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Show THE TWO FAMILY GARDEN Tho garden spot is tho most productive pro-ductive fraction of an aero on most farms, yet on many it Is often one ot tho most negloctcd In many respects. re-spects. In tho hurry and rush ot the spring work It Is manured possibly and plowed nnd planted, or partly planted, nnd then tho caro of It fulls to tho women and children. If tho farmer Woro to carefully consider iho proportion 'of tho family living that comes from tho garden ho would re allzo that It deserves much moro careful care-ful attention than It receives. Not only can tho garden bo made much moro profltnblo and help out tho family ration by Increasing it nnd also by balancing it somewhat better, but it can bo mado a means of considerable supplement to tho Income received from tho principal farm Industries. By having a two family garden that Is, raising garden gar-den stuff enough for two fumllles nnd finding a customer In town or city who would llko to havo garden (nnd other) products direct from tho farm at least onco each week moro coi Id bo realized frpm tho farm, both for tho family tabic nnd tho family purse. Many n town or city house wife would bo glad to receive n good sized mnrkct baskottul or frosh gar den stufT directly from tlie proluccr by parcel post, oxprcss, or dlrcrt de-lhcry de-lhcry by tho farmer's own conveyance convey-ance whlchovor would prove the most satisfactory and economical Whllo there Is qulto n list ot vegetables vege-tables thnt can bo grown In prac:l cally any gnlden, yet very many gai-dens gai-dens nro limited to a comparatively small number ot vegetables, a few others bolng Included rather Incidentally. Inci-dentally. In undertaking to conduct n two family garden ono or tbo first things of Importance is to secure contact con-tact with tho town or city consumer to bo supplied. This Is important because tho city family has probably been using many kinds ot vegetables that tho farmer has not raised, nt least not In any quantity, and the plans for next years garden Bhoitld bo begun as early as possible. Tho kinds ot vegetables to be raised should bo decided upon after lear,i lng the quantities and kinds used ly tho city family concerned, good scoil socurcd in plenty ofvtImo and such work dono toward the proparntlon of tho garden ns tho weather will 'il-low. 'il-low. Winter vegotablosl as well as thoso used direct from tho garden In summer, should be kopt in mind. Theso Include not only such as dry navy, klduoy, and lima boans, but also al-so lettuce, kalo, spinach, cabbage, lcry, carrots, turnips and tho like, depending on tho particular section of tho country. Tho United States Department of Agriculture has mado an extensive study of this subject and has embodied embod-ied tho results of tho study In Farm ors' IJullctln No. 255 and 4C0. |