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deserves to have, the very best vegetables, and fruits ; and 

 flowers to make a real home. 



Extent of the Home Garden. 

 For a family of eight persons, and 

 to have supplies for the poultry 

 yard and the pig, and an occasional 

 sweet mouthful for the cow, from 

 half to an acre is ample. 



What an Acre Holds. 43,560 

 plants, 1 foot apart; 10,890 at 

 2 teet ; 4,840 at 3 feet ; 537 at 

 9 feet ; 193 at 15 feet; 134 at 18 

 feet ; 108 at 20 feet. 

 But an Acre ? 43,560 square feet; or 10 square 

 chains ; or one chain wide by 10 chains long ; 66 feet is 1 

 chain ; 60 feet by 726 feet make an acre ; or 220 feet by 

 198 feet ; 640 acres make one square mile. 



Plants per Acre. The following shows the number of 

 plants required per acre. 



Arranging the Work. 



Rule. Multiply the distances into each other, and with the product 

 divide 43,560 (the number of square feet in an acre), and the quotient ia 

 the number of plants. 



Starting with Vegetables. Where there is choice of 

 soil, then a decidedly sandy loam is the best for a kitchen 

 garden. It is easiest to work, and we cannot get vegetables 

 without manure. The seed-sowing time for the cabbage, 

 turnip, pea, and onion tribes extends through February, 

 March, April, and May, and can lie carried on still longer 

 where the soil has been made very rich, and an occasional 

 soaking with water can be administered. In preparing 

 land for vegetables, two things are essential : that it be rich 

 in plant food and closely fenced. The reason for the former 

 will be obvious the climate we have to deal with is 



