The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1925-04-16
VEGETABLE GARDEN
ING TAUGHT BY RADIO
STATION K. F. A. E.

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A. E. the other night Prof. Chester l
Vincent Of the State College of Wash
ington said in part:
"A home vegetable garden is main
tanned, not for the direct purpose o
making money, but for supplying thu
owners table with fresh vegetables
If properly planned and cared fol
however, it may be made exceedingly
profitable, by the large amount Of
table SUPPLIES is furnishes.
"A home vegetable garden differs
from local market garden principally
in size. 1t seldom consists of more
than one acre, and may be of any
size from this down to a single square
rod or less. Its size will depend to
some extent on the number of people
in the family, but primarily on the
amount of land available. AS a rule
the larger garden will be found on the
farm, where any amount of land the
owner desires can be reserved for a
garden.
How to Plant
paintings in the large garden
should be made in long rows, wide
apart, and horse tillage employed as
much as possible. The most distinc-
tive feature Of a farmers garden
should be the reduction of hand labor
to a minimum, for time is more ex-
pensive to the farmer than space, and
The main effort should be to produce
maximum crops at minimum expen-
dture of labor, regardless of the
amount of space required.
I'm the small garden, space is so
limited that rows of vegetables are
usually planted close together and
hand tillage methods employed. 1t is
necessary to omit from small gardens
certain vegetables that require large
space.
Good seed is essential to successful
vegetable growing. The most careful
gardner cannot achieve success with
poor seed, even if he gives the great
est attention to all other factors of
production. Since the cost of seed
is small item in the total production
cost Of most vegetables, the very best
seed obtainable should be secured. Do
not be content to plant seed which is
supposed to be of certain variety.
Be sure of what you are planting.
Seed which has lain around home for
number of years should not be plant
ed just because you happen to have
it on hand. You will be disappointed
with the results. Cheap seed is the
most expensive in the long run.
Reliable Firms
"The vegetable grower should get
ell possible information on reliable
sources of seed, and buy only from
dealers so recommended, for such
firms understand that it is good bust
ness to sell to customers Just what
they order. All reliable seed houses
make speciality of some one crop or
crops, and often the scotsman who
gives special attention to particu-
lar crop developes and maintains SUI
perior strains.
No Novelties
Highly advertised novelty vege-
tables should not be tried out on &
large scale until their worth is known
In both planting the seed and tend
ing the garden, time and confusion
will be saved if the vegetables arr
grouped according to their cultura
requirements, and the number Of plan
ings made as small as is consisten
with the demands of the various crops
This makes a planting plan a necessi
ty. Each group Of crops may the
be planted and tended as one crop, an
the garden operations be thus great
simplifed. When more than one plant
ing of given crop las onions) is DE-
sired for the sake of securing a sue
cession, the second planting may b
put in at the same time that one {
the later paintings of vegetables
being made, so that even in this cas-
the number of paintings need not |
multiplied
The Plan
THE garden plan should be mao
out entirely before any of the veg
tables are planted. Then plant accor'
ing to the plan. Planting should beg
at one side Of the gardenplot and pr
coed across the area as the season al
vances. This makes it possible to ca
lily fit piece of land for planting,
to harrow the implanted portion
any time desired and thus keep it fir
from weeds and in a moist, friat
condition.
Perennial vegetables should alwa
be planted at one end of the gard
plot and not through the middle Of
and the other vegetables planted |
cording to their season Of plantil
When planting the long way of