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Home Vegetable Garden 



The first of a new series of bulletins 

 dealing with the home vegetable garden 

 has just been published and is ready for 

 distribution to all who appreciate the 

 value of the garden as a means of 

 economy in wartime. The series is 

 being prepared by A. G. Bouquet, of the 

 Oregon Agricultural College vegetable 

 garden section of the horticultural 

 division. Factors that were wholly or 

 partly responsible for failures with war 

 gardens in past years receive particular 

 consideration in the first bulletin, to- 

 gether with suggestions for remedying 

 the troubles. Emphasis is also laid on 

 the present seed shortage and the pos- 

 sibility of the use of some of the 1017 

 seed stocks, especially if a simple test 

 be made at this time. A practical plant- 

 ing plan for the home garden is given, 

 together with a suggestive list of the 

 horticultural varieties of each vegetable. 

 Methods of soil preparation and fertili- 

 zation are described, and a list of all 

 bulletins of benefit to vegetable garden- 

 ers, published by the U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, and 

 the Oregon Agricultural College, Cor- 

 v all is, is given. The new college bulle- 

 tin should be in the hands of all those 

 who are endeavoring to make their gar- 

 dens count for the utmost. 



Provide Seed for Replanting 



Seed stocks of all kinds are reported 

 scarce. The farmer who has a good 

 supply of seed for coming crops is, in- 

 deed, fortunate. Farmers who have no 

 seed are obtaining supplies earlier this 

 year. The University of Missouri Col- 

 lege of Agriculture suggests that, in 

 view of the necessity for replanting in 

 some seasons, farmers obtain or re- 

 serve sufficient seed for replanting. In 

 many states last year, corn and wheat 

 on low lands were destroyed by over- 

 flows. The water went down early 

 enough that the land could be planted 

 to early-maturing corn, but few farmers 

 had such seed on hand. They were de- 

 layed from several days to two weeks 

 in obtaining seed. If possible it would 

 be a profitable precaution to reserve 

 enough seed for such emergencies. 

 This applies particularly to the tender 

 tilled crops, including corn, sorghum, 

 beans, cowpeas and soy beans. 



The most practical substitutes for 

 white flour are whole wheat Hour, 

 shorts, cottonseed meal and corn meal, 

 since they all make palatable bread and 

 may be obtained everywhere. At pres- 

 ent prices, the regular use of any of 

 these means a decided saving in the 

 cost of bread. 



The more fats we can send to the 

 Allies, the slipperier will be the skids 

 placed under German autocracy. 



Wheatless and meatless days here at 

 home mean defeatless days lor our 

 "boys" abroad. 



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Trnek crops arc a means of increas- 

 ing the cash output of the farm ami at 

 the same time furnishing another culti- 



vated crop, and they should be taken up 

 largely by the general farmer, said W. 1. 

 Spencer, of Gresham, in his address be- 

 fore the Vegetable Growers' and Home 

 Gardeners' Conference. In selecting the 

 crop to be grown take into considera- 

 tion its requirements as to climate, soil, 

 and whether it is a money crop in the 

 section grown. Cabbage is an instance 

 of one often grown and under suitable 

 conditions will return a good cash in- 

 come and in addition furnish from one- 

 half to one ton of cow feed to every ton 

 of heads cut, a factor to be carefully 



considered by the farmer who keeps 

 dairy cows. Fall plowing is the best 

 insurance for a good crop of vegetables 

 in the Willamette Valley. Grow or 

 secure the best seed to be had in grow- 

 ing onions and do not expect to secure 

 unusual success unless you do. Thai, 

 together with the fertility of the soil, 

 are the prequisites for successful onion 

 production, thinks J.C. I.eedy of Beaver- 

 ton. If the soil is deficient in plant foods 

 the best all around fertilizer is well- 

 rotted manure spread on the ground the 

 year before. 



