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PLANT SOME VELVET !
BEANS THIS SUMMER
Thr Wlvct I?ca < is about the best
sr.il builder t.l j ives more grazing
than any <?1H< r legume that we know.
These beans can be secured for
from $1.30 to $3.00 per bushel. Why
not try one bushel now. It will plant
4 acres. The innoculation can be had
free of cost from the U. S. Dept. of
Agriculture upon application.
By planting them now you can get
grazing for hogs and cattle from Oct.
to Jan. Then the rve will be readv to
^ graze until April. Then you can fall
back on your Bermuda pasture.
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SEVERAL ILLUSTRATED
LECTURES DURING WEEK
During1 the past week there was an
illustrated lecture at White Oak
Good Hope :;nd Eldorado schools. At
the two latter places there was a very
large crowd and people showed muck,
interest in the Live Stock movement
which was general topic for discus
si on.
HOG CHOLERA IN ;
HORRY COUNTY
There have hern many reports that
hop; clic!Ta is racing if1, many parts
o4' th* nu ity. And nlonp; with many
o those ]*' port- comes a doubt from
the pcopie thai the serum will do no.
>100(1.
How can a man put his ideas
against the /'acts ? f the (iovevr.au Ml ? !
Vet i; a.iy do this. There is only (.me
tiling to do-?and that is to vaccinal'to
keep off. Vaccination will secure,
but it will prevent. The statin
tics show that t'N jk r cent of the hops
\nccinated resisted cholera. Is this
worth trvin'c?
1
Day after day so many inquire,
about the hop; cholera scrum, how to
pet it, how to use it, what does it
cost, and how ionp is it pood? And
in fact a thousand other questions.
The fiubslanco of this article has been
i
written many times in every agricultural
paper, State and County paper.
It must he that a proat many of tin
pi ople never read.
The serum can be secured at Clemson
Collepe and at a cost of about 2
c< nts a cubic centimeter. It tvkes 2"|
< ubic centimeters for a hundred pound
hop and in proportion io the weip'nt.
:U'f' !l vl.Wwi J.f/Vi*. 1 'lit . '
yourself and the work will Ik- deiy
f ? r of charge by applying to the
I'arm Demonstration A gout.
EISSW ALL HOGS THAT I
DIE Fffl CHOLERA;
There is no wonder why the cholera !
N always spreading over the county j
when we trace it up we find that
when a hog dies he is thrown out and'
never burnt.
By digging a trench about a foot!
wide and a foot deep and placing some j
iron bars across the trench, then plac-J
irg the hog on top of these bars, it
can b( burnt very easily by firing
from the trench. This should aiways
be done. But most of those who loose
hogs we too lazy to do this little bit
of work. They are too lazy to order
the scrum. This is a very good way
that I get out of some of the work by
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The Mammoth Yellow
i Soia Bean I
0T
promises to he one of the most
profitable crops for southern farmers
everywhere. Makes a large
yield of beans, which arc readily
salable for oil-producing and food
purposes, in addition to its use for
forage, soil-improving and stock
feeding. Splendidly adapted to our
southern scilo and climate.
The New 100-Day
Velvet Bean
the quickest growing of Velvet >
Deans, promise to supercede Cow j
Pone rror // lnf/?e Kf -*?.% ? it -
a vuo T/v. i jr / n ; %y W& i.? '"f.iTipV(? V**
ing, forege and grazing crop I
throughout the Soulh. Cheapo;" }
to seed per acre than cow peas.
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Write for prices and "Wood'is i 1
Crop tepecS-aS** pi v?:?g fail in- I
forma ion. in regard ?o Sojn nr;?3 i
Wt.*5vO<: COW !>*0?!KV iV?iSt<?e. tv
Ssoe: Co/??y $?*?'# ft umt?y Sutiaft 1
Gt ass, cCc. Mailed free.
T.W,W"0CD6 SONS, i \
SEEDSMEN, - Richmord, Va. ! i
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iOBIiy'S PROGRESSIVE F1
> Department are Prepared by i
)cal With the Problems of the Hi
County Farmer.
t? l!?ng the man to older his serum \
and I will vaccinate them free of cost.
As a rule I never hear from him!
u^.in. He is too lazy and neglectful
I > do a little work at the right time.
I because it costs a few dollars he will
lake chances and let the whole herd
die and then when the fall comes he 1
says that the "sick" got in all my ;
hogs and killed them.
