PRACTICAL GARDENING 



more profitable than any other strip of land of 

 the same size on his farm. 



The four principles to be considered in any 

 Home Garden are (1) a sufficient supply of 

 vegetables and fruits for summer and winter, 

 (2) a continuous succession of crops that keeps 

 the soil producing throughout the growing sea- 

 son, (3) economy in labor and especially culti- 

 vation, (4) maintenance of the productivity of 

 the soil by the proper application of manure. 

 If these are carefully considered and practiced 

 all soils may be made to produce. 



