Horticulture, a text book for high schools and normals, including plant propagation; . and manuring, produce cropslater, but on the whole produce as much of most of the crops as dothe lighter soils. Modifying the Soil.—On farms where the most ideal gardensoils are not found they can be amended and made suitable forgardening by the addition of organic material, by thorough, deep 72 THE HOME VEGETABLE GARDEN tillage, by discing the surface well, and by close attention to thebest methods of handling them at the proper time. (Fig. 49.) Asandy soil, for example, can be plowed when rather wet or rat
Horticulture, a text book for high schools and normals, including plant propagation; . and manuring, produce cropslater, but on the whole produce as much of most of the crops as dothe lighter soils. Modifying the Soil.—On farms where the most ideal gardensoils are not found they can be amended and made suitable forgardening by the addition of organic material, by thorough, deep 72 THE HOME VEGETABLE GARDEN tillage, by discing the surface well, and by close attention to thebest methods of handling them at the proper time. (Fig. 49.) Asandy soil, for example, can be plowed when rather wet or ratherdry without injury; a clay loam, on the contrary, must never beplowed when too wet or too dry. Liming.—One of the best methods of improving a garden soilis to thoroughly lime it. The application of 500 to 1000 pounds ofburned lime, or twice this amount of ground limestone will makea marked difference in the physical character of the soil. Lime willmake sandy soil more tenacious by binding the particles tends to make it more retentive of moisture and plant Fig. 49.—When the soil for a new garden is first plowed the prospect for a good gardenmay be very discouraging. The clods may be crushed by a planker drag or an acme should be done immediately after plowing, before the clods become hard. Lime added to clay soils tends to make them more porous, losewater more rapidly, unlock the plant food more readily, and theyare warmed more easily. Many of our garden crops are much im-proved by the addition of lime. It is best, however, not to addlime of a caustic nature to those portions of the garden which areto be used that year for the growth of Irish potatoes and otherroot crops. The liming for those portions of the garden should beat least one year in advance of the growth of such crops. Adding Humus and Manure.—One of the best ways of addingorganic matter to soils is to grow green crops of rye, vetch, crimsonclover or other crops which will
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