Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-03-02
-EGETABLE GARDENS FOR YER
MONT.
CBy Stanley Hargreaves. Gardner Of the
Experiment Station)

(BY Stanley HargreaVes. Gardner OF the
Experiment StatonD
The vegetables that get to the market
first are always more remuneratyc than
those that arrive when the rush is on, no
matter whether early in the spring or
early in the fail, or whether the product
is radshes or muskmelons. 1t is reported
that truck crops worth s45,coO,oco We're
shipped north from Norfolk Va, last
year. This is used as an indication of
what proportions the business may attain
when one has a long growing season, good
soil, good transportation and plenty of
labor. While all of these conditions can.
not be absolutely controlled by the gar
dener they can be improved to some eX-
tent Soil conditions in particular may
lie much improved, and to this end Moth
ing is better than stable manure. soil
may be classed under two heads-sandy
and clayey. The former dries quickly and
is capable OF being modified; the hitter
is heavy and difficult to work. The ideal
garden soil is 4 rich loan which Is a fine
mixture of the best qualities of the two
| extremes. It should be loose and porous:
absorb water freely and allow all super
fiuous water to run down into the drain
| age system; and well stocked with humus
| or decayed vegetable matter. Climate Is
less under the control OF the gardener.
| but mans ingenuity has maze it possible
| to supply heat and moisture to plants in
advance cf the natural growing season.
The greenhouse or hctbed is nothin,
more than a trick to outwit nature. with
| boards. glass and little mechanical
| skill the gardener can control the heat
and moisture therein, grow his vegeta blcs
| and get them to the market ahead OF
| the natural time. In considering the pro
fits to be derived from growing vege-
tables under these conditions we find that
ono gardener in Cleveland, Ohio makes
an average net profit OF $4,000, and there
are many instances in the country the
average profit from vegetables Is slO0
an acre. The garden spade should not
be neglected and deep blowing always
practiccd, No crop does more TO brina
"A garden into good condition than doe,
celery. Almost any vegetable will sue.
ceod where this crop has been grown.
THE TRADE IN YOUNG COWS.
(By Il. NJ. Washburn, professor o.
Dairy Husbandry)
Dairying is very properly the principa
farm Industry in this State There ar,
many thousands of acres of hillside erns,
which can very properly be converted
into money through the medium of mill,
yet these large tracts of pasture land
are largely in back towns where the sal
Of milk as such Is entirely impractica abb
because Of distance from the railroad
am firmly convinced that the time ha
arrived wnen the farmers in many sucl
back towns should get together and serl
ously consider the proposition OF co
operative community breeding OF ON
breed They should choose breed whlc
will produce most salable young cows
and raise heifer calves and develop ther
and breed them to meet the demand
Of the market. When this Is done the
can advertise and sell collectively wit
less labor and usually at higher price
than II each farmer sold independent,
While thus converting the otherws
Nalueless roughage into cows to be sol
to distinctive milk producers near III
! railroad, these back town farmers Ca