Sharp County record., 1918-03-01
Plan of Garden Will Enable You to
gtiiizs Space 70 Better
Advantage.
BY J. S. Knox, Horriculturist.

It is estimated that the acreage de-
voted TO home gardens in 1917 was
from 200 TO 800 per cent greater than
the average year This increased
acreage was doubtless due 20 the fact
! that almost as soon as war was de-
! clared against Germany last spring
there went out request from he
washington office that the home gar
| den be given especial attention. There
1 is no easier or better way to get an
| abundance OF fresh vegetables han
to grow them on our own soils. We
| have again been asked during 1918
| to grow all Of the vegetables we
| can in the home garden during 1918.
! The prospects for shortage OF
! cars TO haul foodstuffs or even short
age of the food itself during 1913 are
greater than they we're last year.
The South has been asked to grow its
own supply Of food during the war,
and this we can easily do. There are
few Of our states that can feed their
population more easily han can ARK
ansas. We have the soil, climate, and
rainfall. and can grow almost any
vegetable that will grow elsewhere.
Must Have Garden Plan.
Few Of us appreciate fully the value
of garden plan. A plan Of he gar
den will enable YOU to utilize the
space in the garden to better advan'
tage. and consequently give YOU
! greater amount Of vegetables from a
given area. A garden planting pro.
gram telling what variety Of the diff.
ferent vegetables to plant and when
to plant them can be had free OF
charge by writing 10 the Extension
Division, Old Statehouse, Little Rock.
Ark.
Companion Cropping 8 an Advantage.
It Is to our advantage where the
space for gardening is limited TO prac'
tee what is known as companion crop
ping. That Is, OF growing one crop
between the rows Of another. For in.
stance, turnips, radishes, or lettuce
can be grown between longer season
crops, such as potatoes, etc, and may
be set between these rows. Some OF
the market gardeners around large
cities often have TWO or even three
crops on the land at the same time.
Succession Cropping Produces
Results.
Another system OF cropping tho
home garden. and this ls where most
Of our Southern gardeners fail, Is the
system known as succession cropping.
That Is, we plant number OF short
season vegetables which occupy the
soil FOR only a few weeks. All Of
3 these should be grouped as nearly 10.
gether as possible, 30 hat after heir
period Of usefulness We can AXE
them out and plant something else In
their place. Radishes, lettuce, peas
and similar carly maturing crops may
be followed by tomatoes pepper, egg
plant, sweet corn, or second plant
Ing Of beans, squashes or cucumbers.
or whatever vegetables YOU may pre-
fer
Fertilizer and Good Soil Increase
Quality and YisId.
3 Remember that no vegetable will
thrivs on a poor soil and have the
quality that Il would have lt IL
wero grown on fertile soil with
r plenty Of available moisture, Well
rotted stable manure Is possibly the
best fertilizer that we could use but
since many Of The gardeners cannot
secure supply ot this fertilizer IL
will be necessary 10 resort 10 COM
mereial fertilizers. Potash Is 100 high
In price tor no 10 use t literally, but
we san apply equal parts Of cotton
seed meal and acid phosphate No the
rate ot 1000 10 l,50O poundu per acre
and ordinarily get fairly good results,
te thiB amount Ia used IL would
be best 10 broadcast most Of IL and
harrow into the soil, saving enough
10 apply 300 10 400 pounda In the
row, mixing II with The 7oil before
sowing the seed or setting The plants
Care Ia Necessary
Keep The surface Of the garden soil
well stirred It ID much easier Ia
combat grasses and weeds by keeping
after them than IL Ia 10 delay the
cultivation until these lhinss get a
hold On the soil Il will require only
a few minutes each week 10 lake a
horse and harrow and clean the
weeds out ot The garden. The ends
Of he garden fence oan be made Of
woven wire or poultrywire and put ND
In seetlons 10 II can be taken down
I while eultiTatins the garden. drasf
and weeds Use plant food hat The
vegetables need for their growth
Keep them out
Write 10 Division OF Publications
Washington, D, O., for Farmers hui
letih No, $50, which tells how 10 com
v bat diseasea and inHeet anstniaa Al