PROFITS OF GARDENING. 



51 



use, or with barley or rye for tlie cow. The secret of 

 successful cultivation, says Downing, is an abundant sup- 

 ply of manure. A small extent of ground well manured 

 and trenched deeply, by these sub-successions, will pro- 

 duce an enormous amount of vegetables, while only the 

 same surface needs to be hoed, manured, and kept free 

 from weeds as if it produced but one crop. To be sure, 

 more manure and more labor are needed, but nothing like 

 the amount which would be required to produce the same 

 crops without these sub-successions. Many other sub-suc- 

 cessions will occur to a thoughtful gardener, but to derive 

 the full benefit of them the grounds should be trenched at 

 least thirty inches deep when the garden is formed. 



Profits of Gardening. — The results of the above mode 

 of procedure, in the case of the garden of the Eetreat for 

 the Insane at Utica, New York, were published by Dr. 

 Brigham. The land was good and yearly manured. The 

 product was as follows on one and one-fourth acres of 

 land : — 1100 headslettuce^ large; 1400 heads cabbage, large; 

 700 bunches radishes ; 250 bunches asparagus ; 300 bunches 

 rhubarb ; 14 bushels pods, marrowfat peas; 40 bushels beans ; 

 sweet corn, 3 plantings, 419 dozen; summer squash, 715 

 dozen; squash peppers, 45 dozen; cucumbers, 756 dozen; 

 cucumber pickles, 7 barrels ; beets, 147 bushels ; carrots, 29 

 bushels; parsnips, 26 bushels; onions, 120 bushels; tui*nips, 

 80 bushels ; early potatoes, 35 bushels ; tomatoes, 40 bushels ; 

 winter squash, 7 wagon loads; celery, 500 heads — all worth 

 621 dollars in Utica market, but supplied one hundred 

 and thirty persons with all they could consume. Only 

 one man was required to do all the necessary labor. 



Forwarding Early Crops. — Early crops in the open 

 air should be planted in 3, sheltered situation, on ^ dar]|. 



