Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-04-16 | Page 6 | Hints for Home Gardeners

r HINTS I Dr GARDENERS I Points on Care of Your Home Garden This Is the last of oC a series of 12 exclusive ex cx elusive articles on vegetable gardenIng gardening gardening garden garden- ing prepared for lor NEA Service ce and The Tele Telegram ram By WILLIAM R. R BEATTIE Bureau of Plant Industry U. U S. S Department De Dt of Agriculture Almost before we have our gardens planted we have ha to get out our hoes rakes and cultivators and begin to fight weeds The stirring of the soil helps to admit admit ad ad- mit air and aids the growth of plants But our cultivation problems would be much simpler If It were not for the thel weeds The main point in controlling weeds is to destroy them while they are smalL For the small garden the wheel hoe or push hoe is h a good implement but butor for or farm gardens it is always wL wise e to toay tolay tolay lay ay off art the rows so o that the crops can be cultivated with n a horse DO IT ONCE O-CE A WEEK The secret o of good gardening gardenin Is to cultivate about once a week which I will villi insure destroying w weeds eds while they hey are arc small Another point is to have lave suitable attachments for tor the cultivator cultivator cul cuI cul- cul li ator so that crops crons can be cultivated level or or where desirable they can be hilled Under normal pal conditions and in sections where there is it a natural rainfall rainfall rain fall watering the thc garden may not be necessary except perhaps perhaps to apply appl a I little water around the roots of plants when the they arc set in the thc gardens In Inthe Inthe Inthe the irrigated sections regular watering water water- ing inc must be provided for tor WAYS TO WATER There are several methods of ol applying ap applying plying water One is the overhead sprinkler system where lines Jines of pipe are supported on posts and the water distributed through small nozzles at intervals of oC about every three feet along the pipes Another is to run rue little furrows A third Is to la lay lines Jines o of open jointed drain tiles about 15 to 18 inches below the surface at intervale intervals inter inter- of five live six and discharge dis dis- vale vals Jb every or feet charge e the w water lter Into these tiles so that it will escape at the joints and arid water vater the roots of the plants I 0 Of all of at these the furrow method requires the least expenditure for fori equipment There is one point to remember in I irrigating the garden and that is to put on enough water at a time to really do some good Frequent Ji light ht sprinkling often docs does more harm than good