CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER 1. 



The Vegetable Garden. — Location and soil for early crops. 

 Location and soil for late crops. 



Irrigation. — Cultivation and irrigation. Humus an aid to irri« 

 gation. Amount of water required for irrigating different crops. 

 Pumping water for irrigation. Making reservoirs. Application of 

 water. Rules for applying water. Sub-irrigation. 



Rotation of Crops. — Reasons for. 



CHAPTER IL 



Manures. — Most valuable elements in manures. Direct and 

 Indirect manures. Composition of vegetables. Manures and fer- 

 tilizers. 



Animal Manures. — Horse manure. Hen manure. Cow and 

 swine manure. Sheep manure. The manure pile. The compost 

 heap. Commercial manures. Tankage. Ground blood. Ground 

 bone. Nitrate of soda. Sulphate of ammonia. Superphosphate. 

 Wood ashes. Kainite. Lime. Land plaster. Effect of manures 

 on crops. Manures for early and late crops. Manures for legu- 

 minous crops. Manuring the growing crops. Liquid manure. 



CHAPTER in. 



Garden Tillage. — Prevention and killing of weeds. Im- 

 portance of not allowing weeds to go to seed. Weed seeds in 

 manure for the garden. Plowing. Subsoil plowing. Ridging 

 land. General cultivation of garden crops. Cultivation to de- 

 velop plant food. 



Garden Implements. — Horse hoes and horse cultivators. 

 Hand cultivators. Seed drills. Combination seed drills and cul- 

 tivators. Markers. Scuffle attachment to hand garden cultiva- 

 tors. Scuffle hoe. Plant drag. Potato diggers. Spray pumps. 



