PRACTICAL GARDENING 



ranged garden and is best kept on a galvanized 

 metal reel which may be bought for from 50^ 

 to $1.50. A strong hemp line will last for 

 many years if kept dry. If wrapped on the 

 reel wet it will knot and warp. If the rows 

 are long, spring the line by lifting it some dis- 

 tance from the reel or peg and let it spring 

 back into position. In this way the line if kept 

 tight will not catch on stones and soil and cause 

 the furrow to be crooked. 



A Watering Can is valuable especially in the 

 early spring for watering the seed beds as well 

 as the young transplanted seedlings. A gal- 

 vanized can holding about twelve quarts is a 

 fair size. There should be two adjustable 

 sprinkler ends, coarse and fine. For watering 

 individual plants, such as cabbage, both of 

 these may be removed and the spout used, but 

 care should be exercised not to dash the soil 

 away from the roots or to puddle it. In using 

 the watering can get the water to the roots; 

 sprinkling the surface of the soil means nothing 

 to the plant and often causes the soil to bake. 



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