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Show 1 Vegetables Without Cultivation. F. M. Carroll, of Chicago, says tho Drovei s' Journal, is showing tho possibilities pos-sibilities of city farming on a half acre lot, corner of South Park avenuo and Twenty-third Btreot. Several rows of corn planted last Juno matured early. Potatoes are ready to be gathered gath-ered after 90 days Instead of tho usual 110. His plants aro neither cultivated nor Irrigated. In the fall an 18-Inch mulch of horse manure Is placed on tho soil and allowed to settle during tho winter. This lasts for four years and prevents evaporation of moisture. Lettuce and radishes aro planted on tho surface, corn, potatoes and tomatoes to-matoes In the 'earth beneath the mulch. |