Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-07-27
rRnEIrARLE GARnENING.

A farmer. Who i moderately successful
In raising farm crops, complains that ne
can 30 little 90 nothing with garden vegct-
abies. The seefs often fail % cone up /
ant when they DO. they make feeble
growth, and thc crops Arc poor In qlaliy.
They 90 not pay for one-half the lsooi he
expenis on them. aud BY autumn his gar
den IL = mass OF weeds. lie asks II there
Il any way by which be can DO better, a.
Ne has hardly yet made up bis Mind 10
give up vegetables. We thlrk he will hni
no difficulty II he will aiop, TIE I've fol.
lowing remedies
I. First OF al. let TIE garden be In an
ohloug share, either ~ altering the cat.
lines of The present one. or BY laying out q
new Que. 80 that you may so the culiivat.
ing With = horse-a space being len a.
each end ten feet Wide Tor The horse 20
turn on. a. ~ have pointed cat on former
occasions A busy farmer cannot anord
to spade and hoe his garden, for II be un'
isrtskes n. De will be sure 20 have poor
croqs auf plenty of weeds Bui by plant
iug an hls crops Ia long drills, 10 D. dressed
With = narrow culuvAtor, after ploNlng
vel in spflng with one horse. be can
Keep everything clean by going over u
orce = wv,f. Win htile uoaole, Ani TIE
vegetables Nil grow rapidly uader such
trr tmeut
The next thing. amer laying out The
garden. L. % give 10 thorough drAiutge,
hy plsclne The tile a. near a. - fcst. IL
sili h- a waste % labor q try u raise
ANYTHING on badly drained grolni. and
you wouii ice al chance for early crops.
Iu waiting for the soil % become dry. fcr-
rect drainage l. The AL llss-,utll require
msni Cor early gNrdeulug
o. The ne1i thlrg i plenty % manure.
II must te broken fac A. u 4, thoroughly
mixed wIia The soll, Ani The iuisrmixiure
siii he more complete u several applieA.
lions Arc made. and each one ploSci Aui
harrowsd Tn separately. This rcpsatei
work Nil pat the ground inio excellent
order. thorough pglVcrltsiiou being
great leading elsmcut of success. Sab
soillug two or three times will all In civ.
Ing depth. which will not ouly af1ri TIE
chance for the roots - ruu to greater
depth. bat u will enable The plants to draw
moisture from below iu time of irouih.
soils whlca are benefited by sa9erphos-
phaic may have an application In conuec'
ton with harn manure or ground bone
may b. asei ~ placing u some weeks be-
fore app,ying 10 thin Alternating layers
with fermsnilug barn manure.
m TIE sol l. LOO claycy. sprcAi a
thick coat % sant over 10 before ploNlug
az hArfoNing Thls will render u lighter,
All The hereft will last ~ least hundred
YEAR. for the sand Siii not cvaporAie, OF
wear oui or wash away.
s. Very important 10 q. % exclude Al
Wseis They roo The soll. aud rob The grow
iug crops. NJ The ground has already be-
come fool. take extfA pAlns - destroy
wtefs ~ uslug The horse cllilvA,or very
onsu. By frequently stirring The sol, you
vii All thc young weeds lsi ~ they AZ
sprouiing and before they have reached
ne surface 90 Tie ground. This extra
lAhor will not bc one half of that required
to kui them aftsr they have grown ball
foot
You vii nos say. perhaps, that All THIS
care AT labor will be greater than you
have ever hat. with your present Seeiy
ana urproiuctive garden. This may pos.
slhiy bs true. bat there will be one great
tIr-r,nce by The mole We recommend you
wiIl have a. Aouniance % al that gar
len can produce; while bY your present
management you have little OF nothing
or very poor returns. AMER you hAFe
male the Necessary preparation. Ani have
matters fairly unter way, yoa vii pc sur
prlssd A. the moderate labor and rich re-
turus. n you make fair estimate, you
Nlu probably Say that your garden sup
plies obtained by The improved mode. viii
not cosi you one.teuth The labor required
f1r The same quantity BY The old way
CsafrF Gelf'fulH.