78 State Horticultural Society. 



WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 8 P. M. 



Music— Solo, Miss Ross Whitten. ""■ 



THE HOME GARDEN. 



(By Bessie Ruder, Afton, Mo.) 



Every farmer ought to set aside from a quarter to a half acre of 

 land for a home garden. The vegetable garden is a very important pairt 

 of any farm home, for it will yield a supply of nutritious food at a small 

 cost. If possible, a southeastern slope will be better for the garden than 

 any other, and where there is opportunity, select this spot as near the 

 kitchen as possible, as the houswife is the one who will gather the vege- 

 tables nine times in ten, so she will not be compelled to take more steps 

 than necessary. If you have a well-kept garden filled with vegetables of 

 all kinds there will never be an occasion for you to complain of your bill 

 of fare being the same day by day. 



So many farmers neglect having a home garden, wherein they neg- 

 lect an important duty, as it is as interesting as it is good for the health 

 to raise vegetables of all kinds. 



Seeds can be furnished you by any reliable firm at so small a cost 

 that a home garden may be within the means of any farmer. Directions 

 how and when to plant these seeds are found on every package, which 

 makes gardening simple enough to any one. 



Have the land well fertilized, and begin to cultivate as early as pos- 

 sible in the spring. As soon as the ground can be well worked, put in your 

 seeds, and the seeds of such vegetables as early cabbage, lettuce, beets 

 and early tomatoes may be sown in hot-beds early in the season, so plants 

 will be ready to put out as soon as the weather permits. 



The asparagus bed should not be forgotten. Many farmers do not 

 have asparagus, because they think it is troublesome, but if a bed is well 

 planted in the beginning it lasts many years without ever having to put 

 in new roots. 



Always plant your vegetables in rows the length of your garden. 

 Vou will find it much easier to cultivate than by having each variety in: 

 a separate little patch, as so many farmers insist upon having. Vege- 

 tables can be had all the year around if you manage your garden properly.. 

 And later in the season the late vegetables, such as late cabbage, late 

 potatoes, etc., can be planted in the same place where the early vegetables 

 were growing, as radishes, lettuce, early peas and beans. You can have 



