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Show I" . , Plainrt and D It M,w! Here Are Some Valoable Hiirafcs for the Amraateor I I (CpHE Man with the Hoe" was a p X Pnrase thnt had wide currency a few years aco. This year it will j; have to bo the woman, the boy and the I I girl with tho hoc if we are to turn out -rjk the amount of food that the government says It is our duty to provide. The hoe should havo a prominent place in tho mind of every one who is a theoretical theo-retical garden enthusiast. It might serve as the -crest for those who propose to take up arras againat hunger and . famine. 3 Those who havo novcr tried to make the j ' results level with their hopes and anticipations an-ticipations in gardening have no idea how difficult it is. There is going to be bitter disappointment among those who fancy that by donning a becoming smock, buy-i, buy-i, ing packages of seeds with decorative ' ; covers and putting them in the ground they are going to becomo benefactors as ) producers of food. A woman who had been brought up in the city was overheard saying to her neighbor at tho boarding houso table, "It is the easiest thing in tho world to raise potatoes. All you have to do is to cut ( them up and stick a piece in tho ground and in the fall you dig it up and thcro ; are five or six whole potatoes where you r put in tho piece," Now, potatoes arc one of the most dif- ficult of garden crops to grow. A man who raised them successfully Inst year paid out $1B2 an ncrc before ho dug a ; Blnglo potato, and this year it would cost him more because seed potatoes and for-tiuzers for-tiuzers are higher. It is of no use trying try-ing to muddle through with anything of ' that eort It Is not right to waste good f seed potatoes in a hopeless venture. I Leave them for those nho know how and 'will put them to good use. There aro I other Vegetables upon which you can vent your enthusiasm with a bettor pros-t pros-t , pect of getting something out of it. ' ( But whatever your venture in practical i gardening do not (start-Ja unless you, orq able and'wllfing-to iavefoWbackacheri and to make sacrifices for "the sake of your plot. Soil is a largo part of the conditions for success. Good soil you must have, and if it is not good you must make it so. Even so, certain soil cannot be made good for certain crops, except at a prohibitive expense. Find out what you can grow on the soil at your command. com-mand. There are persons who know nnd who will give you the benefit of their knowledge. knowl-edge. Take tlioir advice. Planting is one of the easiest phases of gardening, r - HERBS Have a corner In your garden for liorbs. Thoy take up little room, endure hardships and will be found extremely useful. Most of them will do well in partial shade. Tho useful mints should havo a conspicuous con-spicuous place. The mint green (mentha vert) is the one that we depend upon for mint sauce. Although not so frequently fre-quently used for seasoning potatoes and peas, it is excellent for that purpose. If prohibition does not interfere, tho sprigs may be ueed for mint juleps. The spearmint is bimllarly used . Catnip, or cat-mint, Is a hardy perennial peren-nial much prized by the pet cat and also used as a mild nervine for children. Sage is of wide use in culinary purposes, pur-poses, and Holt's mammoth sago never goes to 6eed as some of tho sages do prematurely. It is strange that more lavender Is not used in this country. It is a beautiful plant. A hedge of it In full bloom is one of the loveliest sights imaginable. It should be sown early, at It is slow to germinate, and it may require a little winter protection. Nothing Is nicer for scanting bedand personal linen..than.the dried'-loavce-of -this herb. 'next to talking nhout it, "WTicn your impatience vanishes before the sight of green heads showing about the brown earth, get your hoo ready and, ne soon as tho vegetables nie well established, use the hoo diligently, not only to get rid of tho weeds but to keep the soil stirred up for the good of the plants. If there is a drought work with the hoe and tho cultivator will keep the vegetables vege-tables from perishing. If tho season is too wet, cultivation is moro difficult, but whenever the soil will bear working Sweet marjoram, Bweet basil, thyme and summer savory are all sufficiently valuable for flavorings for soups, dressings dress-ings and sauces to have places in tho herb garden. "Wormwood Is used for medicinal purposes and caraway is cultivated cul-tivated for tho seeds, which arc used in cokes, confectionery nnd medicine. Dill is an annual cultivated for its aromatic, pungent seeds. Rosemary Is a hardy perennial with fragrant odor nnd a warm aromatic bitter taste. Tarragon is a flavoring much favored for salads and grows easily in most gardens. Fennel is n herb usod for the making of snuces and also aa a vegetable. One can easily sell any surplus of herbs, as there Is an increasing demand nnd a great scarcity in the markets. THE ONION Among tho vegetables that buddenly became luxuries this year was tho lightly regarded but ubeful onion. Any one who is starting n garden tills year should try his luck with onions. Experts say that on tho average onions will make moro monoy for the grower than beans or potatoes, pota-toes, ranking with cabbage. Do not buy seed that As-morertbari a. yoar-old.