Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-14

tural enterprises of whatever char
acter are more generally conceived
and worked out Oh the basis of mix
ing brains with the soil, there will
to land owners, and higher degree
of prosperity ana success witnessed
throughout the rural section.
This brings us to consideration
of the type of soil which should be
selected for a garden and to other
factors worthy of, consideration in
connection with this matter. 1t is
fact of common knowledge that
certain crops do better on one type
of soil than another. For instance,
peanuts are adapted to sandy soils.
A sandy soil is warmer and ear
lier soil. One wishing to obtain the
earliest strawberries would plant
them on such location. One wish
ing late strawberries would prob
ably plant them on a heavy clay
soil. Watermelons and muskneIons
do well on sandy land, but Irish
potatoes do best on a heavier type
of soil. Corn is best adapted to a
heavy soil, whereas sweet potatoes
prefer a loamy, sandy soil. In Sc
lecting a garden, therefore, one
must choose soils that are friable,
easily cultivated, contain a consid-
cradle amount of humus, and are
loose, open and friable, and which
drain well. The ideal garden would,
of course, contain mixture of sew
eral types of soil, bearing from
rather sandy soil to a heavy. clay.
tiate groups of soils in which the
loans would predominant. One
should not hesitate to cultivate a
garden, however, because they can
not obtain a particular type of soil.
The most unfavorable land under
proper management will be adapted
to certain crops which can, as a
rule, be cultivated with advantage
and some profit as well: For. earli--
ness, and. that is the thing desired
loam, sloping towards the south, is
TO be preferred Good drainage, of
course, is essential in all garden
lands. 1t must be either natural, or
through artificial means. Vege-
tables will grow well only in prop
erly aerated soil, and land which
is wet or in which the water table
be found unsatisfactory for garden
purposes: Some people spend all
their lives before they ascertain
this fact. They waste a great
deal of energy and effort and com
plain INCREASINGLY of, the small bene-
fits they derive from their gardens.
1t will cost little bit to obtain the
drainage in question, but it will be
a cheap investment in the long run.
The size of the garden will, Of
the snds to be served, but as a rule
the large narrow garden is prefer
able to one of any other shape, Par
ticularly is this true where the gar
dening operations are conducted on
a large scale and, therefore, the use
Of horse labor becomes practicable.
The longer the rows, naturally the
fewer turns and the least time
wasted not only in turning, but the
least damage done through this OPP
GRAFTON. This also applies In case
the garden is cultivated by hand, for
there is less effort required to push
the garden hoe straight ahead than
the constant turning necessitated by
making. the rows short. In the
small family garden, however any
shape may be made to answer fairly
we'll and one should not hesitate to
have a garden because one simply
cannot secure the shape which ap-
peals to ones fancy.
Did you have garden on your
farm last year? If SO, you found
out many things about it which you
will wish to modify for next season,
and you should be thinking over
these propositions now and getting
YOU garden in shape for planting as
soon as practicable. If you did not
have a garden last year you missed
an opportunity which was we'll worth
while and you should make certain
Of having one this year.