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ter, and after a good growth in the spring it is plowed 

 in." The above plan is hard to excel for a farm garden 

 in the north. Many gardeners farther south speak of 

 crimson clover to be sown in late summer and plowed 

 under the next spring. Several find winter radishes 

 the best-paying crop to follow early peas. A Massa- 

 chusetts grower succeeds in getting a profitable crop 

 of squashes after peas. Another succeeds with late 

 sweet corn. Mr. Hoover of Colorado finds second 

 crop spinach or dandelions profitable. 



Prize Bits of Experience. — To the request to state 

 the most important bits of experience gained from the 

 prize gardens, a large number mentioned the training 

 gained by keeping an accurate account. Others valued 

 most highly an increase in their ability to appreciate 

 a good garden. Many spoke of the value of thorough- 

 ness, which their work on the prize gardens had 

 emphasized. "Painstaking attention to details and 

 to keeping accounts" is the way Mrs. L. A. Ludwig 

 sums it up. 



Declares C. P. Augur : 'The most valuable infor- 

 mation obtained was the knowledge of how valuable a 

 garden was." ''To be patient, work earnestly, fast and 

 hard when the right time comes," was the lesson taught 

 E. R. Flagg. B. S. Higley concluded that "a garden 

 is more important as giving fresh and desirable vegeta- 

 bles than as a source of profit." Asserts A. P. Edge: 

 'T am now satisfied that the garden is the most valuable 

 piece on the farm in dollars and cents." 



The value of good seed and thorough cultivation 

 was strongly impressed upon L. E. Dimock. A great 

 source of surprise to C. E. Brookhart was the large per 

 cent of the daily fare of the family that can be obtained 

 from a garden. It was noted by W. P. Gray that a 

 surprisingly large amount of vegetables could be 



