| Show A HALFACRE FARM GARDEN CARDEN Arranged for Small fruits and a Double Crop of Vegetables I I GROWER TALIS I III I SupplIes fur a Large LarG rip to the hc Year eor n a I I In the tho farm garden specIal ot of this tho Practical Farmer of lip ap appears pearS pears a prize vapor uJ upon this tho farm Gar Garden garden den by Charles s U 0 Addison ot of Mary Maryland land In discussing this subJect ho he holIas says lIas After an experience of ti 26 years eare I can recommend the following method ot of managIng 1 it garden as the lie most moat Batla factory and alJa successful of any I have tried A half baIt acre of at land devoted to It If proper y should furnish a horse family with wILl an abundant ant sUll supply l throughout time tho entire year with a surplus which If sold would cover coer several times lines over oer all expenses connected with It Including labor seeds and fertilizer This Is not lot theo thee but an actual tact fact as I have hae found from practical test teat PALL FALL PLOWING My 1 garden is Ie an oblong square yArds Ids nearly level loel but with 1111 sufficient drought as well as I prevents the growth of weeds GOOD ESSENTIAL As a rule I save Ive no Heed having found It best to procure n a fresh supply evor every season but only from thorough N me such lIuch as Maule Burpee Henderson and anu und and I hayS litS never noer cause for complaint Under no would I plant either country tore seed or seed for tor wo we know not whence the they come or what the they are they ma may cause caURe greater loss ions anti and disappointment titan than the lie entire combination of frosts and other evils Such tuch was WIlS once the writers ox ex penance but It will never neer occur ur again During Durin the leisure of winter are arc consulted and a of requisite seeds ord ordered anti It At th the lint first unity that the weather offers In spring work begins of oC crying out the plans laid down for the season as explained In the tio diagram EARLY PLANTS I First ot all early cabbage and Prize taker union onion seeds are sown aown In well pro protected tooted cold frames and tomatoes In a hotbed Should thore be It a surplus of these grown they meet with ready sale olo at good prices VARIETIES As to which of this many varieties of the different vegetables goI ble to 10 gro grow I have tried nearly all and here ii 18 a list which I can llAn safely as having gIven entire together with the quantity ot of seed for a f gem den of halt half nn an acre J oarl 2 Quarts second early Telephone I quart late Champion ot of t I 1 quart blood turnip U pound Rose HOlle bushel l Freeman t bushel Onions 2 ounCe and late 1010 I t 1 ounce each White Bush 11 ounce eunce ore n 11 ounce Bush Valentine 1 Pole Limn 1 Quart 1 quart Sweet 2 Hollow follow Crown 1 ounce vichi Island 2 ounceS Purple hook 1 First 1 IJ package Matchless late 1 package I tows Rows of PI nI herbs herb etc may be grown along the edges of the beds LIMA LatA BEANS TO TRAINED ED TO STAIn S Sg g SWEET POTATOES t I PARSNIPS CORN COHN a 3 Plantings In May MaytA iJ tA by LATE CABBAGE last of at July Jub J SWEET SwEIr coriN COnN 3 PlantIngs In III Ma May and June Juned Juned d Followed by TURNIPS fj a c EARLY In April to In April 8 d by Sweet Corn Corri In Jul Followed by Celer In August STRING D BEANS AS BEETS CUCU Followed by Late Potatoes POTATOES IN E Followed by Winter Sinter Cabbage In August lI J PEAS Early PEAS Medium PEAS Lato Inte Followed by String fleets Deets and Cucumbers EARLY LATE slope lope for drainage and fenced against Intrusion both of poultry and stock Late every fall lall the refuse e of the pro pre preceding ceding summer lummer Is cleared Iwa away and the land which Is of a loam loamy texture Is III deeply plowed Into beds 12 feet teet wide time the full tull length of the plat and nt d b by furrows about 20 0 wIde nil all of which open Into another furrow which runs run across the lower ot of tile lie I i b by this lila means all necessary drain oge Is III secured Cured care beIng taken to reo ye InO snore all loose earth and clods from the drains draIn which can be rapidly rapid done with witha a shovel When the ground freezes sufficiently to bear I a traIn team nil all the beds are covered with thoroughly rotted stable manure which leaches Into and become with time the soil durIng the lie winter Inter bY the tho action ot of frost trost meltIng snows etc the of the land hand nut not being sut suf for tor any to be bc washed awa away by hell rains Among the advantages gained by this lila preparatory work In tile the tall fall are of oC cut worms the larvae larla ot of being turned up by the are frozen out durIng winter pulverization of the roll Foil b by the action of frost gain ot of nt at least JO 10 days das In earliness us as It requires but three or tour four dasin days in March to put the fall Ing In the lie best bellI possible condition to tobo tobe bo be prepared for such euch hardy ns as lIens beets potatoes etc and long It would otherwise be In condl condi condition tion to plow DOODLE DOUDLE CROPPING The entire pint Is made to produce two crops each season that which Is planted to lima ilma beans benns torna tON toes and such as 18 acquire time tho entire summer for tor their growth and bearing Alt All the tho work of cultivation Is done b by hand band Instead of with ho horse e the requisite tools being I a steel rake 1 a weeding hoe Itoe n a pronged hoe and a Plan ot et Jr hand cultivator In this way a much can be grown by coser planting t tic c more thor thoroughly ought done and no land lasted for tor turning yet it If It be desir desirable able to cultivate with n a horse bolto the rows could be laid off ocr to suit the purpose but I would consider It poor conom economy In a garden ot of halt half nil an acre alre Through Throughout out the lie entire edison n a continuous war warfare tare fare weeds Is carried on from the vory CO bl beginning the he ground Is fre stirred and no crusts allowed to tom form after rains this In a great measure the effects ot of II and nil lettuce If desired ma mabe may be grown bel between tho ho rows rollS of earl cabbage etc as they grow rapIdly and are soon out o of the tho way war The cost of the entire list ot of seeds given above abole not IncludIng potAtoes from first class men would be Ie about U 8 Peas should be furnished hed with a brush or other their bear bearIng lag Ing rind and doubles double yield I train to to strong stakes stake 4 feet apart and 6 feet teel high as ae the plants grow mOlt moat ot of the are pruned off oCr This gives the very CO best results us as the extra work required l Is compensated sated for tor by from rot larger fruit and continuous bearing OnIon seed as previously stated are arc sowed In a cold frame about B st ot of March When about the tho size ot of wheat they are nrc transplanted Jn n open ground the earlier the better By this method the they are aro read ready for tor use several weeks sooner than when grown In the usual way a and grow brow to be double the tho size A ro row of currants and gooseberries or raspberries might be planted lit at both ends of the garden And strawberries In Ina ina a slip running along the sides sido without Interference with the growth of vego ege tables but no trees ot of any kind should be allowed within the enclosure |