In case you do not burn dead hogs, ]
you should burry them four feet deep 1
and spread a whole barrel of quick i
lime over the hog then and cover him. 1
Hut always cheaper to burn them.
FOR SALE.
2 Pure-bred Poland China Sows, Oj
mo. old, #10.00 f. o. b. Nichols.
WANTED.
1 good grade or pure bred bull
Beef type desired.
In ease any one desiring to pur j
chase any of these articles get name
and address from M. W. Wall, Conway,
S. C.
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REPAIRING FARM MACHINERY
Don't Walt Until Spring Rush Begins
But See to it Beforehand That Implemcnts
are in Good Condition. |
Have you forgotten about that brok-|
on piece, lost bolt, or loose nut on one j
of I lie ir.mlomontu tl?M? \-/,n t ,>,,,1^.1
attending to during winter? There is
still plenty of time for such things,
hut it will he unwise to let them wait
until the spthig rush of work begins
and hurry rails for the machinery
<o.no with it. Kemenibor the "stitch
in lime" and use the eohl. rainy days
for overhauling broken implements
and sharpening dull blades.
Why wait until your oats are ready
to cut before pulling out your hinder
and finding that there is a now piece
to he ordered? This may cost you a
week or two of valuable time and af- 1
ter you have waited impatiently
through several days of fine weather,
it is as lih ly as not that rain will begin
to fall. When you order repairs ;
at sueh 51 time, you will find that others
arc doing likewise. The manufaoturors
are rushed with orders and the
delay is often such that you are driven :
to purchase a new machine. N'ow
is the time to inspect your equipment
and put in your orders for necessary
pa rts.
Keeping a machine well repaired
and we'l oiled not only increase:; its
efficiency and length of life, hut also
lessens the power necessary to operate
it.
After inspecting an Implement,
tightening nuts.. renewing broken
parts, and sharnening dull blades, a
coat of paint should he applied. ft
wi!' prevent the iron from rusting .and
the wood from decaying and will prolong
the life of on implement several
years. For painting, the e is nothing
bolter than red lead and linseed oil
A. U. WARD.
Ag'oncnv Division.
Clcmson Agricultural College.
ELACK ROT OF GRAPES.
To control black rot of grapes the
Botany Division of Clemson College
recommends spraying with Bordeaux
mixture. Apply Bordeaux just as the
buds begin to swell in early spring.
Make a second application as soon as
the leaves unfold and a third n? ?.irw?n
-- ?"
as the fruit is set.. After this, weather
conditions and the severity of the'
disease will determine the number of
applications. Ordinarily, it is advis-l
able to spray every two weeks until j
the fruit begins to ripen. Black rot |
ir the most common and destructive
disease of grapes in South Carolina.
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uanckrs or draft.
Drafts feel best when we are hot!
and perspiring', just when they are'
most dangerous and the result is
Neuralgia, Stiff Neck, Sore Muscles.!
or sometimes an attack of Rheumatism.
In such cases apply Sloan's
Liniment, it stimulntne i/\n I
to the sore and painful part. The
blood flows freely and in a short time
the stiffness and pain leaves. Those
suffering from Neuralgia, or Neuralgic
Headache will find one or two applications
of Sloan's Liniment will
give great fill relief. The agonizing1
pain gives way to a tingling sensation
of com fori and warmth .and quiet red
and sleep is possible. Good for Neuritis
too. Price 25c. at your Druggi. I
?adv. ]
O
W. I?. Wilson, Jr., and ('has. L. j ,
Cobb, of Rock Hill presented to Gov. j
Manning the official petition for the t
election to be hold to decide upon the
formation of a new county, with Rock:
11 ill as a county seat, the name to ho
Catawba.
iures Old Sores, Other Remedies Won't Cure.
Hie worst cases, no matter of how Iour standing, ,
ire cured 1?v the wonderful, old reliable Dr. [ i
'orlor s Antiseptic Oil. H relieves '
,'aiu and Heals; at the ' umc time. 2Sc, |l.U) ! 1
THE HOft&Y HERA LI
IRNIERS "Soil Building Ji
^ and ?
M)!6 Wi iters Economic $
3l*ry Production. BI
FARM LANDS VALUE
GROWING RAPIDLY
Washington, April 8.?Farm land
ailucs arc increasing almost by leaps
.nul bounds.
