Show PREPARING THE GARDEN Work Which Can Be Done Before Next Spring To be successful In gardening requires re-quires a great deal of planning and 1 always do aU I can In tho fall and winter says a writer in Orange Judd Farmer I always try to nlow my car den ground as late as possible net urn positive It destroys a great number num-ber of insects especially cutworms I always put a coat of manure on to plow under if I can get It and have time to haul it Then dining the winter win-ter I haul manure and spread on this plowed ground My land Is quite level Of course I would not put It on steep hillsides If the manure Is coarse I shako It out In the spring and haul off the coarse straw and hay and pile It to rot for next spring I use the disk in the spring and thoroughly disk mixing mix-ing the two coats of manure one on top and the other plowed In very thoroughly thor-oughly which places it where the plants can get at it and Is not all in the bottom of tho furrows to dry out I in a drought If you use hotbeds In the spring as you should to bo successful in raising rais-ing good plants see that the pits are dug this fall and frames set on them then cover with old pieces of board and some wild hay or straw and you will save a lot of time in the spring Also get your soil that you are to use in the hotbeds together this fall The rich light spots In the garden will make good soil and the manure taken out of the old hotbeds will make good manure Break It up fine and mix thoroughly with the soil and form In a heap having a flat top Put old pieces of board over this and about a foot of horse manure then pile on wild hay or straw until you know It will not freeze And oh what a snap In the spring when snow and Ice are plentiful not to have to scrape up Fay old thing for soil to raise plants In I Then there are probably some things that you wish to winter over In the garden that will need protection I have n nice patch of Welsh and Silverskin onions whIch I will cover with about two Inches of wellrotted manure then a good coat of wild hay I |