CONTENTS 



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CHAPTER I. THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 11 



The Home Garden. Location. Laying out. Tools. Soil. 



Gardening in General. Location and soils for early and 

 for late crops. Mulching. Cultivation. 



Irrigation. Amount of water required for irrigating differ- 

 ent crops. Pumping water for irrigation. Making reservoirs. 

 Application of water. Rules for applying water. Subirriga- 

 tion. Overhead or Skinner system. 



Rotation of Crops. Reasons for, etc. 



CHAPTER II. MANURES 26 



Manures in General. Classes. Most valuable elements 

 in manures. Humus. Action of manures in the soil. Effect 

 on crops. Manures for early and for late crops. Manures 

 for leguminous crops. When to apply manures. Manuring 

 the growing crops. Liquid manure. 



Composition of Vegetables and Manures. Vegetables. 

 Farm manures. Commercial fertilizers. 



Animal Manures. Quality. Heating of. Horse manure. 

 Hen manure. Cow and swine manure. Sheep manure. The 

 manure pile. The compost heap. 



Green Manures. Value. Crops for. 



Commercial Fertilizers. Tankage. Ground blood. 



Ground bone. Nitrate of soda. Sulphate of ammonia. 

 Acid phosphate. Raw rock phosphate. Wood ashes. Kainit. 

 Lime. Land plaster. Need of fertilizers. Home mixing of 

 fertilizers. 



CHAPTER III. GARDEN TILLAGE 49 



Garden Tillage. Objects of tillage. Prevention and killing 



of weeds. Importance of not allowing weeds to go to seed. 



Weed seeds in manure. Plowing. Subsoiling. Ridging land. 



General cultivation of garden crops. Cultivation to develop 



plant food. 



Garden Implements. Horse hoes and horse cultivators. 



Hand cultivators. Seed drills. Combination seed drills and 



cultivators. Markers. Scuffle attachments. Scuffle hoe. 



Plank drag. Potato diggers. Spray pumps. 



