BACK YARD GARDENS 



a hundred by two hundred feet or less to one- 

 half an acre or more. There are two general 

 requirements, and the first is to have the garden 

 near the kitchen. The housewife and the far- 

 mer look after the kitchen crops after work 

 hours, and if it is close to the house it usually 

 receives more attention. The second require- 

 ment is a fence to keep out calves, chickens and 

 other farm animals, as well as rabbits and 

 woodchucks. 



The soil is usually good, and there is always 

 plenty of manure available to aid in changing 

 the physical conditions and to enrich it. It is 

 almost always plowed instead of being spaded. 

 Horse cultivation is practiced, therefore the 

 space between the rows is from three to four 

 feet. 



Economy in labor is one of the most impor- 

 tant factors in the rural garden; but if the 

 farmer were to consider the money value of the 

 fresh vegetables used during the growing sea- 

 son and the vegetables stored away for winter, 

 he would find that his quarter of an acre was 



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