The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-04-28
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A GARDEN WITH QUALITY vEGE-
TABLES.
Testing New Varieties-Helpful Tools
and Their Use.

and Their Use.
The kitchen garden should now be un
der way, the manure spread, eithe
dered, and the tools bought or put il
proper shape The man with little p
x50-foot garden may prove himself to b.
the captain OF his soul in more ways
than one; for he will not have to await
the good pleasure of any ploughman
nor will his reckoning with the fertilizer
merchant or the scotsman be over large
But on that very account, he should be
the more eager to raise only quality
crops. To buy the best yegeta bles from
green grocer means heavy bill at
the end of each month, whereas the fin
est vegetables from the home garden
merely mean few extra hours spent in
the blessed sunshine or possibly in the
equally blessed moonlight. For there are
many busy men and women who do most
OF their ''puttering" outdoors before
breakfast or after 7 o'clock p. m.
Test Some New Varieties.
| If the seed order is still unmailed look
! il over and see if il is not the very du-
plicate of last years. If so, tear it up
and try again, this time boldly ventur-
ing Orr some new vegetables
LooS over the catalogue carefully, Sc
Letting some of the newer varieties. Some
endiye, for example, which is so delicious
as salad; or okra, 80 dear to the heart
OF the southern cook; some peppers, per-
haps, later to be Stuffed with all sorts
Of delectahles; melons, il only a few
in order to be able to say to Neighbor
Doollttle, who raises only potatoes, corn,
peas, beets, and beans, by the way, /
am sending you over one OF our delicious
melons to try; you don't 90 in for fruit.
cd your" The man with the 20x50. foot
garden may exeaim: That's all very
fine in print, but where under the sun
shall | plant all this r. The simple an
swer to that is, Where the other vege-
tables grew. of course" Unless real 'in-
tensive" gardening is to be practiced,
then there will be some interpanting,
and starting of the seeds in hotbeds.
transplanting them afterwards to cold
frame. and so into the garden. To H.
lustrate, peas, cabbages. turnips. string
beans, etc, are always to be had in the
market at reasonable prices. but melons.
okra, and the like, are expensive, and
frequently not to be had at all for any
price. Substitute. therefore, the non
obtaina bic for the obtanable
The countryman with an acre or more
may so arrange his garden as to have
all those delieacies, and in addition an
asparagus bed, strawberries. rhubarb, |
raspberries. dwarf fruit trees, !
and a border of herbs. Ii must also |
not be forgotten that the commercial side I
Of gardening offers very substantial re-
turns to the man who fully understands /
the science Of gardening in its true sense.
The estimates OF capital required per
acre TO raise vegetables ON a CONNER.
rial scale run all the way from S25 lin
more remote places to $500 for gardens
near the large cities: while the profits
will run from nothing to 81 900, and in
some cases even more. However. before
lny dividends can be- declared some hard
md thorough work must he done. and to
10 it proiitably there must needs be the
necessary tools.
Tools Worth Owning.
Among the tools. then. worth owning
ire: A spade. TO be used in trenching, /,
lianting trees, shrubs. etc. and il should I
pe kept clean. and, above all. sharp. for
he edge is what saves the muscle IA file 4,
hould he used TO sharpen spades, hoes.
.od-cutters, pruning shears. shoyels.
'tc.l: a rake. or four OF them would be
wide rake with long teeth
or rakng mp weeds and trash and stir .
ing the soil to the depth Of an inch or |
%: rake with short teeth for the paths /
nd stirring the soil lightly about plants; I
long -toothed rake. To- be taken 10 the 4
blacksmith 20 have the teeth curved in !
Yard Go point where. when the rake [
s held in the natural position for rak |
NJ. the points OF the teeth viii not q
ouch the ground. but clear il by half D
nch: this rake l. invaluable for raking {
he lawn. the teeth being closer than v
hose Of wooden rake; II IL also use Z
"a IN gathering small stones IN the 4
arden: and the fourth rake should be = {
OGDEN one: n garden fork. for working y
b manure. handling compost. forking q
vpr beds preparatory 10 replantiug. and "
lasening an the soil around fruit trees: q
running shears. a great Necessity, and D
ley must b. kept sharp. or injury may o
suit from their Use: two or more hoes. Il
leo 20 ~ kept sharp. for halt the hat a
h IN fighting weeds j. wen with sharp "
D.; the main hoe should 10 about eight f
reles wide. with the blade between three
M four inches deep; , srufiie hoe. for r.
eeding paths. and the man owning {,
rye garden may even feel the need Of q
wider and heavier hoe. Ill
The browning glory 81 garden tools. q
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