The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-16
GET SEEDS EARLY
And Plan Your Garden in Advance
Form Gardeners Clubs.

How shall we get ready for home. gar
dening activities in 1918 is question
now reaching the United States depart
ment of agriculture from all sections.
10 these questioners the department is
giving the following advice
Determine the location and the area to
be planted to vegetables as soon as prae.
ticable. Clear il of rubbish, and as ma
terial sunable for compost heap is
available, start one. Arrange, ii possible,
for the necessary fertilizer for the sea
sons garden from local sources such as
stables, streets or abattoirs. Add these
to the compost heap so as to
insure as large supply as possible of
suitable material with the smallest prac-
ticablc use of commercial fertilizers.
This is desirable to insure plant food and
to save expense. Commercial fertilizers
are scarce and high and in garden work
even when such materials are abundant
and relatively cheap they cannot entirely
replace stable manure and compost Each
city or town should be able TO supply the
major portion of the needs of its garden
ing population if the fertilizers produced
within its limits are husbanded for their
use.
Get Seeds Early.
As soon as the spring catalogues are
available, select the list of seeds needed
to plant the area 70 be II I'd for garden
ing. In choosing the list have in mind
the selection of those sorts which did
best last season, those which the family
relished most, and determine the guam
tity with care in order that only the
seed necessary to meet your require
ments be purchased. The supply of some
of the important varieties of garden
seeds is limited, and in order that all
may obtain the quantity needed to meet
their needs, everyone should cooperate
to make the supply available produce a
maximum crop.
Place your seed orders early.
Plan Your Garden in Advance.
In planning the garden, have due re-
gard to supplying the family with fresh
as well as those desired, for
or drying, but refrain from en-
-ering the field of commercial vegetable
production unless you are an experienced
practical gardener with suitable soil and
location and adequate capital to finance
.he operation.
Planning the garden. on paper-that is,
irawing a right plan to scale on which
ire indicated the spaces to be devoted to
,arly planted and later crops, the best
planting dates, etc.,--it an interesting !
winter evening employment for the en-
ire family.
See that garden tools are properly pro-
ected and are ready for spring use.
lave fruit trees and small fruits pruned I
nd sprayed at the proper seasons.
Secure Farmers Bulletin No. SIS, "The
mall Vegetable Garden and books on
and prepare yourself to make
very seed count.
Why Not Gardeners Club?
The experienced gardeners of a neigh
orhood will find profit as well as pleas
re in the formation of local garden
hub The meetings can be conducted on
he basis of experience meetings to the
MUTUAL advantage of all; beginners
hould take advantage of the experience
f successful local gardeners in planning
heir operations. Many valuable points
an thus be obtained that cannot be
1und in books or papers on gardening
n these times it is not only privilege
ut duty to pass on the results of gar
en- experience when such experience may
i've another from error or increase his
1ances of success.
The effort should be to provide for
nes needs only
Plant proved sorts in sufficient guam
ty only to supply the table and to meet
he canning and drying requirements. c
AXE the seed supply 100 per cent. eff !
emit.
Husband the local fertilizer supply by s
.ginning early to accumulate manure I
I'd other materials for compost heap. /
Tell your neighbor the sorts that did I
,st for you last year and how you |
Gated them to secure best results. Il
pint out the don't" as well as "do" t
gardening Help the other fellow to Il
lip himself. :