The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-05-26

Do you propose to supply the markets
with produce?"
mo, only for ourselves" said Mrs.
Fl.
"You know we don't like turnips."
"But the book says turnips," expost-
ulated Mrs. H.
"Cut out the turnips."
Gall right; but we ought to follow
the book" said she.
"What's next ?" I asked.
"Set out the tomato plants in warm
weather"
'What old tomato plants are these2"
l asked. ave have no tomato plants"
"No," she said, mot till they grow.
I suppose" she continued, "that it's q
misprint. They mean set out the to-
mato Seeds"
"Of course" said I.
"The ground should be of q dark,
rich loam," explained Mrs. H.
SHOULD it ?" asked.
"Yes, that's what the book says"
"What is loan anyway?" asked.
II don't know" replied Mrs. H., sbut
we can easily find out. Wait till 1 get
the encyclopedia"
Mrs. H. went for that authority,
and sat on the door sill facing the
back yard, reading many valuable gar
den hints from the book. I was get
ting we'll posted when Mrs. H. returned.
"Here it is," said she opening the en-
cyclopedia. sloan, soil, sometimes
sandy and often created by shell-like
deposits caused by the decomposition
of aliuvial matter"
"Very concise" said l.
II suppose it just means ordinary
ground" said she.
"Most likely it means extraordinary
ground, but proceed, what do we do
next?' =-~v@~~A
"Insert the seeds to depth of three
inches and cover lightly with SOIL"
said she.
THAT'S the most sensible thing it's
SAID yet, remarked.
Particular attention must be paid
to weeds, lest they choke the young
plants" she continued.
"Quite likely" said l.
The family paper gave us a great
many hints, which we followed in theo-
ry to the letter. Both publications
were emphatic on advising the use of
good seeds. Mrs. H. said no one on
earth could tell if seed was good un-
til it was tried, to which opinion I
heartily assented.
"Well," said ], ''what shall we plant ?"
potatoes for one thing, and toma-
toes, and cabbage, and some cauli--
flower"
"How about the seeds; where shall
we get them ?" asked.
"Let's 60 to seed store" said she.
So to seed store we went. A IA
therly-appearing old gentleman with
gray hair waited on us.
"We want to make garden" began
Mrs. H., "and we want some seeds for
it,"
"What kind do you want, and how
many?" asked the old gentleman.
"Why, we want few potato seeds
first; not many, 1 suppose a fve-cent
package will be enough"
my dear lady, potatoes have no
Seeds" said he.
"How do they grow then?" asked
Mrs. III.
"They are planted whole" And he
explained more fully. Mrs. III. said
she would take quarter of peck of
potatoes, and whispered to me that we
might as well have bought them at the
grocery.
eyes, indeed" said L.
81 suppose tomatoes are planted
whole, too," ventured Mrs. H.
"No," said the old gentleman, "you
set out tomato plants"
"The book was right after all,y con-
fided Mrs. H.
"Yes, indeed" said I again.
''Do you sell tomato plants ?" asked
Mrs III.
NO." replied the seed man, "you can
arrange to get them from some of the
country people who come to market"
How about corn ?" faltered Mrs. III.
"It's too late to plant corn," said the
seed man.
"Let's cut out the vegetables" said 1.
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