The great West., 1892-01-08
TIE FARM AND HOME
GIVE YOUR GARDEN n LlB-
ERAL MANUHENG.
Sfrawnsrry Plant Almost Eauaa 70
clover ~ Ransvnxor-Zessa HAY
foF Hnrses-Earxn Notes and
Domestic Helps.



Ibis must absolutely be done ana ir
mlst- De done iiberaIly Sixteen
gaars experience IN marset gardening
las taught us that when tnis was done
re might expect paving crops. good
seasons or Daa ones insects or no IN
seegs- In buvTng YOU NAV Dav for
substance That has the bulk. bur little
plant food And in huvinu such
nanure time Is lost labor Is lost
money is lost and tha anxious
grower Is disappointed. To b4v
manure from iiverv stables YOU viii
get much sawCfust and other bedding
Ela1 MaaGe I'D bulk but not one cent
0I value as manure. Until il il thor
0ugnlT rotted. exceDs what LIQUID it
las absorbed Livery stable manure.
j. : usual thing. is handy TO get ana
tne gardener Is often induced to b11v
i and neglect home resources. And
here Is wnere the cheauest manure is
obtained ana where the best can be
made
To garden successfully one must
= anglre heavily, and to be abie TO do
30 he must get all the manure he can.
from every source. but at the same
tine he should be on his guard nor TO
DIV It at & price that will be above the
profit that NAV be derived from II. To
oa a successful gardener is 70 make
The most from the least OUTLAY of
aoE=-F and labor. ManurIng heavily
Is one OF the greatest means 70 this
eHeck To secure this. one must bs
energetic ana not despIse small things
neither should he be too nice to law
l0Id but should carefully husband all
material at hOme, great or small.
clean Or filthy and convert it into
plant food. Where the gardener fat
Tens hogs tor MS own meat he will
1ud d grand resource for good man
1re, for a fattening hog evacuates an
abundance OF manure of the richest
quality. Fl no better w8v= can be ar
ranged. he can pen mis- hogs in lot
and plant It to some garden crop the
following season.
Il the gardener is not mindful he
e7Ill let mucn vaiuabte manure waste
that is dropped around tine stables. In
the lanes ana IL the hen-house. Much
g0Od manure might 6a accumulated
by forming d compost heap at q con-
venIenr place ana then throwing all
suas from the Laundry all old WOODEN
rags. waste leather. ali rubbish from
Gile garden. etc. apon it. These ma
terials have 10 be disposed OF some
way and IT c0mposted could be made
INTO valuable Dlanr food.
Aaeplng the soil loose ana mellow
enables 1t to absorb and store l1p
much ammonia from the atmosphere.
and absorb and hold the nitrogen
brought DOWN DIV the summer thunder
showers. Where the gardener, can
SO arrange MS crops as to keen a part
3I his garden IN clover ne nav
through the agency OF this CROP. sup
ply his soil with nitrogen much faster
5han MS crOps take from IL have n
friend VINO is making gardening o
success. and he relies on clover to keen
10 ais soil writes Thomas ID Baird in
the Ohio Farmer
Another cheap manure | have no.
iced mav be gained bv setting a p0r-
ton OF the garden IN strawberries.
Cultivate them the first wear fer the
IEuIE and after bearing turn them
ungteE. I have found the strawberry
plsnB almost equal to clover as q
reHovator OF the soil. Another thing
many gardeners negtect am guilty
somewhat myself and SO snow.
Alter their carry croDs are sold the
refuse Is left such as cabbage stalks.
0eats eaGlshes. Dean vines etc.
These draw the piant food already in
tle s0IL and thus Il Is wasted.