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Show I RENTED GARDEN A WINNER. How the Town Resident May Be Able to Engage In Profitable Gardening. For those who hnve not n suitable back yard it is frequently 'possible to lent n vacant lot close by, which can bo very prolltably tended and mado to Hlvo an excellent supply of vegetables through the entire summer. A lot GOx fiO feet was rented by ono of our con- ) trlbutors for three dollars fqr tho summer, says Orange Judd Fanner. Hulldlngs Blinded a portion of the ground, where cucumbers, squash nnd pumpkins wore, planted. TJio season wns wet and Into, but on March 17 llrst planting was mado of one-hnlf peck of early potatoes, beds of radishes, rad-ishes, Iptluco and 'onions. Tho remainder re-mainder wag planted about May 1 and as tho ground was in n very dry location it was necessnry to irrigate I It twlco with a garden hose at an ex pense of $l.D0 for water nnd rent of a hose. Tho cultivation was shnllow nnd lint; frequent hnelngs stirred the ;round. Ab soon ns vines begnn to grow, beans nnd cucumbers woro mulched with lawn mowings, which Insured In-sured clean products. On .May 25 lot-tuco, lot-tuco, radishes and green onlous wero on tho tnblo from this garden, on Juno 15 potntocs nnd greon pens. Tho p'Oducts of this llttlo nrea wero ns follows; Six bushels potntocs, threo bushels sweet potatoes, twr bushels tomatoes, 31 cabbages, 20 I dozen greon corn, seven pounds let I tuco, nlno dozon radishes, three but-li- I ols turnips, five bushels beans, two gallons onions, soven pumpkins, threo iiquashes, six muskmelons, two pecks peas. At market values these would lmvo cost $25. Hut grown 'in, tho gar-don gar-don tho actual cost was five dollars plus tho labor oxpended. |