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Show GARDENING IN THE WEST. Conditions of Prairie Agriculture f Which the Average Easterner is Hardly Understands. L't Out in the western prairies, the gar- I den has a new set of conditions, but lj tho commoner vegetables are easily grown in this semi-arid region if the garden be irrigated, says tho Garden Magazine. The soil is deer, rich and comparatively new, so there is no need to add fertilizer. The one thing needed here at 2,248 feet elevation Is water in tho earliest spring. And for economy's sake our vegetable gardens are placed sufficiently near to tho house so that the one well can servo the two. During tho four months, November, December, January and February, the average monthly rainfall is only about half an Inch, yet the average annual precipitation precipita-tion is 20.35 inches. This means that, while in the spring and summor months thero Is a liberal supply of moisture, the ground mny bo so dry In tho early spring that the garden plot must actually bo watered before It can be put In good condition for planting. Fancy that, you easterners! |