Figures made public today bv the
Department of Agriculture show that
cullies for the United States, taken ar
whole, increased 25.7 in the last
fv??r years and 11.5 last year. The
figures are based upon reports from
the department's field agents.
The value of farm lands, without
improvements, is estimated at $-15.50
per acre, compared with .$40.85 a yea:
ago, $40..'l 1 two years ago; $k8.10
tl.rce years ago, and $30.23 four year:
ago.
Increases have been general with
one or two notable exceptions in tlu
Northwest.
The exceptional increases of last
year are attributed in part to the reaction
in the South following las.
year's temporary depression and to
the stimulus of war prices, particularly
of grain.
The percentage increases in the
past year by sections are: North Atlantic
States, ten; eastern part oS
North Central States, nine; wester.''
port of North Central States, 12;
South Atlantic States, 1'J; South
Central States, 11, and the far Western
States, 11.
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GtmNG AlicAD OF
THE PLm CURCULIO
Directions For Controlling Pest
That Preys on Most of
Uommon Kruits.
The pl:m eurculio?which Is known
))>* many names, such as "cherry
weevil," "peach worm," "peach curculio,"
and "little Turk"?feed* on
practically all stone and pome fruits
?apple, peach, plum, pear, quince,
cherry, etc. In South Carolina the
peach and plum crops are seriously
Injured by it and the cherry and apple
are attacked to some extent.
The plum curculio is a small, rough
snout beetle belonging to the same
class of insects as the cotton boll
"eevil, grain weevils, and nut weevils.
It is about one-fifth of an inch
in length and dark in color. It winters
in the beetle stage under leaves,
trash, stones, or other suitable places
in old and neglected orchards. In
early spring it comes from winter
quarters and begins laying eggs as
soon as the fruit is set on the trees
Th?? eggs hatch into small white grubs
in from three to five days. The grub
feeds on the fruit, boring to the S'*cd.
Adult
Curcullo on young peach.
(Farmers' Bulletin 440, U. S. D. A.)
For general control, clean up the
orchard by pruning and by gathering
and burning all dead wood, weeds,
and trash in or near the orchard. Remove
all stone walls or piles of rock
from the orchard. Keep the orchard
clean from weeds and trash during
spring and summer. The***
reduce the insect's wintering places.
For peaches: About twelve days
after blooming and when about throe
fourths of the shucks have slipped,
spray with arsenate of lead, using 2
pounds of arsenate of lead paste (or
one pound powder), 2 pounds stone
lime, and 50 gallons water. Two weeks
after tnis. apply a second spray, using
arsenate of lead and self-boiled limesulfur
solution. If the curculio continues
to bo abundant, four weeks after
the second spray applv a third
like the second.
For apples, cherries and plums: Immediately
after the petals nave fallen,
ippiy tiie same spray as the lltst l? ? ay
or peaches. Kij. et days after the ' t.
ipply the second sp'? ay, Msiny. the same j
jpre.y as the second for peaches.
G. M. AN?KRSON\
Assistant i-t Fntomology, i ,
(Mentson Agricultural College. I
If the weather will remain cold!
utough late this Spring, next Sum-;nor
will bring an uoundunt harvest' ;
>f small fruits in this county. '
>, CONWAY, S. 0.
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Uses and Abusi
By Prof. R. J. N. Oe Loach, Direct*
,
5. FERTILIZERS AN
The Fifth of a Seri
1 lie Unit and vegetable growers ar<
foods for their crops. This is especially
they wish is rapid growth in their pre
tables on the market in the shortest pe
This is the secret of success with voge
conditions is to apply fertilizers in lai
fchull tell ubout the "home garden" an
paper v. e are to tell more particularly a
plants.
