Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1912-08-10
GARDEN ON DRY FARM.
Small Area Will Give Amount of
Varied and Healthful Diet.


The dry farmer should plant a lib
eral garden. | believe from my expe
rience that kitchen garden of one
and half to two acres will not only
give more varied and healthiul diet.
but actually cut down the living ex-
penses OF the average family from
$500 to $500.
My garden of 1911 was broken from
the virgin sod from six to nine inches
deep, writes i. p. Parker, OF Custer
Mont, III the Dakota Farmer 1t was
situated next to the river and forty
inches above it, SO you can readily
see there was no chance for sub-ir
DO hardpan at a depth OF about two
feet
| planted two-thrds acre of pota
toes April II, breaking the ground
six inches deep and placing the pota-
toes tcut to about two eyes, in each
third row and next TO the square
side so the next furrow would just
break over them This insures even
and uniform stand. Usually the early
planted potatoes do the best here, the
very best ones | have grown being
planted March 81. although it is very
probable that in a season like 1911,
later planting would have given equal
il not better results.
April Is | began to plant small
seeds such as onions, beets, carrots.
satisfy. parsnips. spinach. radish. ruta
baga. turnip. etc Practically no PR
cipitation fell from the melting OF the
snow. March to 10. until May Is
when we were favored by heavy rain
On May "a | re-worked half OF the
onion land and planted to popcorn
cabbage and tomato plants. and more
cabbage later on. planted few hills
OF melon and squash May Is: also
cucumbers Had to replant part OF
these later. owing, | believe to mice
taking the seed. Getting occasional
light rains from this time on, all the
varieties grew and produced well. AMI
while the results would not. perhaps.
be called wonderful they were very
satisfactory. and not only furnished
an abundance OF vegetables through
out the season, but also put in the
cellar something like % bushels OF
potatoes. Is bushels OF table beets. D..
sack of carrots, two each OF turnips
and rutabagas. several of onions, some
satisfy and cabbage; also sailed down
keg of cucumbers for pickles. |
had between 100 and 200 melons OF
each variety. Squashes, while they
produced abundantly, were worth
less mixture. Beans were omitted
from the seed order. so had none, il
| except the Syrian peas, which are
great producers here.
From one pound of seed of the
Golden Bantum sweet corn | had corn
To use for six weeks mot small guam
titles either besides giving consider
able away. Also produced y quarts
of select shelled seed in addition.
OF onions the Southport Red Globe
is my favorite. and my experience
would lead me to believe they could
be pro6tably produced in CONNER
cial way upon the dry farm. There is
no patent on my way OF growing
onions; they were simply drilled into
deeply inverted sod which had been
well worked down and afterwards
kept clean, frequently going through
them NTH hnetooth hand rake.
Carrots SCENE the best adapted IT,
dry-land conditions OF the root crops,
though | had rutabagas measuring
Is inches in circumference Plant
plenty OF these and the old COW will
willingly help you to dispose of the
surplus next winter.