suc- H cess with the family vegetable garden H is to provide an abundance of plrnt H food In a readily available form. Sta- H bio or barnyard manure are' the best H fertilizers at nil times. Commercial H plant foods are excellent in their V places, especially when It Is desired H to force some of the early varlotles H of vegetables, but their use requires H that tho soil bo In a high state of H tilth and that the gardener have an H export knowledge of their uses and H functions. H To properly prepare a garden I bo- H lleve In plowing under a heavy ap- H pllratlon of manure In tho fall and B then In the spring harrowing in H another heavy coat of well rotted H manure. After" putting on what wo H think is enough we doublo the amount H and tlc chances aro we will havo It Hr about right i Constant cultivation should be tho Hj rule for this will koep the soil in Vj an Ideal condition, physically, for the H ' roots to grow In, beside keeping tho H i weeds in check. Cultivate early and H persistently and keep tho weeds in H check. Allowing the weed seeds to A germinate nnd quickly destroying them H early In tho season will save a large Hlr" amount of work during the summer. Hl Eliminate all of tho old-fashioned beds H? and plant everything in long rows so Hr that most of the cultivation can bo Hr done with a horse. There need not HJ bo an unpleasant amount of hand H work if properly worked with a horse H and cultivator. Leave plenty of room Hu at the ends for turning around with H, the honc whllo cultivating. M. W. K. |