The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-04-22
FARM AND GARDEN
By Prof. w. F. Massey,


Ia many cases it is a little fenced off
..sun in the rear of the house, where
-r..s and gooseberry and currant bushes
keep the lines of the walks and harbor
IN, weeds and grass, while the little
.ruares devoted to vegetables have to
.. shaded or otherwise broken by hand
rn many such gardens there is often
. great deal of zeal in the early Spring
I'D making the garden. A few early
things are grown after a fashion and
t.au when the farm work PRESSES the
Garden is neglected and allowed to grow
un in weeds the rest of the season. We
haF" seen hundreds Of these gardens,
NOT only on the farms, but in the viii
Ialc- and have often deplored the shift
I.5suess that allows them to exist in the
Hay they do. The village is of neces-
-.ry d small one, and often a well kept
one. while a similar garden on farm is
certain to be neglected. The result is
that the farmers family have a scanty
supply Of fresh vegetables and live on
sllGed meats too much for their good The
modern farm garden is a different affair
altogether. 1t need not be Continually in
one place, but can to some extent enter
into the farm rotation, and be made not
contribute something to pay for going
to town. Not that every farmer should
&C. ii market gardener, but in the grow
ing OF a family supply it is just as easy
Oh have sudpluS that will sell by reason
Of its freshness and fine quality 1t is
tTife saying that whatever is worth
doing a all is worth doing we'll. This
applies with as much force to the garden
as 20 any other part Of the farm. We
have heard of farmers-We do not know
any such, We "r- glad to Say--who leave
the garden for their wives to cultivate
and car" for even with their own hands
The T. T. family, OF course dc not do
anything of this sort. The preparation
of tho soil for vegetables is work for
the team and men, and it should be
thoroughly done. Good llow:rg deep
suoscjIing and heavy Inanuring are th~
essentials in the truck patch. The
manure will pay there better thar on
s1T other part of the farm, and il should
60 on without stint. The cultivation, to
le effective and cheap. should be done
bE horse power. Hence the little garden
squares are obsolete and out of date.
The rows must be long enough and far
enough apart to admit OF the horse and
cultlvator. This being the case there
should. of course, be land enough tC
gro" far more than one family can con
sumo, and to the extent of growing such
surplus Of the standard vegetables
every farmer should be q market gard
on.r. even if the sales only cover the ex-
rar~es Of cropping. The farm garden
il the place TO study intensive culture.
Few Who have never tried it can realize
fno amount Of products that can be taken
E"m small piece OF land in high cond-
'"". Not. Of course, from mere
~.EngtIme garden, but from a garden
worked for all it is worth all the year
through. There are hardy Winte crops
flat can be grown anywhere, but in the
South the garden need never be idle at
al. As fast as one crop is past it's use
tHaosS get il out and put another for
which there may be time into its place.
I1en when you can no longer mature
crops put the garden land into some
."nE that will keep green all Winter
@." lo ready to turn under in the
ring We use crimson clover but in
north even rye can be made TO cover
."" nakadnoss of the land and sprevcnt
loss ot fertility. In large sections on our
|.'a Atlantic coast, where truck farm
.- Us the chief industry the saddest
'.'"@ that strikes the traveller in the
""'"r is the bare brown soil from
"""0 the late crops of sweet potatoes
ana other things have been taken All
'hat is usor for garden purposes
}.t have something green on it IL
'"'"F If thCre are no Winter vcgc-
fnrs then cover the land with any
that will mawkc it -: .6 ..6..s
@ hat will make it green and be
Z" aid YOU in tho Spring In the
IN" crops OF spinach ka1e onions
bpv hn
H'1tably, and the Winter radishes
aIrIy I ne table a t all times, and it
" " inter garden that is most neg
ON all farms. Even in the colder
't inc country the garden sup
aardy celery, satisfy, parsnips
few other things, and sunken
covered with sashes and protected
r or shutters in the coldest wealth
-" furnish lettuce and Winter rad
.. Us" coldcSt climate. | have grown
@i 81 lettuce in cold frames where
"HfF went away down below zero
'.'rF. and it Will take but little
'"' a f"W sa5bcs for any farm
nav" family supply Of these
Winter. But we leave it to
'""ndonts to tell how to make
Tor tn" garden. What we want
"#t upon is to have a good
ing ono. we'll manured one
Tails cultivated one, IN which voge-
r @""d each other so rapidly that
t. 10 chance for weeds. A garden
not only furnish the family
t.. ''" summer vegetables but will
t '"hlo supplied all the year
E.. '| iHHFe enough to 90 to mar
..E aH he expenses.