208 AGRICULTURE 



2. Make a list of all the different vegetables raised in 

 your home garden this year. How many different kinds? 

 What proportion of the space was devoted to each? (Com- 

 pare the number of different kinds and the proportion of 

 each with the garden plan shown on page 209.) 



1. Plan of the Vegetable Garden 



The vegetable garden should be carefully planned be- 

 fore time to begin planting, and a diagram made allotting 

 to each crop its location and proper amount of space. This 

 will save time in putting in the crop and insure a better 

 arrangement. 



The plan. A well-planned garden provides (1) for a 

 succession of crops supplying the table with fresh vegetables 

 practically all the year, and by means of cold storage and 

 home canning, throughout the winter in the South, as well 

 as during the spring and summer. This can be accom- 

 plished by selecting a reasonably wide range of crops and 

 by successive plantings of certain kinds. 



(2) The right proportion of space should be allowed 

 for each vegetable, depending on the tastes of the family 

 and allowing for the canning of a supply for home use. As 

 a result of careless planning an over-supply of one vegeta- 

 ble often results in loss and waste. 



(3) The crops should be arranged in the order of their 

 time of planting, so that the planting can begin at one side 

 of the garden in the early spring, and proceed across until 

 all are in. This arrangement saves much labor in culti- 

 vation without interfering with crops already planted. 



(4) If the cultivation is to be done with horse imple- 

 ments, as it should be in all larger gardens, the rows should 

 run the long way, and a turf turning ground be left at each 

 end. It also pays to place in each row plants that re- 

 quire the same kind of cultivation and that mature in about 



