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Show RfT ,1 ft BOY'S CHANGE 1 1 WITH A GARDEN B, , i , A contributor writes as follows to M-'M ' the current lasuo ot Farm and Fire- " ' sldo: HkJ , "I live In a small town near Do- 3 trolt, Michigan. This town, like near- j ly all towns ot similar size, Is with BK ' . out an adequate supply of fresh veg- B j , ctables. This fact does not bother B mo much, as I havo ft small garden HBb IS I . ,fTfty feet square, to be exact, In tho HVV J rcur of my cottago from which I HBV havo been ablo to supply my tablo HBV ' throughout the summer. HBF ".'lut I also havo a small boy, who HBT Ilka all little boys, Is continually ask- HBj Ing for nickels. Ho seemed to have HBj no conception of tholr real valuo. HBj " This, ot course, wns n bad stato of HBj affairs, and 1 decided to find nomo HVjJ wny for my boy to earn money. HVW i "My former cxpcrlonco with tho Hbj; grocers meager supply ot grecna HBV Immediately suggested tho salo of HB ! fresh vegetables. I therefore deter- HBV mined to try lutcrplantlng, with tho HBV following result: HBV , "The west sldo of my garden for HV' about flvo foet Is shaded by maplo HBB trees which aro planted In tho street. HbV Things, I havo found, do not grow HbBJ there In midsummer. This strip I HbBJ planted early to radishes, letluco and HbBJ onion-sets, I next planted a row HbBJ each ot salsify and parsnips, planting HBBV radishes thinly In tho samo rows. H These vegetables start slowly, and H tho radishes mnrk tho rows, thus making cultivation easy. Radishes H nre ready for snlo beforo thoy do any damage- to the younger plants. "iext comes corn, with rows tnrco ntul one-half feet apart and hills threo feet apart In tho row. Dotween the hills of corn I planted rooro radishes. rad-ishes. Between tho rows I planted spinach and beets, leaving Just room to run tho hand cultivator between each row. "Then comes two rows of tomato toma-to plants, with rows four feet apart nnd plants flvo feet npart ln tho row. Tomatoes require plenty ot room If they yield well, but they aro Inter-planted Inter-planted the samo way as tho corn. "Tho rest of tho space Is devoted to string beans and peas, with a row of polo Lima beans growing next to a. high board fence on the east. This fence acts as a support to the beans. "Wo havo had all tho early vegetables vege-tables wo wished for tho table, my son has sold tho balance, about 80 dollars worth, and tho lator vegetables vege-tables look flno. "Next year I shall roqulro the boy to do at least a part of the work, because tho sales havo come so easy this year that ho has not learned that it Is really hard to earn a dollar." |