A KITCHEN GARDEN 
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economy, it being much cheaper to raise than to 
buy the plants, if you use more than a few dozens, 
while, if you have the time and room, quite a business 
can be done by supplying your neighbors who do 
not garden on such an extensive scale. It is best to 
locate the frames on the sunny side of a barnyard 
wall, or against a building that will shield them from 
the north wind and make a warm nook for them on 
sunshiny days. They should be situated conveniently 
near both to the manure pile and to a good supply of 
water, where they will constantly be under the eye 
in passing to and from the farm work and will not 
suffer neglect from being forgotten or overlooked. It 
is quite important that there should be good drainage 
from these beds, as they are most needed at a rainy 
time of the year; dampness is not only injurious to 
the young plants, but it also takes up a great deal of 
the heat which should go toward forwarding the 
growth of the young plants. The sashes can be 
bought, ready painted and glazed, at the planing 
mills in most cities, and this is much the cheapest 
way to procure them, as they can often be bought for 
what the bare sash would cost in a small order at a 
country shop. They come 3 J. feet wide by 6 feet in 
length, and are If to 2 inches in thickness, and if 
stored in the dry when not in use, and are treated to 
an occasional coat of paint, will last a lifetime. 
Three or four sash would be amply sufficient for a 
garden of an acre if used in succession, sowing one 
lot of seed as the preceding planting is set out in the 
garden; though, of course, more sash can be handled 
without any great increase of labor, and the season 
