The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-04-14
GARDEN IS A Big
ASSET TO FARMER
Many Have Found II Profitable
To Utilize Space for Pro-
ducing Vegetables
YARDS USED BY TOWN FOLKS
People Of tire City Derive Much Pleas.
IRE From Backyard Garden'n0--
Soil, II Well Fsrtiiized ard Worked,
viii Produce Good Results.

(By Chas, A, KeTer. Division OF FL.
tension, University OF Tennessee
The United States Department OF
Agriculture 10 making a vigorous cam.
paign Tor diversified farming IN lLt
South, The Southern farmer is told
TO grow his own meat. and thN SrAsa
and hay to feed il, to make his own
butter and plan, garden, The won
der is that this advice should be nee.
essary.
To buy meat and butter and yege
tables while operating farm would
seem contradiction, but the fact re-
mains that even in Tennessee many
farmers buy meat aud egss. dairy sup
plies, vegetables and fruit, Or their
families so without these necessities.
The gsr0~n should be Blk asset on
every farm and In every town lot; not
big In size, but IN profit The success
ful garden is striking example oi
intensive errort. 1t should he small,
heavily fortified, constantly worked
In every small town In Tennessee
there are excellent gardens. whose
owners are as jealous of their reputa
tons as gardeners as II they were so
1mahy grad opera singers. II Is an
achievement 10 produce the ifSt peas
or the earliest potatoes 2E the largest
tomato, Il ~ pleasure to send a
basket OF vegetables to q friend. and
a satisfaction TO have u constant sup
ply OF fresh garden stun for the table.
Here ii Tennessee the garden Is a
place for work during at least nine
months in tho year. II should BE- plow.
Ell or spaded in the fall. and a heavy
coat OF manure should be turned deep
into the soil. Manure is plant food.
and a great regulator Of soil moisture
II is almost Impossible to give a plant
Indigestion by an oversurply OF food,
where the moisture condition Is right
Manure heavily plow or spade deep.
ly Make the soil fine all the way
down before planting. And keep the
garden well cultivated after II is
planted,
Plant little OF any one vegetable at
time, and plant often. Wha, Is the
sense OF growing whole row OF
raiish or lettuce or cabbage. when
only a tenth OF row can be used
while in III condition for usef II would
be better to plant tenth OF row,
and in a week or ten days plant again
two or three paintings OF radish in
March or April. and two paintings In
late August or September gives rad
ishes enough, one tires OF radish and
the row that knew radishes in April
should be growing beans or okra or
tomatoes or melons in May. Snap
beans should be planted at least nine
times at intervals OF two weeks. X
beans that really snap are wanted
throughout the season, Tomato plants
should be set in April. and again in
June. Everybody should plant hects
for winter use IN early August Satisfy
and parsuips are best sown in early
June in Tennessee gardens. Cucum.
bers and cantaloupes will AFFORD con
tinuous supply II two or three plant.
ings are made Plant white pota.
toes In January or February. and in
early July. Sow onion seed IL Jan.
uary, and put In tho culls from the
crop in September, Make the garden
rich enough. and hoe without ceasing.
and one may plant something with
profit In every month from January 20
October.
The garden that Is continuously
planted Is continuously productive, II
Is a big asset In town LOT and farm
But the unweeGed garden Things
rank and gross in nature possess II
merely"