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whole garden, the successive rows of variously col- 

 ored vegetables, each a little taller than the ones in 

 front, with giant Stowell's Evergreen corn for a back- 

 ground, made a beautiful picture from the street. 

 Although the garden was purely a vegetable one, 

 the general appearance and the narrow border 

 of flowers won for it favorable mention in a flower 

 garden contest covering the whole city. 



"Up to the time when the seeding was finished it 

 was one garden, each man helping to the best of his 

 time and ability under proper direction. At this time 

 the garden was divided into three equal parts by 

 two rows of stakes from front to back and each gar- 

 dener was responsible for his own plot, and had to do 

 his own cultivating, watering, and gathering. 



"The cost the first year was: 



Plowing and harrowing $ 4.00 



Fence posts and wire 8.00 



Fertilizer 5-°° 



Seeds 8.00 



Total ^25.00 



"From this vegetable plot of 70x100 feet, ex- 

 clusive of the portion planted to flowers and grass, we 

 estimated that at current prices for wilted store vege- 

 tables, we took about one hundred dollars' worth of 

 the most delicious vegetables one could desire. 



"In 1908, not having a fence to pay for, a com- 

 bination wheel hoe and seeder was purchased, which 

 lightened our labor and made a heavier and more 

 uniform yield. The struggle with weeds was not 

 so great as the first year, for many years previous 



