138 ELEMENTS OF FARM PRACTICE 



reduce the amount of labor required to plant, cultivate and 



harvest the crop. 



Questions: 



1. Why should the garden be located near the house? 



2. What can you say about the soil and its proper preparation 

 for the garden? 



3. What arrangement would you make of the different crops 

 in planting? 



Arithmetic: 



1. How many cabbages can one raise on an acre, if they are 

 planted 2 ft. apart each way? 



2. How many acres of land in a field 10 rods wide and 16 rods 

 long? 



3. How many rows of onions, planted with the rows 1 foot 

 apart, can be planted on a field 10 rods wide? If the field is 16 rods 

 long, how long will all the rows of onions be? 



SOME COMMON VEGETABLES 



Classification. — Vegetables may be classified under three 

 heads, according to their ability to withstand climatic con- 

 ditions: 



(1) Winter vegetables, or those that can be left in the 

 ground all winter without injury, such as rhubarb, asparagus, 

 horse-radish and parsnips; 



(2) Hardy spring vegetables, or those that are not in- 

 jured by frost in the spring, such as onions, radishes, lettuce, 

 cabbage, cauliflower, Swiss chard, peas, rutabagas, carrots, 

 and celery; 



(3) Tender vegetables, or those that are killed by frost, 

 such as beans, tomatoes, melons, corn, cucumbers and squash. 



Varieties. — There are usually several varieties of each 

 class of ^ vegetables. For example, in tomatoes, there is 

 the Earliana, Beauty, Ponderosa, Stone, Early Red, Acme, 

 Dwarf Champion, etc.; in peas, the American Wonder, 

 Marrowfat, Telephone, First and Best, Extra Early, etc. 

 It is important for the home gardener to grow only the 

 varieties that one likes personally. In market gardening 

 one's personal tastes should not be considered, but it is 

 necessary to study very carefully the market demand and 

 grow what will sell readily whether it appeals to you or not. 

 A very desirable vegetable for the home garden may be 

 almost valueless in a market garden, because it will not 

 stand handling. 



