The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-02-03
Farmers Gardens.

HE reason Why Iit[t are ~ many
weedy. worthless gardens is, that they are
not properly laid out. WeProposet to give
a plan for farmers gardens, that, if adopt
ed. Will entitle Us 10 the thanks OF many &
farmers wife. The chief trouble with
gardens is. that they are so laid U and
planted that all the cultivation must be
done by hand. In the busy season, which
is all summer the farmer don't feel like
pulling of his coa and going into the
garden. hoe in hand, battling with the
weeds and hard ground. and the garden
becomes neglected and gets worse and
worse, daily. Then it takes altogether
too much time to keep the garden Guilt
waited 10y hand. and no wonder there Is
such a general aversion amon- farmers
10 garden work. They always have ex-
cuSes when the wife wants hoejng done in
the garden.
Now. We propose 8 plan to save all this
hand work. for We know hat ii will not
he generally done, and substitute for il
horse work.
Our plan rs this; Select your garden
plot, whether it be a quarter of an acre.
half an acre or an acre of land; if longer
than vide 80 much the better. Manure it
thoroughly in winter, ana break it up
deeply as early in spring as possible.
Whe1 the time for planting arrives use a
cultivato- or barrow, beginning o. one
side and proceeding from end 10 end.
Fit and prepare what ground YOU want 10
plant in potatoes, cabbage, peas, carrots,
paTsnips, beets. onions. etc. in the best
Il Now stretch & line from one
end to the other Ofthe garden, and Plant
out in rows about three feet apart what
ever you want to raise. and in a week or
two more make another planting Of what
you want to grow; and so keep on plant
ing till June. 20 as TO keep upasuccessiOn
of vegetables that will be fresh and fine
for the table. The ground can be gone
over with the cpltivator before each plant
ing, the weeds destroyed, and thus it can
be got in the best condition for the seeds.
By this system garden beds are done
away with, and everything is cultivated
by horse power, even to lettuce, radishes.
etc. Such vegetables can be planted in
rows, except that two or three rows can
be planted instead of one, if desired, six
inches apart-siill allowing the cultiva-
tion 10 be done by the horse and c~ultiva-
tor.
Now. what is the result: II is this: \
man or boy can 20 into the garden, and
in an hour or two give a thorough cult
walton 10 the whole garden. The ground
can he worked deep and be thoroughly
pulverized. and the vegetables be kept up
to the highest state of growth. and be ten
der and crisp instead of tough and stringy,
when but little cultivation Is given. Il is
true, by this plan some hand hoeing will
be needed, but at least nine-tenths Of that
is saved This Is the true plan of manag.
ing gardens. All Of our market gardens
near our large towns and cities are carried
on in the same way, and the amount of
vegetables they raise is enormous. They
could not afford to raise them by hand
labor.
If the readers of the Rural World will
adopt this system OF culuvating their gar
dens, they will say at the close of the year
that the suggestion was worth much more
than the subscription price of the year
C0lmqa's Rural World
In the Gardeners Monthly Mr.. Nee.
han says: Dry leaves are excellent to mix
with hot-bed material, and, where practi.
cable, should be saved for this purpose.
They do not heat so rapidly as stable
manure, and in this have an advantage:
as tempering the violence makes ma
nure last longer and maintain a more
regular heat. They are excellent material
10 put round cold frames to protect half.
hardy plants. A board is put up To the
height of the frame boards and about a
foot or more from them and the leaves
flied in between. If the plants are some.
what tender the bottom OF the frames may
be nlled in a few feet with the leaves.
These leaves, after having been two or
three years decaying. make admirable
stuff for potting plants and for flowers in
general.
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Almanac. containing the certificate. Of many per.
sons of the highest responsibility, who hare been
restored to health, after being pronounced incurable
by physicians Of acknowledged abiliiy. Schenck's
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evidences will show; butthe cure is often promoted
By The employment of two other remedies which
DR.. schenck provides for the purpose. These sd
ditional remedies are schenek'. Sea Weed Tonic
and Mandrake Pills. By the timely use of these
medicines, according to directions. Dr.. schenck
certihes that most any case Of Consumption may
be cured.
DR.. sehenck is professionally st his principal
office, corner sixth aud Arch streets. Philadelphia,