Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-03-19
Agricultural iii Department.
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sr- FARM GARDEN.
Did you ever see a good gar
den, properly taken care of. and
then stop to reflect without ask.
ing yourself the question, What
is the use of running q two tc
three hundred acre farm when &c
much valuable and wholesome
food can be produced on one
acre Of land? If you could have
allthe cabbage. tomatoes, beans,
peas, carrots, beets, parsnips,
tnrnlps, sweet corn, Strawberries,
currants, gooseberries, grapes,
etc, ETC., that you would nee,i
for yourself and family, how
much b would you save in grocer's
bills throughout the year and
still have a letter table set with
far healthier food? Do we exag-
eerate when we claim a saving of
from $75 to 500, everything
considered? If you believe this
reasoning fails, first try a big
garden this coming season and
let us hear from you by this time
next winter. One acre of land il
all you need, and probably one
half of one acre will do Just as
we'll to begin with. If You have
not already selected your ground,
we woul d suggest a long strip of
land with a southern exposure if
possible, away from any trees,
sandy loan being preferable, as
clay is liable to bake and get
hard; however, we'll rottel straw
manure will relieve that to some:
extent. As fertilizer use we'll rot,
ted barnyard manure, free from
foul seed, and use it literally.
Fall blowing is preferable, as the
ground will sooner get warmed
upso you can seed earlier. Work
the ground we'll with the Harrow,
which is the best Implement for
killing the young weeds at first
start, up to the time of planting,
and you will haveless work keep
ing the patch clean while the crop
is growing. Peas, onions, beets,
lettuce and radishes can be plant
ed as soon as the frost is out of
the ground. And g. little later
carrots, parsnips, early potatoes
and beans, leaving squash, Gu
cumbers, melons and turnips. un-
til reasonably safe from frost.
Cabbage and tomatoes must be
planted in hot beds or boxes last
part of March, and transplanted
as soon as free from frost. A
garden drill with cultiyating at
tach,nent is a necessary tool.
The latter can be used to advail-
tage while the plants are small,
but we would advise planting the
rows far enough apart to use a
horse to do the cultivating as
soon as the plants are large
enough.
For growing of berries of all
kinds select we'll drained soil.
Give it a good preparation. as
this adds much to the growth OF
plant and size of berries, and re-
member you can not grow fine
berries with poor cultivation.
Long, straight rows are easily
cultivated and kept clean from
weeds. Never mind the high priced
novelties. You can undonbted-
ly get all you want from some
of your neighbors for nothing and
they. are generally the best for
your purpose. Set Strawberries
in rows three and a half feet
apart, and two feet in the row,
as soon as the frost is out of the
ground. Cultivate both WAYS
until the plants commence to
make runners, generally about
middle of July. After that onl y
in the 3K foot row. After the
ground is frozen in the fall it is q
good plan to cover the plants
with coarse straw or corn stalks
to keep the ground from thawine
and freezing. Currants and goose
berries in rows 6 feet apart anc
4 feet in the row. Grapes {
to 10 feet apart each way. SCI
them carefully. Dig agood larg'
hole and spread every little fiji
rous root in it's natural position
Fine moist dirt should be firiml.
and carefully packed around eacll
smaller root. More loss come
from careless setting than iron
any other cause. Cultivate O
rake over the ground at once al
ter setting and continue ever,
few days until the plants are we
started. In the fall they must b
cut back and covered up wit
:. dirt as soon as frost sets iii. ST
plants we'll taken care Uf will
due time furnish all the grape
required by tn family. We hay
the Concord and Moores earl.
both are hardy and doing we'll.
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