University of California, College of Agriculture, Berkeley, California 



Agricultural Experiment Station, E. J. Wickson, Director 

 Entered as second-class matter, November. 1911, at the Postoffice at Berkeley, Cal. 



The Junior Agriculturist 



A LITTLE PAPER ISSUED TWICE A MONTH 

 FOR THE JUNIOR GARDENERS OF CALIFORNIA 



Vol. I. 



Berkeley. California. March 14, 1912 



No. 14 



GARDEN LESSONS 



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 Soon you will be at work In the gar- 

 dens. To grow vegetables which will 

 be Just as good as the vegetable man 

 ■ells, and to glow Bowert such as you 

 can buy at the florists, jrou must be 

 able to answer the following questions: 

 1. Will seeds grow well in sand? In 

 clay? Or, better. In a mixture of the 

 two? 



1 Will seeds grow well In a cloddy 

 seedbed? 



Will y<-u wet the seedbed Just be- 

 fore spading and raking? 



4. What causes the roots to grow 

 downward? 



5. Will you irrigate with trenches, 



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flood, subirrigate, or sprinkle your gar- 

 den? 



6. If sprinkling is necessary at first 

 to start the seeds, when should it be 

 done? 



7 Does cultivation keep the soil 

 water from escaping? 



8. How deep will you plant your 

 seeds? 



9. How far apart should vegetables 

 and flowers stand? 



There are two ways to answer these 

 questions. You can ask some one to 

 answer them for you, or you can set up 

 the experiments and answer them your- 

 self. You will take the second method 

 if you really want to learn. 



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l Qe( three chalk boxes. Fill one 

 with clean sand, one with clay and one 

 with a mixture of sand and clay. 

 e soil in each hours 



later sow 10 of the same kind of seeds 

 in each box. Note the results. 

 wo chalk boxes moi • 

 place tine soil. In the other put cloddy 



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soli. Water alike and sow 10 seeds In 

 Observe dally. 



ill a box with dry soil. Add 

 water and stir at once. What happens? 

 Fill another box with dry soil. Water 

 Mt the box aside. Stir the soil 

 day. Which is the better way? 

 4. Knock out the bottom of a chalk- 

 box. Tack wire fly screen In its place. 

 Fill the box a third full of sand or 

 sawdust, arrange the box as shown In 



