secretary's budget. 



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larger has been the yield. Large tubers have yielded more than small 

 ones. Large cuttings have yielded more than single eyes. When it 

 is remembered that usually but a single eye develops, it appears that 

 practically the chief difference between whole and cut tubers is in the 

 amount of potato used. The question as to how small the cuttings 

 may be safely made, appears to depend upon circumstances that the 

 potato grower cannot foresee. — Rural New Yorker. 



MODERN GARDENING. 



The old plan of having a little garden spot, spading it up and 

 tending it by hand, is the plan that presents itself to many a man's 

 mind when he is. urged to have a good garden. Naturally he thinks 

 this is a great deal of bother and it is. We do not blame a farmer for 

 not wanting to enter upon such a work. But that is not the way 

 gardening is now generally done on a farm. The garden is more like 

 a field than it is like the garden of our younger days. It is laid out so 

 that there may be long rows. The ground is plowed, and the horse is 

 brought into requisition to cultivate. In this way the garden is little 

 more trouble than the corn field. Hand labor is tedious and it is al- 

 ways expensive. We would advise a farmer to have a good garden 

 even if he must cultivate it by hand, but the way to do it is to plant 

 in long rows and cultivate it with horse power. If the tillage is by 

 hand by all means have the most improved implements. Speaking of 

 sowing seed, perhaps this would be a good place to give the quantities 

 of seed to sow a single row of one hundred yards. The following table 

 will show : 



Asparagus 8 oz. 



Beans, Bush 3 qts . 



" Lima 3 pts. 



" Pole 1 pt. 



Beet 5 oz. 



Broccoli \ " 



Brussels Sprouts J " 



Cabbage l" " 



Carrot 3 '' 



Cauliflower i " 



Celery 3" " 



Collards \ " 



Corn l" pt. 



Cress 4 oz. 



Cucumber 4 " 



Egg-Plant \ " 



Endive 2" " 



Leek 2 " 



oz. 



4 ( 



Lettuce 2 



Melon, Water 2 



" Citron 1 " 



'Mustard 4 " 



Okra 12 " 



Onion 2 oz. for large bulbs 



Onion 8 oz. for sets 



Parsley 2 oz . 



Peas 3 qts 



Pepper J oz . 



Pumpkin 2 



Radish 6 



Rhubarb 4 



Salsify 4 



Spinach 6 



Squash 3 



Tomato 1 



Turnips 3 



Persons not accustomed to handling sweet potatoes sometimes 

 find that they rot very freely. A sweet potato to keep well must be 



