Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-06-24
A GARDEN ON EVERY FARM

HAAsDEAAN O1N Et ERI FARM
Every farm home should have 6
garden, and yet a chance to OBJ
serve thousands of farms through
Out the length and breadth of the
southeast leads inevitably to the
conclusion that gardens have not
oeen established on a large percent
age or them. Why should there be
this indifference to such an essentia,
factor in the. life, health and wei
Iare OF the family? It can only be
attributed to failure to appreciate
the real value of a garden. So many
people are of the opinion that a
garden is a frittering sort of thing
something rather to be disdained, a
trlInng business at best, an institu
tlon with which men of capacity
should not have the time nor the
inclination to spend.
We speak of the hog as "the poor
mans FRIEND, and of the COW as
the foster mother of civilization"
Inc garden is just as essential an
adJunct in the life and well-being of
the people of the country as the COW
or the hog. We have, as a pioneer
ing nation, believed for entirely too
long that meat should constitute the
principal part of the dietary. All the
Investigations of recent years show
tnat our people should be more
healthy and vigorous, and our chill
dren better developed if they We're
supplied with more varied dietary
IN which the leafy vegetables in par
tlcular predominant. It seems in
credulous, under the circumstances,
that we sho,-,I ~ hove provided.
through the medium of the garden.
all or these essential foodstuffs in a
super-abundance We have a climate
that Is benign in the best accepted
sense OF that term. Anything put in
the soil in the way of seed will
recompense the grower if but given
the slightest opportunity. We have
a climate in which we may plant
some sort of vegetables with success
ana profit almost every month of
the years Wel hnSe the finest of
truck Soils.e Then why should we fail
TO give more attention and consider
alton to the garden. I am inclined
10 believe that this is in part due to
a sort of careless indifference. On
the other hand. believe that most
or our gardeners become thoroughly
discouraged and disheartened be-
cause of the insect pests and plant
diseases with which they have to
contend "nf which prove so very
destructive tor OUR vegetables. OF
course, they. represent a. constant
menace, and if we do not fight them
then J balieye it is not worth while
to plant garden. One might think
that we could not fight them sue.
cessfully, but through the exercise
or az very little effort on our part
we may effectively control both OF
these destructive agencies in thor
o"-'!lv satisfactory manner.
HOW shall we proceed to the at
talnn1e 49, end? Will it cost
a great deal of money and require
the expenditure of an undue amount
OF labor? The answer is an emphatic
no.; IN: SO far as it applies to tn
nome or kitchen garden. All we need
is the lnlt,atiYes and purposeful de-
termination in mind to protect our
gardens from insect pests. To this
end note carefully the following
summarized suggestions offered py
Prof. r. L. Keener with reference to
this r>n<to- ...
We no longer question the ad,
flnaD4ilty OIL spraying our Vege-
tables When they are infected by
diseases or insects. The: day of
getting by without fighting our
crop enemies has passed and we are
forced to take every precaution and
keep ever on the alert if we are to
realize the greatest profits from our
investments. Farming is a business
just as much as selling dry goods
or groceries and, consequently, we