Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-06

Health, Pleasure aad ,,ont In the rrucl,
Patch.


one Of the most important and most
h'klecitd things about the majority u
iafNlH "a the garden. Ana Why slim.
Wy because the farmer thinks he can-
not afford 10 bother with IL.
inc average farmer would rather care
i"r zen egtcs OF .corn than quarter
acre garden. Tho farmers garden
should be located Tor convenience near
NE house, rhguidenntain from one hair
q" one acre ana be very rich. IL N luld be
hfiahfcd Tor long rows. and should be
KEPT very clean and free from weeds.
Tor Il IL far less work to have a clean
garden than "a wecdy one Most paoplo
viii advocate using a horse and cult.
Nator IN the garden. DO not. with
an IRON Axe wheel hoe and the new
weeder attachment I can keep two.
acre garden cleaner with less work
IMAM any man cun Keep one acre with
horse and cultlvator. This tool viii
hoe ana rake at the same time, and
leave The lhnd and plants In perfect
condition. II leaves the land perfectly
smooth and even, no hilllnR up. and
none II needed. Many flcople IN max.
INK Enrdou VIII make great mounds
~ nils. rniHcd from to ~ Inches
above the surface. and IN sowing bcets.
onions, carrots. etc, Will raise up beds
Tor them. Al this IL worse than folly.
u causes the land to dry up aud the
plants 10 suffer Everything In the
Garden should be planted In straight
rows. and rows ~ long nH possible.
Never plant hlrh-growinR plants like
corn or pole beans on the Fouth or east
~ iower-growing ones. Arrange your
garden 20 aH 10 have an permanent
beds like asparagus. sage. rhubarb.
etc, AZ one side - NJ not 60 Interfere
with blowing. and do not. under any
circumstances, NEGLECT or miss these
three vegetables. An asparagus bod.
when once planted. will last a lifetime.
simply make the land rich. pillow IL
deep, and SOW the seed IN driiis four
feet apart. ana thin 10 one 90 two feet.
and keep clean from weeds This IL
~ that i nrccssary-no trcnchlng and
hllinr with bones and manure. as was
taught ~ by our grandfather. when
farmers understand how easy u ~ g.
grow asparagus. there Will be- more of
u seen ON their tables. Rhubnrb can
be grown as easily and In the same
Tho farmers Enrden should contain
an Kinds ~ verctsbles. and ~ such va.
riotloH 40 viii Jxe q succession from
the very rarliestk1 me istsst. and such
~ pre- bcst adapted to their own par.
iicular climate. cannot too strongly
urge every farmer a. ahun all cheap
seeds, believing rs I do that the one
most Important thing In making a Rnr.
d"n Il good seed. Don't walt until your
Enrden II ploWcd and then send John
to your nearest store 60 get your sup
ply " seeds. for Just MS certain as you
do you fail OF best results. Ana don't
depend on tho government free seeds.
one " Just nH good and reliable as tho
other. Make out ynur order early and
send II TO some one ~ the many rcli-
able Heodsmen, and you VIII Eet the
best seed that money can buy. Don't
think that one package Of beet. onion
or tomato seed In Just as good rs an
other, for II II not. Any more than one
COW or one horse N ms good az another.
I win not advise the farmer To cconO-
mise In land by doubling up crops. but
put everything In long rows I wish 10
make this point strong. for know that
more farmers are apt 10 plant an small
seeds In beds. and have little patch
Of corn here and another little patch
somewhere else and thus not only fnil
~ getting tile hcsi results, but make
themselves double work. A good fruit
and vegetable garden can easily he
worth from two to five hundred dollars
10 "A family, especially " there are sew
crnl members In the family. and boz
Sides the money value lust think of the
great enjoyment IN having at an times
perfectly fresh vegetables and fruit
Fathured from your own garden. Ana
yet there nre thousands OF farmers
families who do not see fresh vegetR-
bic IN their tables once year with the
exception ~ potatoes, Many city peO-
pie who hardly ever sec rod % bare
earth, fare Ear better In the way Of
vegetables and fruits than many ~ the
farmers, with their hundreds ~ acres
Would not farmers sons and daughters
b. better cnntsutei 20 stay on tho
farms n rvcry nrin had rs vegetable
und fruit gardena7 Farmers arr look
lnr too much after that almighty dol
lar ana fnr too little after the health
ANA happiness of their families. and
there ~ lar more II both In u good
garden than there is In the doctOr'n
medicine. lay M a full supply Of veg
etnhlrs Tor winter. iiects, turnlpa,
carrots, etc, should hc put up Into box
eH coz barrels ana covered with dry
sand, In this way they viii keep IA
year In perfect condition. priEetakc r
onions, VI started indoors In February
On March, and transplanted out as soon
~ the ruund n warm, Will give nne.
large onions with less work than by
sowing seed or other varieties IN open
ground, one extra good garden In
nelghhothood ~ ne catching aa small
puS, ana ploafhnter 10 have. II would
be- n good thing n farmers and their
families would meet nj different places
about their nelghhorhood ana discuss
the garden question. varieties 90 plant,
methods " culture, etc, II would
awaken an interest In gardening that