. McCullough's seed catalogue and amateur's guide 1896. Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Commercial catalogs Ohio Cincinnati; Vegetables; Flowers; Fruit trees; Agricultural implements; Commercial catalogs. 34 J. M. McCULLOUGH'S SONS, CINCINNATI, The Vegetable Garden. Preparation of the Ground. practicable, the Garden should have a -warm and southeasterly exposure. But when the ground slopes to the north and west it is important to have it located on the sunny side of an orchard or buildings. The most desir- able
. McCullough's seed catalogue and amateur's guide 1896. Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Commercial catalogs Ohio Cincinnati; Vegetables; Flowers; Fruit trees; Agricultural implements; Commercial catalogs. 34 J. M. McCULLOUGH'S SONS, CINCINNATI, The Vegetable Garden. Preparation of the Ground. practicable, the Garden should have a -warm and southeasterly exposure. But when the ground slopes to the north and west it is important to have it located on the sunny side of an orchard or buildings. The most desir- able situation possible should be set apart for the kitchen garden, as the exposure has much to do with the early maturity of the crops. C^ATI. The soil should be naturally rich and friable, a sandy loam being among the best. If the sop be stiff it should be gradually mellowed by the free use of barnyard manure, or, if convenient, by the addition of sand. If wet, or inclined to hold an excess of moisture, it should be under-drained, prefer- ably by tile ; but if possible, a location should be selected naturally dry and free from surface water. Ttm fl xf r \ f?P^i ^or S?arrlen purposes there is nothing better than well rotted stable manure, with which tobacco stems, bones, {Tli 11^1 \s iyi_/>J. ieaveSj or aUy refuse vegetable or animal matter may be composted with advantage. It should be applied at the rate of one ton or an ordinary wagon load for every 500 square feet. This should be ploughed in unless the soil is quite sandy and the manure very fine, when it may be applied on the surface, and simply harrowed or raked in. Bone meal, guano and ground bone can be used to advantage alone or in connection with the stable manure. They should be applied to the surface just before planting, spreading it about as thick as saw dust is usually spread on a floor, or using 1,800 to 2,500 lbs. to the acre, and carefully raked into the surface soil, for if it comes in contact with the seed or
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