. War vegetable gardening and the home storage of vegetables ... f 1 pound of seed to a strip of ground50 feet long and 10 feet wide. If the groundis rough or hard it should be cultivated justbefore the seed is sown, and then cultivatedagain to cover the seed. Sow the seed be-tween the rows of crops not yet is very hardy and will sprout eventhough there is frost nearly every a cost of about 5 cents for a pound ofseed a garden of 10 by 50 feet can thus betreated to an application of green green rye plants soon decay whenturned under and answer the same purposeas
. War vegetable gardening and the home storage of vegetables ... f 1 pound of seed to a strip of ground50 feet long and 10 feet wide. If the groundis rough or hard it should be cultivated justbefore the seed is sown, and then cultivatedagain to cover the seed. Sow the seed be-tween the rows of crops not yet is very hardy and will sprout eventhough there is frost nearly every a cost of about 5 cents for a pound ofseed a garden of 10 by 50 feet can thus betreated to an application of green green rye plants soon decay whenturned under and answer the same purposeas a light dressing of manure. Green manure should not be relied uponto do the vrork of stable manure. Lime. Land which has long been unused or landin lawns, is apt to be sour. To remedy thiscondition apply evenly i pound of air-slaked lime or 2 pounds of ground lime-stone to every 30square feet. Thelime should be appli-ed and raked in to adepth of 2 incheswhen the seed bed isbeing prepared in thespring. Instead oflime 2 pounds ofunleached woodashes may be Fig. 3—Wheel hoe or hand cultivator. canbe had with various attachments, such as plow,cultivator teeth, shovels and rake. A simple formmay be made at home. OUTDOOR HOTBEDS. For early planting a hotbed may be made,located in a sheltered spot with southernexposure, where it will receive a generoussupply of sun. A width of 6 feet is desir-able and the length should be such as willenable the use of standard 3 by 6 foot hot-bed simple, boxlike frame, 12 incheshigh in the rear and 8 inches high infront,will holdthe sash and give a better anglefor the rays of the sun. Dig \ pit Vy4 to 2 feet deep, the size ofthe sash frame to be used. Line the sidesof this with boards or planks, brick or con-crete, and make a tile drain, or place stoneson the bottom of the pit, to carry off sur-plus wafer. This pit is to be filled with freshhorse manure. The manure will requirespecial treatment before being placed inthe pit. It
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