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den were placed between the farm buildings and the 

 outlying: parts of the farm, the cultivator could be run 

 between the rows when going and coming. In this way 

 nearly all finger-work could be avoided and a greater 

 quantity and better quality of vegetables could be 

 secured. Compare Figs. 1528, 2645. 



Vegetable-gardeners are usually large users of stable 

 manure Near the large cities the manure is bought in 



reason for ne^t ye' 



VEGETABLE GARDENING 



or forcing-houses. In these structures conditions can 

 be contrnlli-d L.-tftT tli;tii in hotbeds, and they are per- 

 manent iiiMsiiu.iii^. llowi-ver, hotbeds and coldframes 

 are still cxr, rdin-ly iir]|.iirtant adjuncts to the vege- 

 table-garil. li. .hi. ily lj..,-;iuse they are not permanent 

 and thereby can be moved when the person shifts to 

 other land, and because the space that they occupy can 

 be utilized for outdoor crops later in the season Much 

 vegetable gardening in large cities is prose 

 cuted on lented lands therefore it may not 

 be profitable to invest in such permanent 

 structures as forcing houses The first co t 

 of hotbtds is also less than that of foicing 

 houses and this is often a verj important 

 Item Fife 20-16 For management of glass 

 structures seelTotbeds Gi eenliome Fotiing 

 There are great numbers of insect and 

 fungous pests that attack the \ef,etable gar 

 den crops General remarks under /«sfo/s 

 Fungus Insecticides I ungicide and Spxn/ 

 mg will apply to these difficulties The pray 

 pump has now come to be a necessar\ ad 

 lunct to any efficient vegetable gaiden How 

 e%ei theie are many difliculties that are be 

 yond the reach of the spray particularly 

 those that persist year by jear in the soil 

 or which attack the roots rather than the tops 

 Fc r such difliculties the best treatment is to 

 give rot iti n so far as possible and to a\oid 

 caiiMn„ ill eased vines back on the land the 



tarved out ma fi-v^ \ il 1 i r 1 i 1 



• open and mellow be 

 ndant supply of mois 

 ig there is no 



i to the gene ral ■ 



1 lud Ufteu It IS 

 ,h pi iced for ordi 



I ul le cropping and companirn crc p 

 \ or more crops are grown on the 1 iiid 

 1 r even at the same time Market 

 mil) a business that demands entei 

 to details and much physical lahoi 



food, III 1 ' 



thereby en il I 

 the most of tl 

 plants are m t 

 when hot an( 

 comes there is 

 tie profit m the 

 In intensn l 

 dening it is in 

 many of the i 

 and to trail | 

 til 



settled " tl I 



pai-tii'iil I I 

 very > 



the i.Nirl 11 I I I I 



bage and tnulifl wei In tli 

 northern states muskmelons 

 and .sometimes wattrmelons 

 and cucumbers are started un 

 der glass being grown m pots 

 boxes or upon inverted sods 

 whereby they are more readih 

 transferred to the open Foi 

 merly the plants were stait(d 

 under hotbed or coldfranie 

 structures but of late -years 

 there has been a gieat increase 

 in the extent of glass houses 



