. Gardens and their meaning, by Dora Williams. School gardens. I02 GARDENS AND THEIR MEANING the weeds, to begin with ; then it keeps in the moisture ; and, besides, it airs the soil. So, since the roots of plants cannot work without oxygen any more than their green parts can, it is well to " stir some " into the soil. On farms the work of cultivation is so extensive that it must be done by horse power. For small fields a wheel hoe or cultivator is used, which runs handily between the rows. A children's garden is kept well groomed, as it were, by an excelsior weeder or even a skewer,
. Gardens and their meaning, by Dora Williams. School gardens. I02 GARDENS AND THEIR MEANING the weeds, to begin with ; then it keeps in the moisture ; and, besides, it airs the soil. So, since the roots of plants cannot work without oxygen any more than their green parts can, it is well to " stir some " into the soil. On farms the work of cultivation is so extensive that it must be done by horse power. For small fields a wheel hoe or cultivator is used, which runs handily between the rows. A children's garden is kept well groomed, as it were, by an excelsior weeder or even a skewer, sup- plemented from time to time by the deeper stroke of the hoe. The expression "wa- tering with the hoe" is a common one and, after what has been said, needs no explanation. A mat- ter for congratulation is that the practice of cultivation, or dry farming, as it is practiced to-day, relieves the gardener of what has always been a perfect nightmare to him, — a season of drought. It may be added that abnormally arid districts should hardly be selected to illustrate the advan- tages of dry farming. After all, the whole philosophy may be summed up in the gospel of the parson who, urged by his congregation, prayed fervently for rain, but who closed his petition thus : " Send us, we beseech thee, rain ; and yet, O Lord, thou knowest that what we really need is not more rain but better plowing, deeper tillage, and more ;. GUMl'TION. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Williams, Dora. Boston, New York [etc. ] Ginn and company
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