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The Readers' Service will give you 

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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



Apeil, 1911 



'ARDEN TERRA'COTpeJ 



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Preparing the Soil 



AS SOON as the frost is out of the ground, and 

 the soil sufficiently dry to work, prepare 

 for this year's garden. Clear the surface of all 

 the refuse and spread over it a generous supply 

 of good compost. This ordinarily consists of 

 stable manure, rotted straw, leaves and refuse 

 from the lawn or garden, cleanings from the hen- 

 nery, etc. The majority of plants cannot bear 

 being in close contact with stable manure, but 

 when it is spread upon the surface and subsequently 

 plowed under it is thoroughly distributed through 

 the soil. 



Plowing serves another purpose aside from mix- 

 ing the manure and softening the soil so that the 

 plant roots can penetrate. It also aerates the soil 

 and stimulates root growth. Furthermore the 

 mellowing aids in draining and also in retaining 

 the moisture. If the water, after a rainfall, could 



Stir the soil to a depth of four or five inches with 

 an ordinary plow 



not penetrate the soil more than an inch or so, 

 it would soon evaporate. Mellow soil allows 

 much of the water to filter through and as soon as 

 the soil particles become packed together a portion 

 of the moisture rises again to the surface by capil- 

 lary attraction. Now, if the soil of the plant- 

 growing stratum is kept mellow its lack of capil- 

 larity hinders evaporation and the plants get the 

 benefit of the moisture. 



The garden plowing should stir the soil to a 

 depth of four or five inches. Use an ordinary 

 one-horse plow. Make the furrows in a different 

 direction each successive year so as to maintain 

 the proper grade of surface. For instance, start 



After plowing smooth the soil with a straight- 

 toothed harrow 



on the outer edge of the tract and plow around it, 

 gradually approaching the centre, or lay the fur- 

 rows lengthwise or crosswise, working the ground 

 in sections. The former method, if followed each 

 successive year, tends to leave a declivity in the 

 centre and is best employed where the ground 

 rounds up in the centre. The latter method dis- 

 turbs the grade to the least extent. 



After plowing smooth the soil with a straight- 

 toothed harrow drawn over the ground two or 

 three times. A finer surface is secured by sub- 

 sequently raking with a garden rake. 



After the seeds are planted and the first rain 

 has particularly evaporated the soil will form a 

 slight crust. It is gradually establishing capi- 

 larity with the soil particles below. Remedy this 



