Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1857-02-19
The Vegetable Garden.

Every part of the farm has its peculiar
value, but we place the highest estimate
upon the vegetable garden, especially so
in proportion to its size and the amount Of
money and labor invested in it. 1t is most
important because it produces most, most
nutriment, most money, most profit, most
of everything for which the farmer laborS.
1t is in truth the most productive part of n
well arranged farm. 1t is nothing strange
for a good vegetable garden near Il city,
carried on by n small family, to support
the family and yield $1,000 a year clear
profit. Let any one calculate the profit of
n good garden from a single bed sowcd to
beets, onions, parsnips, or planted with
tomatoes or cabbages, or any other pro-
ductivc vegetable and he will see at once
how great is the profit. The amount Of
food thus produced ON n small piece Of
ground is very great. And ON a farm 1t
can be done At odd Jobs, in moments that
would otherwise be idle, 10y old people,
children and women, whose labor in the
garden would be n real benefit to them,
so rs not 10 interfere with the laborS of
the farm. As n general rule the products
of a vegetable garden on a farm may be
considered as Il clear gain.
1t is important because the food raised
in a garden is not second TO any raised
elsewhere is, we believe, better on the
whole, than bread and meat, at any rate,
should be largely MIXED with the bread
and meat of our meals. Bread and meat
alone are too nutritious tax too severely
the powers of the stomach. What we
mean by too nutritious, is, hat they con-
tain too much nutrlmcnt for the bulk, the
nutriment is too concentrated. The mos
of the vegetables of the garden are les,
nutritious. Turnips, tomatoes, potatoes
cabbages, sQuashes and even onions, beet;
and parsnips are less nutritious han breaC
and meat of the same bulk or weight
They are agreeable 20 the stomach an,
make its work easy. Few people are, q
ever would be troubled with the dyspepsia
weak or bad stomachs, or bowel com
plants whose food is largely compose,
Of garden vegetables properly cooked
We think n tonatoe, potato, beet or turnip
better han n pill or Il WON'T for the health
hence, the vegetable garden diminishc
the doctors bill, the bread bill, the mea
bill and Increases the health, strength an
vivacily Of spirits.
The vegetable garden is important be
cause it adds to the beauty and henc
value of the farm, makes it look and fee
more home-lile and comfortable, fills tn
cellar and larder with means of comfor
1t moreover cultivales the tastes and app,
lites of the farmer and his family in til
right direction, and Inspires a cultivatin
disposition in them, 1t has Il refining an
informing tendency, is an evidence Of il
telligence and culture. As the ~trayelll
passes along the road he makes his est
mate Of the people by the evidences
culture and refinement he sees in a,
about their homes. Perhaps nothing is
stronger evidence to his mind than a We
made and well filed garden. Then /
gardens be as plenty as farms Ibid.
Onion, Reefs. Carrots. sc.
There is liule difference in the yello
ID red oniIns-,he latter is, howcve
The best keeper. The BeSSano and Tu
nip Beet early varieties; the Long Bloc
the best for winter. The Orange Carr
is the richest, and best for the table Il
long white the most convenient for ha
vestiGg large crops, The Oval is the be
radish, the long Scarlet the best of Il
more common sorts-the short or turn
radish is good for early crops. Mu,
depends on the seed of the radish, lar.
quantities being sod that produce on
hard, stringy roots.
The hest soils are medium loamy, ma,
rich by well rotted compost, made fro
ward mannre-which is the best fertile
for general use, The carrot needs esp
cially a deep soil. The radish does b.
when grown in nearly clear sand, he
quite moist by ~frequen, and copiyus "
,srings-[Coun,ry Gentleman.