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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



«Fa nuaby, 1918 



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The Evolving of 

 NITRACO 



The Universal Plant Food 



"A Fertilizer Is As Good As Its Analysis 



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YOU can use Nitraco on any soil in any 

 climate for anything that grows. It is 

 truly an "all around" fertilizer. 



Such a fertilizer cannot be born over night. 

 And Nitraco was not. 



Let us tell you of its evolving. 



For years, we have been engaged in the 

 fertilizer business. Years, during which we 

 have been in constant intimate touch with 

 hundreds of gardeners — professional and 

 amateur. Men who have been up against 

 every conceivable kind of fertilizing problem. 

 Problems which it has been our job to solve. 

 And from the solving of which Nitraco was 

 gradually evolved as the solution to all fer- 

 tilizing problems. 



We say "gradually" evolved and we mean 



just that. There was no hurry-up or rush 

 about it. Mixture after mixture was made 

 and tried. Time and again results were at- 

 tained that would have satisfied most con- 

 cerns. But they did not satisfy us. It was 

 the ideal "all around" fertilizer that we were 

 after._ Nothing short of it could stop us. 

 Nothing short of it did stop us. 



Try Nitraco and you will agree that our 

 "hard-to-satisfy" standpoint was the right 

 one to take. Try Nitraco and you will never 

 again putter around with inferior fertilizers. 



Your Seedsman can probably supply you 

 with Nitraco. If he can't, we will. Send 

 for analysis, prices and other Nitraco in- 

 formation. 



Trial 1 lb. carton mailed postpaid for 26c. 



Horticultural Dept. 



Harry A. Bunyard, 

 Manager 



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108 Pearl Street 

 New York 



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Getting a Running Start 



'TTIIS is the month of preparation: choosing 

 -*■ the garden site, planning the garden on 

 paper, ordering the seed, mending the tools, 

 making stakes, etc. 



If the agricultural lime was not put 'no 

 in the fall it should be spread on the 

 ground now, so that it can be washed into 

 the soil. Deep plowing in the fall and a 

 covering of lime helps to liberate the potash 

 already in the soil and make it available for 

 new crops. 



Choosing the Garden Site 



A SOUTH-EASTERN exposure is prefer- 

 ^*- able with the rows running north and 

 south. A garden should be no larger than is 

 really necessary to supply the needs of the 

 family, or to be kept in good order through 

 the amount of labor one can command. 

 Especially in this year of stress. Much can 

 be done on one-tenth of an acre, and a back- 

 yard garden measuring 30 x 40 feet will feed 

 a family of four, with judicious management 

 of rotation of crops; though this does not 

 allow for staples such as potatoes and cab- 

 bages for winter storage. 



Planning^the Garden on Paper 



"T~\RAW the garden to scale, i.e., in your 

 *S plan let a half inch or a quarter of an 

 inch represent a foot. Apportion a part of 

 the garden for small fruits, and also for 

 perennials or permanent crops, so they can 

 remain undisturbed while the other crops 

 which quickly come to maturity can be 

 planted in rotation. 



Put the permanent garden at the furthest 

 end; and the herbs nearest the house, for 

 convenience. The next nearest space lay ofF 

 for the ever changing crops, designated under 

 the head of annuals. Thus the raspberries 

 and blackberries and dewberries could be 

 planted at the furthest end and trained to a 

 fence or tied to stakes. Then plant gooseberry 

 and currant bushes, and then a row or two of 

 strawberries. Have the asparagus bed next 

 and then a row of rhubarb. The long season 

 crops are next in order; these are salsify, 

 carrots, parsnips, and onions. 



Of the other vegetables such as beets, peas, 

 snap beans, butter beans, potatoes, tomatoes, 

 squash, cucumbers, etc., there should be 

 continuous plantings, following each other in 

 rapid succession, and these crops should be 

 planted where they are easy of access on 

 account of the constant manuring and 

 cultivating and rotating of crops. 



After planning the garden on paper this 

 plan will serve as a guide all season and should 

 be kept ready to hand to refer to constantly. 



Ordering the Seed 



GET busy at once. (1) Send for cata- 

 logues of reliable seedsmen; (2) make 

 out your order; and (3) send it off" as soon as 

 possible. If a garden calendar or diary has 

 been kept as has been constantly advised in 

 these columns, refer to the notes now and 

 make a careful list of those vegetables that 

 have proved satisfactory, with the amount of 

 seed needed. Be certain to order enough for 

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