. School and home gardening; a text book for young people, with plans, suggestions and helps for teachers, club leaders and organizers. Gardening; School gardens. 44 SCHOOL AND HOME GARDENING very necessary if seeds are to be started in dry weather. This method of watering is sometimes called " hand ; It is always a help to garden plants in dry seasons and most necessary in light or sandy soils. Water should be easily accessible, so that the burden of watering the garden will not be too great. If a barrel or large tub of water can be kept near the garden and a little manur
. School and home gardening; a text book for young people, with plans, suggestions and helps for teachers, club leaders and organizers. Gardening; School gardens. 44 SCHOOL AND HOME GARDENING very necessary if seeds are to be started in dry weather. This method of watering is sometimes called " hand ; It is always a help to garden plants in dry seasons and most necessary in light or sandy soils. Water should be easily accessible, so that the burden of watering the garden will not be too great. If a barrel or large tub of water can be kept near the garden and a little manure be placed in it from time to time the liquid will be excellent to use in watering the soil around the plants. Gar- den vrrigation is considered in another Fia. 23.—A simple marker for garden rows, to be drawn by hand. Two widths of rows are here shown. Sprayers and spray materials are often necessary in fighting insects and plant diseases (see Chapter XX). A small hand sprayer or atomizer, holding a quart, may be large enough for small gardens either at home or at school. Such may be had in most local markets at fifty or seventy-five cents each. Bucket sprayers, costing two or three times as much, may be needed for shrubbery, small fruits, and young trees. Barrel and tank sprayers and large powder dusters will be needed only on the larger, commercial plantations. Blank books and pencils for diaries and notes. Measures of one-fourth and one-half peck sizes. Labels, stakes, and twine for garden,lines have been mentioned in another chapter. Twine winders may be easily made by pupils (Fig. 24).. 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 Davis, Kary Cadmus, 1867-. Philadelphia, London, J. B. Lippincott Company
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