The relation of apple growing to for
worked out. We know that the use
especially apples, pays, but we have i
for the various kinds of trees, nor the h
in his hook on "Trees and Tree Plant it
quantities of manure should he used
These inamiies should he rich in plu
ported :o make rapid growth. The hi
manures is to add to the manures tli
and mix with leaf mold and manures,
should not he allowed to grow around
the plant food which is put down for j
T' .. best teeth'*'1 of producing fruit h
gt\.?. it.s v/.het crops which icq-iire con
farmers aid horticulturists fertilize ih
in this way save the expense of fertil
instances legumes are grown as a co
nitrogen. The orchard cannot be cuiti
It needs to be cultivated shallow, a
reasonable quantilies. While n is nec?
of the tree, yet the roots scatter pveit
food thai ln.ppens to full further awa*
A large crop of apples or peaches
*ueh as nitrogen, potash and phosphorit
time to time, the trees will prove les
fruit, and what they do hear will be o
trees in pasture's hear good fruit is n<
many isolated places tins \\a; that
Many times it is the natural leaf mo d,
and other materials carrying avaihtbl
sr.* li trees. Resides sv.ch ft wit is tar
tl grown in a well-kept orchard., h
garden crops, nir.st be force,1 more or
To force the fruit, and at the salt e tit
to the soil as much fertilizer as the c
Kruii tiers demand in their jrrowth
phosphoric acid. but not very rick in i
11 cos in California at the Riverside llx
did better every way with a eomplctt
food element, or any incomplete com
acid requirements of these tree-; w m
phate of ammonia than from any otiu
.Matty of the experiment stations ha\
on-hard . but none quite s?vi.oud ;ts tin
of work with apples, says:
"To sum up the results in inoreas
chemical fertilizers on the \erv thin o
lap into considerat ion all our dilt'oren
tin miles of country, we have the folio
Average per acre, per year fertilize
A vera ye per acre, per year unfertili
Chiin per acre, per year, from fertili
Cost of gain per barrel. p?-r year. 1
This is the strongest etidorsenient fi
orchards that we have yet seen, and s!
Incomes front an ore I ard hy the wise
Prof. Maurice A. Itlake of the New .h
an application of 4"?n pounds of fertilize
of the Georgia Kxperiment Station trim
toveral years a no on peaches, and fc
^d,
SPRING ONION FOINTERS
ournc rrucucai suggestions About
How and When tc Plant Seeds
and Sets for Best Onions.
Onions may ho .mown in spring from
seed or from sols. However. Spring
planting of seed is not generally so
satisfactory and sets aro reeommended
for the mail who neglected to plant
in fall atid who wants early onions.
Tor host results with seed, plant
them in tntoher. in order thai the
plums amy hecc in* e tahlished before
were winter went In r begins and that
the onions may prow off rapidly in
spring and mature early in Juno.
Ttill. if seed are planted very early
i [ spring: end conditions are favoraide.
ihe.v viii nmUe. good onions, although
tliey will he smaller and later
than tiiose from fall-sown seed.
Onions should he planted on very
sandy loam. After the land has been
thoroughly prepared hv deep plowing
and repeated harrowing, apply fertilizer
and manure broadcast and harrow
into the first three or four inches
of soil very thoroughly. Lay off rows
inn (mi menes apart. plant the seed in
the drill, and cover the seed to a depth
of one-half to three-fourths of an
inch. When the young seedlings appear.
cultivate frequently in order to!
destroy wheels and maintain moisture.
Thin out the onions so as to leave
<licrtu standing three or four inches
apart in the row.
To grow onions from sets, prepare
and fertilize the land as when planting
the seed and plant the sets just as
soon in spring as soil conditions will
permit. Plant them three to four
inches apart in rows fifteen inches ;
a pa rt.
White Pearl and Prizetaker are the
two most reliable varieties for this,
region.
Sets are more convenient for the
home-gardener. hut for a commerepp.
onion planter, seed-plantimr is to Ik
preferred. because onions grown from
seed keep better than those grown
from sots and because seed cost less
than sets.
C. C. N10W MAN.
IVofesso'* of Horticulture,
rietnson Agricultural College.
Kartuers wishing to know how te I
spray in spring and summer, and ;
what to use. shoal:! write to the South .
Carolina experiment Station. a
Clemson College, and a-k for Citvula
25.
If you don't know what you give
your rows and you don't know what
your cows give you. why do you koop
egi'v * 1 v'op records.
?s of Fertilizers i
>r of Georgia Experiment Station. I
D HORTICULTURE,
es of Six Articles.
e always leaders in the use of plant
' true of the vegetable growers. What
>duce, so that they will get the vegetssible
time from the time of planting,
tables, and the only way to meet such
ge quantities. In the next paper we
id how to fertilize it. In the present
bout fruit trees and other horticultural
tilizers has never been very carefully
of fertilizers with fruit trees, and
lot yet worked out the best formulae
imounts which pay best. Brisbin says,
tg." that in pointing young trees large
in preparing the place for planting,
nt food elements if the trees are ex
st way to increase the plant food in '
e mineral elements in various forms,
Brisbin also lecommends that weeds
the app'e trees, as they will take up
noting ti t es.
s to ken.i the field or orchard clean bv't
1 I
stunt attention and cultivation. Most j
e crops tliat grow in the orchard, and !
