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Show Vegetables Without Cultivation. F. M. Carroll, of Chicago, says the Drovers' Journal, Is showing the possibilities pos-sibilities of city farming on a half ncre lot, corner of South Park avenue and Twenty-third streot Several rows of corn planted last June matured early. Potatoes are ready to be gathered gath-ered after 80 days Instead of the usual 110. Ils plants are neither cultivated nor Irrigated. In the fall an 18-Inch mulch ofhorse manure Is placed on the. soli and allowed to settle during the winter. This lasts for four years and prevents evaporation of moisture. Lettuce and. radishes are planted on the surface, corn, potatoes and tomatoes to-matoes In the earth beneath the mulch. |