HO GARDEN FARMING 



Storage. In order to get the greatest good from those crops 

 capable of being kept, means should be provided for storing them. 

 Under some circumstances it is permissible to use the house cellar 

 for this purpose, but in general, whenever possible, it is better to 

 store vegetables as well as fruit in specially constructed pits or cel- 

 lars. Such crops as Irish potatoes, sweet potatoes, beets, carrots, 

 turnips, squash, cabbage, late cauliflower, parsnips, salsify, and 

 celery can all be stored to good advantage under proper conditions. 

 More attention should be given this branch of garden farming than 

 has heretofore been customary. 



No area will yield a greater return either in money value or in 

 pleasure than that devoted to the home garden. The initial cost of 

 the equipment of sash, frames, implements, and seeds is not great. 

 The sash and frames, if properly cared for, will last several years, 

 so the chief item of expense in the home garden is the annual 

 supply of seeds and fertilizer. The success of the enterprise rests 

 with the gardener. A good plan, good seed, and good culture 

 should result in a satisfactory crop. Many are wont to say, when 

 urged to maintain a garden, that it is cheaper to grow more corn and 

 buy the vegetables than to care for the garden. From a financial 

 point of view this is not true; but, grant that it were, vegetables 

 from the market are never so fresh and good as those from the 

 home garden. The garden is at the door, and the market may not 

 be. The real trouble is that country people who have no garden 

 always go without fresh vegetables. 



