. Manual of gardening; a practical guide to the making of home grounds and the growing of flowers, fruits, and vegetables for home use. Gardening. in Fig. 116. A marker can be rigged to a wheel-barrow, as in Fig. 117. A rod is secured underneath the front truss, and from its end an adjust- able trailer, B, is hung. The wheel of the bar- row marks the row, and the trailer indicates the place of the next row, thereby keeping the rows parallel. A hand sled-marker is shown in Fig. 118, and a simi- 119. Trailing sled-marker. jar deyice may be g&. cured to the frame of a sulky cultivator (Fig. 1
. Manual of gardening; a practical guide to the making of home grounds and the growing of flowers, fruits, and vegetables for home use. Gardening. in Fig. 116. A marker can be rigged to a wheel-barrow, as in Fig. 117. A rod is secured underneath the front truss, and from its end an adjust- able trailer, B, is hung. The wheel of the bar- row marks the row, and the trailer indicates the place of the next row, thereby keeping the rows parallel. A hand sled-marker is shown in Fig. 118, and a simi- 119. Trailing sled-marker. jar deyice may be g&. cured to the frame of a sulky cultivator (Fig. 119) or other wheel tool. A good adjustable sled-marker is outlined in Fig. 120. Enriching the land. Two problems are involved in the fertilizing of the land: the direct addition of plant-food, and the improvement of the physical structure of the soil. The latter office is often the more important. Lands that, on the one hand, are very hard and solid, with a tendency to bake, and, on the other, that are loose and leachy, are ,11 n, i 120. Adjustable sled-marker. very greatly benefited by the addition of organic matter. When this organic matter — as animal and plant remains — decays and becomes thoroughly incorporated with the soil, it forms what is called humus. The. 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 Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York, The Macmillan Company
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