. How to make the garden pay [microform]. Gardening. a40—How to Make the Garden Pay. shovel-plow is out of date ; but the soil must be kept well stirred and mellow until the plants cover the ground. When the tops begin to die, or even sooner, the crop is ready for digging, and if the price is acceptable, should be marketed at once, since prices are usually declining very rapidly just at that time. Field Culture.—The market gardener, on account of his larger yields and the better prices he receives, can well afford to take more pains with his crop ; and so can the home grower, who will hardly m
. How to make the garden pay [microform]. Gardening. a40—How to Make the Garden Pay. shovel-plow is out of date ; but the soil must be kept well stirred and mellow until the plants cover the ground. When the tops begin to die, or even sooner, the crop is ready for digging, and if the price is acceptable, should be marketed at once, since prices are usually declining very rapidly just at that time. Field Culture.—The market gardener, on account of his larger yields and the better prices he receives, can well afford to take more pains with his crop ; and so can the home grower, who will hardly miss the few hours he spends on his patch plying the hoe. In growing potatoes for main (late) crop, however, with the prospect of continued low prices for an average crop before us, we are forced to adopt a more economical system, especially in the employment of labor. The work must be done almost exclusively with horse and Early Sunrise. machine, and without call- ing on hand hoes and spading forks or potato hooks for assistance. Thus it is yet possible, even at the present low average prices, to make the crop one of the most profitable for the farm in favor- able locations. A young, rich clover field, as already stated, is undoubtedly a superior selection for a site. In regard to the application of manures, I confess we are as yet quite ignorant. A number of ways are open to us, namely: (i) to apply the compost or fertilizers broadcast and plow it in; or, (2) to broadcast them after plowing and simply harrow them in; or, (3) to put the fertil- izing material into the bottom of the furrows under the seed ; or, (4) to scatter it over the lightly covered seed. Myself and other people have made various tests to find out which of these methods will give us the best results ; but the outcome thus far has been of a rather negative character, and I believe the conclu- sion is justified that the mode of application is of far less influence upon the yield than the quantity of fertil
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