The Home Garden 



begins gardening, but he will speedily do so 

 when he observes the effect of long and short 

 furrows. Deep or shallow plowing must be 

 determined largely by the nature of the soil. 

 If the surface is of loam, with a sub-soil of clay, 

 do not go deep enough to bring up much of the 

 latter. But if the loam is of considerable depth, 

 deep plowing is advisable, because it brings 

 fresh, strong soil to the surface. 



After plowing, use the harrow to pulverize 

 and level the soil. It is a good plan to run this 

 implement both lengthwise and crosswise of 

 the garden, for by so doing the soil is more 

 evenly settled than it can be by going over it 

 in one direction only. The harrow should have 

 long, slender teeth which will go down into the 

 soil well and tear apart everything in the shape 

 of sod or masses of fine roots. Simply skimming 

 the soil is not of much benefit, except for the 

 purpose of levelling. 



The foregoing advice on the preparation of 

 the garden is based on the supposition that 

 your plat of ground is large enough to warrant 

 the use of the plow. But perhaps the majority 

 of gardens are so small that a plow could not 

 be used to advantage in them. These will 



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