The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-18
PLAN YOUR
GARDEN NOW
Order Seeds Early and in
Your Own Home
Town
PLOT YOUR GARDEN
FIRST ON PAPER
Fertilizers Will Be High and
Hard to Get, So Plan
Accordingly

J. side, thus relieving the overtaxed ma
J. service and transportation systems. tn
II home garden should be planned out o
5 paper within the next few weeks. TIL
plan should be drawn to scale, allotin
: spaces to be devoted TO the various vege
tables and arranging the plots SO tina
| some sections can be used for early vege
tables and then replanted for late yege
tables.
The foregoing is the advice of expert
in the department of agriculture. "Hov
shall we get our garden plots readyl" i
a question asked hundreds of times a da,
| in letters received by the department
| The department advises these question
ers first of all to determine the location
| and the area to be planted to vegetables
The plot should be cleared of rubbish and
a compost heap should be started. Ar
range, if possible, for the necessary fer
tilizer for the garden from local sources
Add these materials to the compost
heap so as to insure as large a supply
as possible of suitable material with the
smallest practicable use of commercial
fertilizers. This is desirable to insure
plant food and to save expense. Com
mereial fertilizers are scarce and high,
and in garden work, even when such ma
terials are abundant and relatively
cheap, they cannot entirely replace stable
manure and compost. Each city or town
should be able to supply the major part
of the needs of its gardening population,
if the fertilizers produced within its linn
its are husbanded for their use.
The man who owns or can hire little
plot of land and who doesn't make the
most of the opportunity will have no
one but himself to blame next summer
if he finds at that time that vegetables
are scarce and prices are high. He should
get a spring catalogue as soon as they
are available and should select the seeds
| needed to plant the area to be used for
gardening In choosing the list he should
bear in mind the sorts which did the best
last year, those which the family reished
the most, and should determine the guam
fifty with care in order that only the seed |
actually needed to meet the require |
ment be purchased. The supply of some
of the important varieties of garden
seeds is limited and if all are to obtain
the quantity needed everyone should CO.
operate to make the supply available
produce maximum crop "Place your
seed orders early" is the departments
warning.
III ptuiUiHG Inc tUt UNHtI
should have fresh vegetables as well as
vegetables desired for canning or dry
ing. He should refrain from entering the
field of commercial vegetable production
unless he is an experienced, practical
gardener with suitable soil and location.
Planning the garden on paper-that is,
drawing a plan to scale, on which are
indicated the spaces to be devoted to
early planted and later crops, the best
planting dates, etc.--is an interesting
winter employment for the entire family
See that garden tools are properly pro-
tected and are ready for spring use. Have
fruit trees and small fruits pruned and
sprayed at the proper season, if you s
want maximum crops. The expense is
small and the profits are large
The experienced gardeners of a neigh c
borhood will find profit as well as pleas :
ure in the formation of local garden j
club. The meetings can be conducted on !
The basis of experience meetings TO the a
mutual advantage of all Beginners C
should take advantage of the experience a
If successful local gardeners in planning n
heir operations. Many valuable hints )
AN thus be obtained which cannot be b
ound in books or papers on gardening. e
n these times it is not only privilege d
tut a duty to pass on the results of a
,arden experience when such experience "
nay save another from error OF increase Il
lis chances of success. II
A little city in Iowa is leading the ma fl
ion in getting ready for the next gar Il
len campaign A survey has been made
# the city and, as result, seventy !.
i've acres of land suitable for gardens. in !
edition to all space devoted to gardens r
asst spring, have been located. The city
las found three hundred tons of manure :
which was not being used. 1t also found
hat needy people were paid $500 in cash {
Y the city government last year and
hat 90 per cent of the potatoes con !
umed by the city in 1917 were shipped
a from out side points. What is the city
ding about it Committees have been
ppointed by the city council and the
club for every voting pre- l.
met. These committees will arrange for
cams, wagons and plows, and will or
anize the work SO that it can be done
and economically. The mayor
rvs city money will be used to pay for
ne teams, wagons and plows, if neces- If
lry. 1t is further planned that those be
no receive support from the city must clC
Ike care of a garden according to in fu
ruction, providing they are able to ST
ork ha
Take thought of the spring garden a
wv Notwithstanding the large produc- ha
on of vegetables last year and the great an
lantity put into cans and jars for win Ia,
T use, the demand for production and
nseryatioTi in 1918 viii be greater than nj;
er before. II is one small way in -.
hieh the millions Of people al home ~,
hain MI "a MA Tho
rner Of suburban property should be ~
le to raise most Of the vegetables he y. -,
eds during the summer. Unless he has -
exceptionally large lot and is expe- 4
need in gardening be should provide ~
" for his own family. lie should make ~
seed supply one hundred per cent ioI,
icient. He should husband the local
-tilizer supply. He should tell his neigh tro
r the sorts that did best last year. sps
should point out the don't" as well Nm
the do" Help your neighbor TO help OF