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Show Garden Farm Notes Don't try to save money by buying cheap seed. t"arm tests are worth more than all the theories. Deep plowing is necessary to get the best results. Don't sow alfalfa seed on very recently re-cently plowed land. There pever were better opportunities opportuni-ties in vegetable garden than today. to-day. Cabbage growing for kraut factories fac-tories is a peculiarly uncertain business. busi-ness. Build a silo and save much of the fodder that would otherwise go to waste. Watch your machinery for loose bolts and nuts, and don't forget the ' oil can. A half crop of corn can be turned into five-sixths of a crop by saving the fodder. Two of the best acreage-saving money-making. propositions up to the farmers farm-ers today are silage and alfalfa. Don't plant the large varieties of cucumbers, cu-cumbers, expecting to raise as many as if the cluster kind were used. Although there is little data on the subject, alfalfa silage of good quality would certainly make an excellent hog feed. j Driving a wedge with the bck of the ax has spoiled many a g' i tcol. Taki a paul or beetle to .o that work and save the ax for its own use work. Salsify or vegetable oyster should be left in the ground the same as parsnips. Freezing improves it. Thick neck onions are usually seen during such seasons as have wet weather at the usual time of ripening. Some enterprising gardener should work up a fancy trade on Al vegetables vege-tables in the neighborhood of cities of 5,000 or over. |