Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-05-04
SOUTHERN HOME AND FARM,

". NJ. Y. writes out Anew hlnts IN the +,
Farm and Fiteside relative to the ar :
rsngemen, of a garden for the farmer: ,
There ought to be a good garden on ,
every farm Not a little space tencedin,
with or without pickets, so small that all
the cultivation, except the blowing, must
be done BY hand. There should not be
less than half an acre. Let this be long
aud narrow, so that almost all the cults
walton can be done with a horse, Set
apart 100 feet nearest the house for small
fruit. Then a strip four PAGES wide
also one at the farthest end of the garden
upon which 10 turn when cultivatlng
with the horse. Keep the strips in grass
or plant with potatoes. Lay off a path
eight feet il width from the house to the
main garden Plant no fruit trees wilh>
in the inclosure.
The asparagus beds, which need no
after cultivation, should be the first ones
as YOU enter the garden. A single row
planted IS inches apart in the center OF
a bed four feet in width will be suth-
cient. Top dress each fall with four
inches Of wall,rotted manure and one
bushel Of salt. Plant one row Of Linneus
or Victoria rhubarb five feet from the
row Of asparagus and three feet apart in
the row. Top dresses annually with
manure only. Four feet from the rhuN
barb plant four rows Of Strawberries
Let the rows be three and a half feet
apart and the plants is inches apart In
the row. Set only the strong growing
varieties such as Chas. Downing,
Downer's Prolific, Monarch of the West,
~Sprinqda'e, Triumph of Cumberland,
Col. Cheney, Kentucky or the Cap
tain Jack, a seeding, Of the Wilson
Albany, and q remarkably vigorous,
growing sort. Five feet from the last
row set half a row of g~ooseberrie8 and
nalf a row Of white Currauts, three
feet apart in the row. Then, five fest
distant a row Of red curtants, the same
distance apart in the row Next set four
rows of raspberries in rows six feet the
plants being three feet apart in the row.
Let one row be DoOlittle's Improved
Black Cap, on of the Mammoth Cluster
or Miami, one of the Philadelphia Red
and another of the Turner Red raspber'
ries. Eight feet distant set a row OF the
Kistatinny blackberry, placing them
three feet apart in the row. Set four
row OF this variety eight feet apart,
The small fruits will thus occupy q
spaee between the house and the open
garden of about one hundred feet, Such
d plan would give to every family OF
twelve persons an abundant supply Of
vegetables and small fruits, and enough
To can and dry for winter use. -Four
inches annually of well-rOtted man,
IRE on The open garden would
not be any too much. TIE smaI.
fruits should always he kept wei.
cultivated and mulcaed each tall with a
good coating 81. partly decayed leaves.
weeds and other trash. Care should BE-
taken 10 cover the towns Of the straw
berry plants very lightly. =,
Should one prefer to plant the small
fruits so as to make continuous rows tht
entire length of the garden, then one.
sixteenth part OF the garden, beginning al
one end, could BE- planted, allowing
proper proportion of space to each trul
a. already indicated. That is, as tn
rows in the open garden would be W.
and a half feet apart, the currants
go0seberry and raspberry plants shoult
be set in rows five feet apart and tn
blackberry plants seven and a half feet
After fitting the ground for seeds, an,
laying off the row perfectly straight
two and a half feet apart, begin a
one end and plant all the seed
Of one kind you wish and cor
tinue with other seeds until the work
do1e. Planted in this way, the cultivate
will enable one to do nearly all the hoein
required. One hours time each wee
viii be sufficient during summer. Thei
is nothing to hinder any farmer trol
having lettuce, asparagus, radishes an
rhubarb by the las! of March or the fir
OF April, followed by gooseberries, Gu
rants, strawberries, raspberries, blackbe
ries and early tomatoes and other yegel
blcs, II desired, the expense of a tou
wire picket fence is inconsiderable wht
compared with what would be likely
be paid out for medicine during the yea
where q large family attempts to live
too limited supply of fruits and veg
tables,