. Elements of farm practice. Agriculture. A GARDEN 135 be received for them, if they were sold, everj^ farmer would see that what is used from a garden amounts to much, and that a garden is a very important part of a farm. The boys and girls may like to keep an account of the amount and value of garden produce used, to see how much a garden is reall}'- worth. Pulling weeds may prove less tedious to a boy who is thinking of how, by his efforts, he is increasing a yield which he is going to record. An Account with the Garden.—To keep an account of the garden produce, any note book of convenient
. Elements of farm practice. Agriculture. A GARDEN 135 be received for them, if they were sold, everj^ farmer would see that what is used from a garden amounts to much, and that a garden is a very important part of a farm. The boys and girls may like to keep an account of the amount and value of garden produce used, to see how much a garden is reall}'- worth. Pulling weeds may prove less tedious to a boy who is thinking of how, by his efforts, he is increasing a yield which he is going to record. An Account with the Garden.—To keep an account of the garden produce, any note book of convenient size may be used. Devote one or more pages to each variety of vegetables. Each boy or girl should consult his parents and agree upon a price for the produce, — such as three cents per dozen for radishes and green onions, one half a cent a head for lettuce, fifteen cents a peck for peas, string beans, etc. On the page of the account book devoted to radishes, record the price agreed upon for radishes; and it might make it more interesting to record also the date when the seed was sown. As soon as any variety begins to yield, put down on the page devoted to it the date it was first ready for use and the amount gathered. During the summer each boy or girl will find out at night what vegetable^ were used that day and the amount of each gathered, either for immediate use or for canning, and record ttie date and amount. In the fall, when cvcr\i:hing has been gathered from the garden, your note book will show the amount and value of each variety used, sold or stored. The sum of the values of all the varieties of vegetables will be tlu^ worth of the garden. It would be interesting, also, to keep a I'ccord of any expense for seed or stock and an estimate of the value of any labor spent upon Figure 59.—Flat onion on left, globe on right. Globe onions yield more and usually sell Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digi
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