Show Row Long-Row Garden Big I Labor Saver aver I Greatly Increases Amount of Vegetables One Man Can Tend Properly One of ot the things s that helps help the American farmer fanner produce half halt of the worlds world's food supply with tenth one-tenth of the worlds world's power man Is the row long-row e vegetable garden ar en says SUS B. B L. L Wooer Weaver of the dl division college of ag agriculture ture University of ot Illinois The chief item In n vegetable production production tion Is man labor Long rows spaced to allow the use of ot horse or tractor- tractor drawn tools greatly Increases the amount of vegetables that one man can con contend tend properly If sod strips are left at ut the ends of farm gardens almost all hand labor may be eliminated For Forthe Forthe Forthe the small row long long garden the wheel hoe hoc will greatly Enthusiasm Lacking Accustomed to out-of-door out tasks the farmer lacks Jacks the enthusiasm that his elt city brother manifests In gardening garden garden- In Ing The farmer is Inclined to look upon the time garden as a necessary evil nn and often confines It to a poorly chosen site of Inn Inadequate equate area and leaves the care of It to the wife The value nIne of a harden garden should give ghe It the best site available and on nn area sum sum- dent cleat to supply the needs of the family fam II ily throughout the season In u n Missouri experiment nt with a n large larze nn and a small garden over o a thre three three- year period net yearly average returns returns returns re re- turns were mere cre for the large garden one- one fourth acre 13 for the small garden garden garen gar gar- den en twentieth one acre On the basis ls of man labor these gardens paid and respectively for every hour spent in their care In Inn n addition 1 to Its economic value the garden furnishes a n supply of healthful nutritious foo food of the hl highest hest quality available for consumption Adequate Plan E Essential The best results cannot be obtained ob tamed without an nn adequate plan for forthe forthe forthe the garden gurden operations Such a n plan Is given In Circular of ot the college of or agriculture University of Illinois Approximate planting dates the time kin kinds s and varieties to use the amounts of see seed required an and a n detailed plan are given ti By a little study the plan may y maybe maybe be adapted to gardens ens of varying size and shape Variety selection companion and succession cropping goo good seed and good plants soil soU fertility cultivation and Insect and di disease ase control are all nIl factors In the time making of ot a n productive row long row garden en on the farm or the city lot Neglect of one ono or more moro of ot the factors mentioned will decrease the productivity of the garden A good goodsite goodsite goodsite site a n good season plus a little stud study and work assures a n gar garden en that one can con be proud of ot |