THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



detachable box; for whenever it is necessary to 

 carry water in a barrel for spraying purposes, you 

 can put the barrel and pump on it in place of the 

 box. 



Where large amounts of corn are to be planted, 

 use a corn-planter. These are made in two general 

 forms : one to thrust into the ground by main force 

 where the corn is to grow and the other is on 

 wheels, and by a mechanism attached to a driving 

 wheel the corn is dropped at stated intervals into a 

 furrow made by a share on the machine and cov- 

 ered by two wings. Both these types of machine 

 carry the seed in a box or inside the machine, and 

 are so regulated that the required number of ker- 

 nels are dropped in each hill. The machines, which 

 run on wheels, also have a fertiliser attachment 

 which drops about a tablespoonful of commercial 

 fertiliser in each hill. Either of these tools will prove 

 handy and money savers where an acre or more of 

 corn has to be planted. 



For setting out plants, one can get a variety of 

 trowels, curved, straight, and angled. I have found 

 the angled trowel exceedingly useful in setting out 

 such small plants as cabbage, cauliflower, and the 



like. 



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