-fcr-lt-'Will mohgeralrjato"-read- - get busy at once. Do not lose an hour, for one of tho great games in gardening is to try to beat tho wenther, There are others such as getting ahead of tho pests, tho Insects, blights, Sx. There is nothing monotonous about gardening. You will not go stale if you have a garden, and the better it is tho more exerclso you will have. Hopes nre all right, but illusions must be cast on the rubbish heap. Stick by the hoo and your vegetables will not fail you. ily. Select for the purpose some well known standard variety liko the Red Globe. Early seeding is recommended. You cannot grow a good onion crop on any kind of soil. The best is a rich light loam on a clay subsoil. It should havo deep cultivation nnd the burfaco should bo level and finely pulverized. Manure should bo used generously. Another plohcian vegetable that has taken high rank because of its high price this year is tho cabbage. It will do well on drained soil if it has an abundance of manure. In putting In the young plants Bet them as deep as possible without covering cover-ing tho hearts. This will make them firmer and protect them from winds and cold. As soon as they are well established estab-lished they should be hoed and kept well cultivated. A little fertilizer will greatly stimulate their growth. FOOD VINES Probably you are thinking of planting vines around your little place this summer, sum-mer, and it, will be a good thing to do. If you hesitate because you have an idea that in this time of extraordinary food need you must plant only utilitarian things, you may still have vines. Thcro Js tho grapovino. There is nothi ing.TBoro 'beautiful thatr-covcra-a-trcllis or Those who aro enthused with the laudable laud-able desire to augment the food supply of tho nation and tho Torld will do well to remember that not only does one swallow swal-low not make a summer, but that ono season's gardening, especially the amateur ama-teur contribution, will not feed all tho hungry mouths. Immediate results, Indeed, arobadly wanted, but there is nlso a need for n long look ahead, a cultivation of the soil this year thnt will make it more productive next year; a plapting that a pergola or grows over a porch or against a wall. An old fashioned house comes to mind, built a hundred years ago to comfort tho bride, who had been transplanted to the Middle West from Virginia, very much on the lines of the old brick mansions in tho Old Dominion State. There were porches upstairs and down, nnd oer tho railings of these spread Catawba grapevines, beautiful from frost to frost, and most of all when their richly hucd clusters hung abundantly abundant-ly from the vines. Like many old places, this one had many outhouses, originally used for the various trades that had to be carried on on a self-sufficient plnco whoro numbers of persons were employed. Probably thcro is no more satisfactory grape than the Concord, which flourishes in many climates and soils. Other good black grapes arc the King, the Wordeu nnd the Moore's Early. Of the red or amber varieties, tho Cutawba, Brighton, Delaware and Regal aro favored. The Niagara is tho best white grape, the YVincholl and Diamond being also recommended. recom-mended. Evou vegetables mny bo used ns annnal vines. A certain cottage had its porches covered with lima beans one senson. Tho vine was thrifty and tho yield heavy. They; were very convenient to pick another an-other advantage. will supply future necessities as well as one for the hungry of to-day We have been sliding down hill agriculturally agri-culturally for a long time. Otherwise our bins would have been full and the replenishment of our larders would not have been so costly. We have abused and neglected the land; frequently we have abandoned it. We have not conserved con-served its fertility. We have not set out fruit bearing orchards and vines or productive nut trees. We have gone heedlessly on our way applying efficiency I ASPARAGUS Most persons think of asparagus as something difficult to grow and not to be considered for the ordinary garden, but It is one of tho easiest vegetables to raise and can be depended upon year after year to furnish an abundance of this delicious food, which Is always so e pensive to buy. It has the advantage, too, of coming early in the season It requires a rich soil; a warm mellow loam is best suited to it. Stable and other fertilizers bbould be used freely. The seed should be sown as early as the soil can be cultivated in tho spring. When the plants have made a showing thin them out to two or throe inches apart For the permanent beds make trenches In tho enriched soil six to eight inches apart and eight to ten inches deep. Set the one or two-year-old roots about two 'feet apart in the trenches and cover lightly at first, gradually gradu-ally filling in with soil and old compost Two-year-old roots may be had for $1.23 a hundred. After tho asparagus bed has been cut it should be well fertilized. Some persons per-sons think that an application of bait acts ns a fertilizer, but in reality it only helps to keep down the weeds. The plant of the asparagus Is bean- ' tiful and makes a splendid background ' for scarlot eolvian or any other bright i hucd flowers In J&o 'late-summer. to every lino of business except tho H fundamental one of supplying an adc- H quato amount of food. H Suddenly an emergency has confronted j H us and found us unpieparcd. Now we H are panic stricken and are making haste I H to turn our lawns and our flower H borders into vegetable garden?. Well ll nnd good It will increase the food H supply and it may arouse us to a realiza- H tion of the value of keeping it as near iH the maximum as possible. It will be H good for persons who have held them- H selves aloof from the soil to bend their iH backs in tribute to it to feel the dirt H on their hands and to learn something H of the secret of tillage nnd of how the H enrth brings forth her increase. H It will be indeed worth while If it iH leads men nnd womon to look beyond IH the pressing need of tho hour nnd, when il it has been provided for, to go on year . H by year doing their part to increase the 1 H productivity of tho soil and to wrest jH from it enough food to prevent it being 'H held at prohibitive prices by the favored '1 Land that cannot be made to yield I ll profitablo crops this year may be so '; treated that next year it will give H abundantly. Such green crops as ul- H falfn, clovers, peas and beans may be H grown for the purpose of turning them H under to add humus nnd fertility to tho JH I H A crop of stones may be removed this jH year to make way for grain or vegetables . H next season. H If you arc thinking of planting trees H or shrubbery, put in a few apple, pear, H peach and plum trees and some currants, gooseberries and raspberries. You will H be helping the future food supply, which H is your bounden duty, second only to H hclpiug out the present deficiency. Start H n strawberry bed, n clump of rhubarb, an asparagus bed. Set out soldo English walnut, black 'H walnut, butternut and hickory trees. H They will be ns ornamental ab maple! jH and elms and will help to feed th& jH hungry-in years to come. jH X. T. H. Serrlca J1 iH |