A-B-C OF VEGETABLE GARDENING 



be made fine and mellow without the ad- 

 dition of some disintegrating matter. Good 

 drainage must be secm^ed in order to grow 

 good vegetables, and the use of tile will be 

 found a most effective remedy for the evil 

 of a soil unduly retentive of moisture. 



In almost all localities there will be families 

 who have no garden, but who would make 

 liberal use of vegetables if they were easily 

 procurable. There is a chance for boys and 

 girls to earn an ^^lonest pemw.^^ If it is 

 found that there is likelj^ to be more in the 

 home garden than the family can make use of, 

 canvass the neighborhood for customers for 

 the probable surplus. It will be found an 

 easy matter to dispose of it. I know several 

 amateur child gardeners who secure enough 

 in this way to paj^ for all the seed they need. 

 Some of them have regular customers each 

 season, and gardening begins to look to them 

 like a profitable occupation. I don't know 

 that thej^ will become professional gardeners, 

 but they will be learning something as well 

 as earning something while they are fitting 

 themselves for whatever occupation in life 

 they may decide on, and what they learn in 

 the garden will be of benefit in after-life in 

 more ways than one. 



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