The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-04-30
FARM MANAGEMENT.
Laying Out and Managing a Gar.
den So as to Produce the
Best Results.
How to Raise the Finest Potatoes with the
Least Expenditure of Labor.
Profit in Raising Pigs Designed for
Roasting.
Neglectins the Garden.

badly neglected during the summer and
tall. In May it is entirely free from
grass and weeds, but from the middle of
summer till the frost kills them they
are likely to interfere with the growth
OF all the vegetables planted, if they do
not overshadow them. The large
amount Of itself applied to the
garden spot, and the pains taken to pre-
pare the soil, serve to stimulate their
growth, and to make them attain a
large size. The farm garden. as ordin-
arlly managed, becomes a nursery of
weeds. Sometimes seeds ripen, and a
second crop of weeds are raised IN the
course of the season. If only one crop
is raised, their seed is deposited in the
soil, where they are ready to terminate
the following spring. The garden can
not be neglected for a single week be-
tween the time seeds are soWn and the
occurrence of frost N the fall without
allowing the weeds to ''get q start" of
the vegetables wanted for use. If
weeds once obtain a strong hold on the
soil, it is very difficult to eradicate them
without pulling up the vegetables near
shcm, or interfering with their growth.
The bcst-kept gardens one sees in
going about the country are those man
aged by professionals who raise veop-
tables to sell in city markets. Market
gardeners know that weeds and yeue-
tables can not get along we'll on the
same piece of ground. They make
constant use OF the cu~Itivator, hoe. and
rake. They destroy all the weeds that
appear while they are small and tender.
They remove the weeds from between
plants in the row by hand. and use some
Implement to destroy them on the
ground between the rows. They en-
'cavor TO keep all the ground occupied
" useful plants during the entire
growing season. Village gardens tend
81 by amateurs, mechanics. and PROBES
slonal men are generally kept in excel
ient condition. They are ordinarily
small in size. but their owners desire
% make them rs profitable and beauti-
tni rs possible. They desire to have
heir gardens present Il good appear
ance to persons passing along the
street. They have some time in every
day which they can devote TO garden
Work. The handling of the hoe affords
a change of employment which they
enjoy, aud they find the exercise bencG-
cia} to them. They take pleasure in
caisin@ vegetables for the supply OF
heir W tables.
Gardens on farms are likely to be
neglected because field crops demand
attention during the months when
weeds grow the fastest, a farmers
garden should be laid out and planted
III such Il name that it Will REQUIRE
comparatively little work to keep it in
condition during the entire season. As
far as practicable walks and small bed.
should be dispensed with. All the or.
binary vegetables should be planted il
long rows o drill far enough apart tc
allow a narrow c%ultivator TO be run he.
tween them. If this is done, hand
work will be limited TO thinning out Tho
plants in the rows and removing thu
weeds that spring up between them
The use of the cultivntor once a week
will keep most of the ground free from
weeds. Some plants must be tended
with the hand-hoe, and to make The
use of it easy it should be kept sharr
and free from dirt and rust. A hoe fol
use IN a garden requires rs much care
as a scythe that is used for cutting
grass. 1t should be sharp enough tf
cut off the roots of all kinds of weed.
and should have so good a polish tina
It can be moved through the soil with
out much exhibition of strength.
The growth of weeds and grass ma,
be prevented in a great measure by de.
laying the blowing or spading Of the
ground till about the time seeds arc
to be own A portion Of the gardcr
can be plowed Of spaded as soon as til,
frost has left the soil, and planted tc
vegetables that are not injured b,
frosts of early spring. The seed of on
ions. bects, carrots, p%arSHips, rad;sh
lettuce, and spinach should be sow
very early. 1t is not advisable. how.
ever. to prepare the ground for Other
garden crops till the weather become.
quite warm. By that time the weed.
will be of considerable size. and the,
;an be turned under by the pillow OF
padc. The crops that should be plant.
I'd later in the season are sweet corn
sucnmberS, melons, squashes, tomatoe:
md egg plants. 1t is advisable te
plant peas, radishes, turnips, and let
uucc at different times, so as to have /,
succession of them. Many farmer.
plant all their garden seed at about tn.
same time. and wonder that they d.
aot sprout uniformly. Still. they know
that corn and pumpkins should not b,
planted at the time they sow oats
wheat, barley, and flax.
The growth of weeds may be pre-
vented to 4 great extent and much la
Dor saved by Keeping all the ground de
voted to garden purposes constant,
occupied by valuable plants. Short q
the seasons are in this latitude tw,
crops can often be raised on the sam,
portion of the garde9. Cabbage, tur
nips, and cucumbers, designed for max
ing pickles can be raised on groun,
from which a crop of early peas, let
olce, or potatoes has been harvest
I'd. 1t is much better to plant tina
part of the garden from which YER
early crops have been taken to swee
corn to be used as a fodder crib than t
allow it to be occupied by weeds, or t
make it necessary to work it with a no
,r c%ultivator. The stalks of corn wi
keep the ground shaded, and proven
the growth of weeds, while the foddc
will be valuable for feeding the stocl
! Flat turnips constitute one of the bes
crops to raise in q garden after an cal
} ~ crop has been secured. A use can h
found for them in the house as well s
| the barn.
Potato Culture.
Every farmer should raise potatoe
enough to supply his family througho,
, the year. The supply should be liberia
!. for good potatoes constitute not onl
cheap but most excellent food. A
early variety should be planted for Us
"a durinr the summer and fall and a LOT.