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farm, being intermediate between a hotl)cd and cold 

 frame. The g-roimd inside was slioveled out and four 

 or five inches well-rotted barnyard manure put in and 

 covered with three inches of rich soil. Sash were put 

 on two days before planting, to warm the soil. Plants 

 of cabbage, tomato, lettuce, pepper, cauliflower and 

 cucumber were started in this bed. The work of this 

 garden was done by women and the produce sold by 

 them to customers on their butter route. Area of gar- 

 den was about one-fourth acre. 



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A GARDEN IN LONG ROWS 



A Very Luxuriant Home Garden was reported b\ 

 Miss Barbara lirown, Indiana, receiving a prize of 

 five dollars. The location was the site of an old poultry 

 house and had also been used for a chip yard, making 

 a very porous, fertile soil. The area is about three thou- 

 sand square feet and one load of manure was applied 

 the preceding winter. The contestant did all the work 

 but plowing and manuring. Flowers were grown 

 along the fence borders, sweet peas and vines being 

 trained to the fences. The value of products was 



