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Show GARDENING IN THE WEST. Conditions of Prairlo Agriculture Which tho Average Easterner Hardly Understands. Out In the western prairies, the garden gar-den has a new set of conditions, but tho cnmm r vegetables are easily grown In this semi-arid region if the garden be irrigated, says tho Garden Magazine. Tho soli Is deep, rich and comparatively new, so there la no need to add fertilizer. The one thing needed jhore-at 2.MS feet elevation Is water in tho earliest sprftig. And for economy's sake our vegotablo gnrdens are placed sufficiently nenr to tho house so that tho one well ran serve the two. During tho four months, November, December, January and February, tho average monthly rainfall is only about half an Inch,, yet the nverago annual precipitation precipita-tion Is 20.35 Inches. This means that, while in the spring and summer months there is a liberal supply of moliture, th ground may be so dry in tho early spring that the garden plot must actually be wutered before it can be put In good condition for planting. Fancy that, you easterners! |