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August, 1919 
and there is really no reason why they cannot 
be installed at this time of the year. 
Failures in the Garden 
Failures in gardens can be traced to lack of 
interest. This is often due primarily to lack 
of ability, and leads to discouragement and 
consequent failure. It is usually not any one 
factor, but many, that lead to poor gardens. 
To begin with, they are badly planned and 
poorly fed, which means lack of manure or 
other fertilizers. Cheap seeds are used, and 
the whole thing is reduced to such standards 
that failure is inevitable. These gardens al¬ 
ways die a slow r death at this time when the 
dry weather is collecting its toll. 
Gardens that are properly prepared show 
If the young berry shoots 
need support, tie them to¬ 
gether now. Cut out the 
old wood at the ground 
The final clipping of hedges 
is in order now. Fairly 
long bladed shears are the 
best to insure even cutting 
sprayed with a combined lead 
and Bordeaux mixture com¬ 
pound. 
Sooner or later the real gar¬ 
dener who hopes to be success¬ 
ful must come to the conclu¬ 
sion that the application of 
water artificially is necessary. 
This has long been conceded; 
the only point left to determine 
is which system is best suited 
to your individual needs. Any 
garden that is not equipped 
with some means of irrigating 
is only traveling at half speed. 
In other words, it is absolutely 
impossible to obtain full value 
from a garden where water is 
not always available in usable 
quantities. 
Crops are hastened to ma¬ 
turity by the application of 
water. Seeds are germinated 
during dry weather conditions, 
and as most vegetables are 
composed of 90% or 
more of water, the 
necessity of frequent ||£3H| 
watering is readily 
apparent. feM Bp 
Systems whic h IkTShH 
have the 
it now by their luxuriant 
growth and color. Those who 
produce do so because of their 
desire to accomplish some¬ 
thing; those who fail can 
charge their mistakes to lack 
of interest in overcoming ob¬ 
stacles. 
Too many people think that 
to be interested in, and to love 
a garden is all that is necessary 
for its success. This is where 
they make their first mistake. 
Just as in any art or profes¬ 
sion nothing can be accom¬ 
plished without hard work, so 
in the art of growing things, 
labor, intelligence and inher¬ 
ent love of the subject are nec¬ 
essary for success. Whoever 
said that “genius is an infinite 
capacity for taking pains” 
must have had gardening in 
mind. The vast gulf between 
the professional and the ama¬ 
teur is nowhere bet¬ 
ter illustrated than 
in planting and de¬ 
veloping a garden. 
A lover 
music 
does not expect that 
by merely buying a 
song, all that is nec¬ 
essary to success is 
to sing it. Why then 
does the flower lover 
labor under the de¬ 
lusion that all that 
is required for a rose 
to bloom in all its 
glory is merely to 
plant it? Allied with 
a love of the sub¬ 
ject must be sound 
knowledge of its 
principles, and a 
willingness for hard 
-work, if one is de¬ 
sirous of insuring 
real and lasting suc¬ 
cess. 
To prevent breakage 
of the heavily laden 
fruit branches they 
should be supported 
in time with stout 
poles 
pipes ex¬ 
posed are the most 
practical, because of 
the tempering of the 
water before it comes 
in contact with the 
plants. Systems that 
operate in a square 
or rectangle are also 
preferred because of 
the equality of dis¬ 
tribution. Those that 
operate in circles 
leave an open space 
in between, or over¬ 
lap the work. Most 
of these systems are 
not troublesome to 
install as few pipes 
are underground, 
Borers are apt to at¬ 
tack the bases of the 
young apple trees. 
If any are found, 
cut them out or kill 
with a wire 
Pole bean vines bear 
all the way to the 
top. To reach the 
highest ones you 
will need a short 
stepladder 
