FERTILIZER GARDENS IO5 



close to the carrots, and narrow strips where the hills 

 of corn, pole beans and melons were planted. 



Cultivated the garden June 3, working as close as 

 possible to the plants — potatoes, peas, beans, corn, tur- 

 nips and beets are well up so that cultivating is easily 

 done. Lack of suitable showers and ground getting 

 very dry. Thinned the turnips June 6, using those 

 removed for greens. Carefully stirred the earth 

 directly over the melon and squash seeds. They ger- 

 minate slowly on account of the dry weather. Placed 

 some low, small pea brush along the row of Extra 

 Early peas June 9. Put some water on the melon hills 

 to hasten germination and thinned the turnips still 

 more. Removed the last of the radishes June 19 and 

 perhaps a half dozen very dwarf spinach plants from 

 between the rows of potatoes. Spinach a complete 

 failure, owing doubtless to soil acidity, as no lime was 

 put on this part of the garden. Some of the radishes 

 were wormy and useless. Applied *' Bug Death " to 

 the potato vines to kill potato beetles. Scattered fer- 

 tilizer between the rows of potatoes and worked it into 

 the soil thoroughly with the drill plow. Substituted 

 the hoes for the plow aad worked out all the other 

 crops, removing all weeds from among the plants. 



Made a second application July 4 of *' Bug 

 Death " to the potato vines. July 14, thinned the 

 beets for greens. Dry weather has caused the beets 

 to grow very slowly. July 15, pulled up all pea vines 

 and stirred the earth about the melons and tomato 

 plants. July 18, used the wheel hoe to cultivate all 

 the garden wherever possible to get between the plants. 

 Pulled up the turnips for pig feed, as they are getting 

 wormy. July 24, dug the potatoes, fertilized the 

 ground and on the following day planted peas, beans 

 and turnips. August 2, used cultivator to stir the 

 earth between the rows of peas and beans on the potato 



