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PRIZE GARDENING 



A year ago "how to dispose of produce" was a serious 

 problem, but the year's experience has solved it for me, 

 although a stranger in a strange land. It is no longer a 

 question of market, but how to produce and carry it 

 to market. 



Finally, read. Read agricultural papers, and read 

 experiment station bulletins. Then think of what you 

 read and what experience has taught, and after think- 

 ing, be prompt to act along the lines of an educated 

 intelligence. 



A WOMAN'S LUXURIANT GARDEN 



Sold Produce to Indians. — A two-acre garden at 

 Hominy, Oklahoma, under the skillful management of 

 Mrs. Lizzie Snyder, yielded about two hundred and 

 seven dollars, at a round profit of one hundred and 

 fifty dollars. Soil was sandy loam, second year from 

 the virgin sod, and part of a tract rented from the 

 Indians at one dollar and a half per acre. Expenses 

 were low on account of cheapness of manure and labor, 

 twenty-five loads manure costing only three dollars, 

 and all labor by man, woman and team about 



