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might as well talk of "buying a sunset," or "purchasing filial 

 love." 



DISCUSSION. 



Dr. Lyons — I did not hear any specific directions about raising 

 lima beans. I have often failed to get a good stand. I first get 

 my ground in good shape and then I am careful to plant the bean 

 with the eye down. If it is put down flat, it will rot. 



Mr. Pearson — That is all old work. I also am careful to put 

 loose soil over the beans and to keep it loose. Many times when 

 a crust forms over the beans they will break their stems in trying 

 to get to the surface, that is to say, it dies in being born. I have 

 dug the soil loose and they will sometimes come up with a snap. 

 I let them run as high as I can reach, and then pinch back. 



Mr. Hay — There is a new bean — Henderson's small Lima — that 

 is very satisfactory. It does not need poling at all. 



THE FARMERS' KITCHEN GARDEN. 



BY L. A.BUDLONG, BOWMANSVILLE. 



There are but few people who do not like all the garden vege- 

 tables in one form or another, as they are prepared for food ; and 

 there are no articles of diet that contribute more largely to our 

 general health, and to depriving the doctor of his fees, than do 

 they, when they are generally used. Not only are they the most 

 healthful articles of diet, but many of them are most luxurious as 

 well; and in times of scarcity are more sought after and command 

 a higher price than almost any other article of human food. Such 

 being the fact, do our farmers realize it? Do they realize the 

 value and importance of a good Kitchen Garden ? Do they realize 

 that the absence of a Kitchen Garden. and the cultivation of corn 

 and oats, and the living on "hog and hominy" may be one of the 

 causes of that complaint which we so often hear, that our farmer' s 

 boys are leaving our farms, and seeking to live in the cities? The 

 housewife who said that "the way to reach a man's heart is through 

 his stomach" knew well the value of a well provided table, in 

 maintaining a happy home, and were she a farmer's wife might 

 well say "give me a good Kitchen Garden," and I will be responsi- 

 ble for the rest. However desirable good gardens are, the writer is 