Iix.ing the fruit trees again. In many |
\ er crop, and, incidentally, to furnish!
vaied too deeply, or injury will result, i
n<l manures or fertilizers applied in j
essssry to put fertilizers near the trunk ;
y well over an orchard, and the plant j
>' from the trunk is not lost. i
takes front the soil much plant food, '
[' acid, and unless this is supplied from j
s fruitful and dually bear very little!
I' poor quality. The argument that old t
>; sound, because conditions prevail in
cannot he duplicated in the orchard, j
woods earth, droppings from animals,
e plant food that make the fruit on
* TT. ' * I .!!> f.wrin-lll illlU IICIHIOUS as j
ruit, like all other kinds of lloUl and \
loss to measure up to a Id? h standard.
0 koop the 'and ferti'e, we must apply
'op tal es from it. j
a fertili/.er rather rich in potash and
nitrogen. M was found that the citrus i
perhnonl Station mow hottor fiuit and
1 fort iliv or than with any single plant |
hination. It was also found that the
0 more completely supplied with sul r
nitro;:; n sowee.
e scoured good results from I'ert ili".ins?
i' Ohio station. 1<\ 11. P.allou, in charge
;ed fruit production from the use of
rehnrd laud in southeastern Ohio, takit
plots tit the various places ? overinx
wie.it;
1. Inn barrels,
fed. it barrels.
/.hlion, ."it barrels.
7.x cents.
or the me of commercial fertilizers in
hows how it is possible to increase the
use of the proper kinds of feitilixers.
lusey Kxperiment Station recommends
u* per acre with poaches. Prof. Statutes
1 many formulas at the (loot-gin Station
>und that in every case the fertilizers
NEARLY OVER 1
SOUTHERN RESIOti
Washington.?Cotton gro\v?n;v cor
<titions during- the wee!: just cades
v ore described by the national wen'.her
and crop bulletin issued av' fallows
"Colt'..n planting: is gearing; eempl
tion in the extreme soul / : ,> : i
o!" the region, is progressing- sntisl'jv
torily in central districts and lias ;
begun in the more northern sec,ics l
A heavy frost in interior Tonus v.; I
April !) killed cor.xidcrab'o cotton
There is some oornpk.i t of the groi. j
being too we. lor planting i.. the io\ !
bol'oi ns of .Mississippi."
I
fdd yofd child'S curb!!.
If your ohild has a cold, nose run/
or coughs much get a small bottle o, |
Dr. Dell's Dine-Tar-Honey. Its < j
pleasant Pino-Tar-Honey syrup, jus J
what children like and just the me.fi j
cine to soothe the rough and ehoi ;
the cold. After taking, children stoi
fretting, sleep good and are soon < ntirely
well. Insist on Dr. Doll's Dim
Tar-Honey. 2">c. at your Druggist.- 1
adv.
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Dr. C. K. Lowe of the lloekcfelle. j
sanitary commission, New York, is to j
become director of public health of
Spartanburg-.
Wood's Productive
Seed Corns.
Our Virginia-grown Seed
Corns have an established
reputation for sunerioritv in
productiveness and germinating
qualities.
Wood's Descriptive Catelotf
lolls ubout the host of prize-winning
antl profit-nuikinj* varieties in
both V/i)itc and YtUlow Corns.
Cotton Seed.
We offer the best and most im\
<1 varic lies, p/own in sect ions
: bsoi :t ?y free from boll wcrvii.
>jr Catalog gives priees and > ;lori
i anion, and tells a bo a the best of j
| Southern beet!:;,
! 100-DAY VELVET BEANS, S,-;a j
Ucaiu, SUDAN GAASS, Dtsiii.i Crixw '
f.nn nil Sorghums Avid Mi'lcii.
Catalog mailed free on request.
t. w. wbc5~o sons, i
SEEDSMEN, - Richmond, Va.
