. Fruits, vegetables and flowers, a non-technical manual for their culture. in Working.* horse cultivation. At the same time, the possibility of a much smallergarden to be tilled with wheel hoe and hand hoe may well be permanent crops such as asparagus and rhubarb ought to be placed atone side to avoid interference with tillage operations. In this same sectionof the garden the hotbeds and cold-frames may well be placed. Earlycrops should usually be kept together in order that the space made vacantby their removal may be more conveniently utilized. Attention shouldalso be devoted
. Fruits, vegetables and flowers, a non-technical manual for their culture. in Working.* horse cultivation. At the same time, the possibility of a much smallergarden to be tilled with wheel hoe and hand hoe may well be permanent crops such as asparagus and rhubarb ought to be placed atone side to avoid interference with tillage operations. In this same sectionof the garden the hotbeds and cold-frames may well be placed. Earlycrops should usually be kept together in order that the space made vacantby their removal may be more conveniently utilized. Attention shouldalso be devoted to the symmetry, balance and neat appearance of thegarden. Fertility.—The first requirement for garden soil, as well as for farmsoil, is good drainage. In case of surplus water, tile drains should be soils which are not recognized as being especially wet are verymaterially benefited by drainage. The farm gardener enjoys at least one great advantage over the city J Courtesy of The Macmillan Company, N. Y. From Farm Management, by Warren. 48 SUCCESSFUL FARMING. A—Transplanting Board andDibble in Use. gardener. He has available an ample supply of stable manure. Thismaterial is the main reliance for the maintenance of fertility. Manuresupplies nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, the only chemical elementswhich are frequently lacking, and if the quantity applied is sufficient tomaintain the humus content of the soil, there will be an abundance of thesethree elaments. Manure that has been in the pile for several months isordinarily preferred, but fresh material may be plowed under each fall with the assurance that it will befairly well decayed and ready to aidthe plants by spring. In case the garden soil is of arefractory character, special treat-ment will be necessary. Heavy soilsmay be improved by hauling sand orgravel, by the addition of ashes, bythe use of lime and especially by lib-eral applications of manure. The lime content of the soilmust in any case be mainta
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