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377. Semi-tropical vegetables will Keep on growing unless slopped. Pinch out the ends of the shoots to force 

 strength into the maturing beans, tomatoes, melons, etc. This insures a full crop 



enough to give them dignified rows of their 

 own. Midsummer brings with it the pretty 

 little white butterflies whose young mean 

 destruction to the cabbage, so they must 

 be watched for and promptly attacked, 

 which can be done by dusting on hellebore 

 or some of the special preparations sold for 

 the purpose. 



AN AUTOMATIC PTJMP THAT RUNS ITSELF 

 AND WORKS FOR NOTHING 



If your garden is supplied with an irrigat- 

 ing system you are in the seventh heaven, 



compared with ordinary mortals. Maybe 

 you haven't such a system, but are thinking 

 of installing one. It is wicked not to irrigate 

 the garden if Nature has provided a handy 

 supply of water. 



Where there is a fall of water a small 

 hydraulic ram is easily put in at the foot, 

 and it will pump the water into a tank on 

 the first floor of the barn. From the tank 

 a pipe, perforated at intervals, can be run 

 to the various parts of the garden. By 

 turning on the supply from the tank, water 

 will flow from the apertures. The water 



378. Do not let the crops get old. Pick all you can every day. even if you cannot use them. It will help 

 the others, and you will get more in the end. Give the surplus to your gardenless neighbors 



will naturally follow the hills and rows, 

 the furrows between them furnishing brooklet 

 beds of easy access and most attractive 

 appearance. Then by digging a small gutter 

 with the hoe in any desired direction the 

 water can be led whither we will. 



Another method of irrigation is to have 

 a main line of pipe run down each side of 

 the garden, with short branches fitted with 

 stopcocks, and short lengths of hose arranged 

 at convenient intervals. By turning the stop- 

 cock at any portion of the garden you choose 

 that section can be watered with ease. 

 There are innumerable other methods, and 

 each garden makes a special demand. 



Do not understand that the entire surface 

 of the garden is to be moistened. That 

 would make the ground puddly, and it 

 would bake quickly. A narrow, shallow 

 ditch should be dug on each side of a row 

 of plants and the water run into these 

 ditches. The water thus immediately reaches 

 the roots of the plants, and as the earth 

 has just been loosened, it soaks down, instead 

 of running away on the surface. The ditches 

 should be watched to see that the water 

 runs their entire length, and is not stopped 

 by lumps or a rise in the land. 



It is much wiser to give plenty of water 

 once every few days than a little each day. 

 The latter method keeps the surface moist, 

 and the roots naturally rise for the moisture, 

 so that they are near the surface and will be 

 injured by the heat of the following day. 

 Give enough water to go deep, or else just 

 enough to wash the leaves. The amateur 

 should by preference water at night, for then 

 the moisture has a chance to do its good 

 work before evaporation starts under the 

 heat of the sun's first rays, as it does almost at 

 once when watering is dene in the morning. 



LIQUID PLANT FOOD WITHOUT EXPENSE 



Everyone recognizes the value of manure 

 water for either vegetables or flowers, but 

 very few amateurs bother to maintain a 

 supply always ready. That is the only way 

 to do, however, for rather than mix up a 

 little now and then the manure water is 

 dispensed with. Little and often is the rule 

 to be observed in feeding with manure 

 water. I have devised a little arrangement 

 that gives all the manure water I need and 

 it can be drawn off at any time. 



An old creosote paint barrel (a kerosene 

 barrel will do as .well) is fitted with a molasses 

 spigot, selected because it will not choke 

 up. In the top of the barrel is a bowl 

 made of sacking and arranged as shown in 

 the sketch. The sacking is fastened to a 

 heavy wire hoop which has loops that catch 

 over the edge of the barrel. The sack or 

 bag filled with fresh manure is suspended 

 in the barrel from the upper rim. The bar- 

 rel is then filled with water, the cover put on, 

 and in a short time the liquid is ready for 

 use. The barrel can be filled several times 

 before the manure needs renewing. One 

 bucket of this decoction is worth several of 

 plain water. 



The advantages of suspending the manure 

 at the top of the barrel are obvious — no 

 obstruction of the spigot. 



