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the tree, and there is -where I put my fertilizers, there is where I waiit my 

 ground iu good tilth for the newly transplanted tree. 



Mr. Peirson : Clay soil is different from sandy soil in its requirements. 

 Upon the former I certainly should not dig the holes. 



Mr. Stowell: In Michigan we are very much troubled with the borer if a 

 tree has a sudden check. I have thought it wise to have a very nice bed in 

 which to place newly transplanted trees so as to have as little check as possible 

 on account of the borers. 



Mr. Keynolds of Monroe had set five orchards and believed emphatically 

 in fitting the entire area of soil alike,, putting it in excellent condition. 



Upon the same general topic of Horticulture as an Adjunct of the Farm, 

 Mr. C. B. Stowell of Hudson gave the following hints on the 



FARMER'S GARDEN. 



The Garden as an Adjunct of the Farm comprises a wide field, and in the 

 few moments allotted to me one only has time to go into it a little way, turn 

 around and sit down. The farm garden consists of the vegetable, small fruit, 

 and flower gardens, the last of which may be divided into window and lawn. 

 The vegetable and small fruit gardens are usually one on the farm. The loca- 

 tion, if possible, should be near the house, with but gentle if any slope, and not 

 shaded on the south or east. The soil should be rich, or made so; if hard, 

 put on plenty of coarse manure, leaf mold, and some sand if you can get it. 

 If fruit trees of any kind must be cultivated there, put them on the north and 

 west sides, leaving the main ground clear. Leave a space eight feet wide on 

 both north and south sides to turn on. Begin on the west with a row of cur- 

 rants ; eight feet from them, blackberries ; eight feet further one or more rows 

 of raspberries ; then in six feet comes your grapes on trellises four feet high ; 

 then in six feet strawberry rows, three or four feet apart. One row of aspar- 

 agus, which in spring is almost as good as a Jersey; then add pie plant, arti- 

 chokes, and kindred things, after which your vegetable garden of lettuce, 

 spinach, onion sets, peas, beans, sweet corn, early cabbage, early turnips, 

 potatoes, carrots, radishes, and sweet herbs, in rows from three to four feet 

 apart; then in five feet tomatoes. Further on cucumbers six feet, and finally 

 melons and squashes eight feet apart. Some of these can be followed by late 

 cabbages, turnips, and celery. 



This method of sowing gives a chance to use the cultivator and requires but 

 little hand work in comparison with the old time way of making the garden in 

 beds. 



I will not give directions for growing the various kinds of vegetables, as this 

 can be found in seed catalogues, the farm journals, and on every package of 

 seeds; but will only say that the farmer who will try a good garden will find 

 his doctor's bill less, his wife pleasanter, because she has a chance for a change 

 of diet and plenty of fresh fruits in tlieir season for dessert, which is better 

 and healthier than pie and cake ; the children will love the home better be- 

 cause mother can make it pleasanter, and they enjoy the fun of gathering 

 fresh fruits and vegetables for the table. There is also a saving of money in 

 the farm garden, for a good one will furnish almost one-half the supply of the 

 table during a large portion of the year. 



Flowers, if any, are usually a separate affair. For the window garden, gera- 

 niums, heliotrope, coleus, fuchsias, callas, smilax, and most other green-house 