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THEME
ADVISED TO KEEP
THE GARDEN BUSY
Twenty-five by Seventy Foot
Plot Will Produce Enough
Vegetables
TO SUPPLY NEEDS
OF A SMALL FAMILY
Smallest Backyard May Be
Made to Yield a Great
j.*.A}
Profit. v 11
. . ..
Kven the smallest back yard may be
made to yield a supply of fresh vegetables
for the family table at but
slight expense if two or three crops
aie successively grown to keep the
area occupied all the tiiwi, aeeordin*?
tr. the garden specialists of the
pyrliaeat. People wlvo uxnrM ?;iSchnrge
a clerk if be did *> >* work the
year rou al will often *^vTr?>ate a eardon
at no little trouble mot expense
ai .1 then allow the soiT N> Wc idle
f: om the 4i.ne the first e*ep mature
;t:uti ::ic emt ot the season. Where a,
t\.o or thiec crop system is us'"d ii
< or.nertbm with vegitables adapt: d
, sua." areas. a space no larger than
- < liy 70 fe? t. \v;il ) rnduco enough
"f. 'i vcgeta.b! : !' r a .smiill family.
Co a. m. 1. ps. cuci.nbo:'-. and potn
) s ,.:ui oircr crops which require a
; ye iiiv't, should net bo grown in a
I vai? 'on of C-,i.> size. half an aero
pww.ci iy cultivated v.' h a. euro eel
. * < 1; r< da. iv i may cavilv produce Sl'M
1 '
i worth of various &' > h 1 e>? ps ii a
:;'liV' c-t '
V.'ken to V'o.k Soil. '* ^
I 1 i' the s?M'd< >i was not broken in t'u?
! I'a'h it should bo V)'owed in the spring
' .
j as soon a^ the frost is out of the?
| y ou.td. Small avers may be worked
j\v:'h a spado, pushing tlx4 blade into
it.-- full m pt-4 ami turning the soil to
I break up vho clods. Heavy soils should
never be worked when wet. Over:
aious gardeners, ready to seize the
j firs' warm, spell a.s a favorable c.pporj
nniit.v to go out a id work the heavy
clay soil before it is dry, arc not only
! wasting their energy hut are doing a
j damage to the S'b] from which it wlli
! take y ;tr. for to recover. To dci
vm* doe v Vm heavy soi's are ready
foi plow ing, a handful of earth should
eel in " rf from !hi? viirf- :??il ?U.-?
j fingers tightly c!o <ed on it. If the
bail cf eo-v parted earth is dry enough
for cuitiv;'11o? , it will fall apart v.Tu n
' the hand v opened.
, A gar.h i spot near the house is ofI
ton r.KVo desirable than a plot whuh
U in be', tor tilth ha;. located at an :nI
convenient distance. A garden which
; is near the houvo will receive many a
I sj a.a !au:v of care l?'oin adults and
< '. ..iron which would otherwise be
j wasted. Wh'To there i ; ample roc.-r.i
for t le so Vet ion of a garden site, the
show of the laud, shoulo op. ca'vfuily
considered. A gentle slop" toward
he .South is most desirable for growing
early crops, while it is a decided
advantage to have the plot protected
on the north and northwest by either
:< hill, a group of buildings, or a board
for.ee.
Drainage of Iho garden is of a
great i"nj*ovtan.ce. The land should
in'v? j--.ii'KMtt iall to drum off surplus
water (luring heavy rams
and ,\ot not to be so steep that the
toil will be washed or quilled. The
mm face should be nearly level so 1 tie
water will not stand in hollows.
Whore the natural slope of the land
does not provide suO'tcieMt nautrul
drainage, ditehes may he dug or a tile
drain put in. This will prevent waste
water from the adjoining h\nd from
v\ <1?iimyv over 11. Mien water may
carry weed and grass seed into the
garden which are later culled out
with difficulty.
How to Fertilize.
The soil in the average back yard is
not only lacking in plant food but also
has been packed until it is hard and
unyielding. To loosen up such soil
and make it suitable for garden produce
requires that careful attention
bo given to iis preparation. After
spading tiie inclosuie thoroughly, the
upper inches should be made fine
with the use of hoc and rake. Stones
and rubbish should be removed and
clods of dirt broken. The surface
should be made even and as level as
possible. It may then be marked off
for planting in conformity with the
general plan of the garden.
Harnvard or stable manure is the
best fertilizer because it furnishes
both plant food and humus. An application
at the rate of from 20 to '10
(Continued on Cage 4.)