Successful farming : a ready reference on all phases of agriculture for farmers of the United States and Canada . alizesthe danger incident to the plowingof the soil when it is wet. If such anerror is harmful in ordinary farmpractice it is doubly disastrous inthe garden. Vegetable plants insist upon favorable growth case the soil is shallow, it ought to be gradually deepened fromyear to year. The plowing should be done in the fall and the soilshould be left in furrows to benefit from exposure to the frosts of thewinter. In the spring it may be gone over with the disk harrow andwo
Successful farming : a ready reference on all phases of agriculture for farmers of the United States and Canada . alizesthe danger incident to the plowingof the soil when it is wet. If such anerror is harmful in ordinary farmpractice it is doubly disastrous inthe garden. Vegetable plants insist upon favorable growth case the soil is shallow, it ought to be gradually deepened fromyear to year. The plowing should be done in the fall and the soilshould be left in furrows to benefit from exposure to the frosts of thewinter. In the spring it may be gone over with the disk harrow andworked clown, making use of such other tools as are best adapted to thetype of soil involved. It is wise to prepare a few raised beds or ridges in the autumn for theearliest plantings. These will be ready to work much earlier in the spring,although they will dry out more rapidly in midsummer. Their directionshould be such that they will gain full advantage of the warm southern Seed.—Few problems connected with the garden are morebewildering than the choice of varieties to be planted. Each seedsman. B—Planting the Seedlings. Grow-ing Early Plants. THE FARM VEGETABLE GARDEN 407 lands his own productions and impartial descriptions are seldom to befound. A variety well adapted to one locality may bo utterly unsuited toanother. Experience alone will enable one to meet this problem in asatisfactory way. Selections ought to be made and orders placed early inthe season, in order to avoid disappointment and to allow time for well-known seed houses are striving to supply good, clean, viableseed that is true to type. Packet seeds found in grocery stores may be moreor less unreliable. Many local seed houses carry excellent stock, however. To the gardener who is able to devote a bit of extra time to his plot,no hobby is more fascinating than the selection and saving of seeds fromhis own plants. There is always wide variation in excellence and thesedifferences are i
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