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T HOUSE AND GARDEN 
March, 1914 
Drawn from a photograph — New Orleans, Louisiana, 
Architect:—W. R.Gilbert, New Orleans, Louisiana. 
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siderablv, if just before doing the hand 
weeding you carefully adjust your wheel- 
hoe, using the hoe attachment, the shoul¬ 
ders set towards the row and the two 
wheels so you can straddle it, or, better 
still, the disc attachment, which, when 
properly adjusted, will shave up very 
cjose to the little seedlings on either side 
without throwing any earth over them, 
and leave only a narrow ribbon of soil to 
be worked by the fingers. Do not be con¬ 
tent with merely pulling out the weeds 
that are visible. Every square inch of 
the soil should be broken up, so that the 
thousands of little weed seedlings which 
have sprouted below the surface will be 
destroyed, as well as those which have 
grown large enough to be pulled out. 
With the first weedng thoroughly done 
and the soil betwen the rows taken care 
of by the wheel-hoe, the task of growing 
is half done. But, even so, you must 
keep one eye open all the time, since, for 
a while at least, the weeds will grow 
much more rapidly than the crops. 
With the machine set up with a single 
wheel, and the hoes turned toward each 
other, so as to work the middle of the 
row, you will find it a very easy task to 
keep the part of the garden devoted to 
root crops clean. But, nevertheless, you 
should go through them frequently— 
every two weeks if possible — not only to 
keep down the weeds, but to prevent the 
soil from forming a crust. Keeping the 
“dust mulch” on is absolutely essential to 
preserve the water supply of moisture in 
the soil, and, of course, as soon as that 
begins to get short, the growth will be 
proportionately checked, no matter how 
rich the soil may have been made nor 
how carefully clean you keep the crops. 
Work the soil just as long as you can get 
through between the rows with a wheel- 
hoe; and even after that, unless the 
ground is completely shaded, it is advis¬ 
able to go through with the scuffle hoe. 
In a very dry season, to obtain the 
best results as regards both quality and 
quantity, artificial irrigation is extremely 
desirable. The root crops are particu¬ 
larly easy to irrigate, because they grow 
so near together and because the ground 
is so well shaded by the foliage, so that 
the moisture is retained, and the soil 
does not “bake” in the sun the following 
day. A simple pipe and garden hose will 
answer the purpose for a very small gar¬ 
den, but “overhead” irrigation is, of 
course, much more satisfactory. Every 
owner of a small garden who has a water 
supply on the place should invest in an 
overhead system, as its cost will be amply 
repaid in the first one or two seasons’ 
use. 
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particular purpose in hand has a great 
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