The garden yard : $b A handbook of intensive farmingHall, Bolton
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The garden yard : $b A handbook of intensive farming
Hall, Bolton
Vegetable gardening
CHAPTER IV.—LOCATION 49-50
How to buy, clear, build 49
Land you can’t afford to use 49
Manure and watering 49, 50
Market 50
To find out where and how 49
CHAPTER V.—SEEDS 51-53
Houses, good seed 52
Ideal, the 51
Planting dates 53
Seed test 52
Use only the best 51
CHAPTER VI.—PLANT BREEDING 54-56
Plant breeding—what it is 54
Good farmers and breeding 54
How to improve 54
Professional breeders 54
Selection and variations 55
“Sports” 56
CHAPTER VII.—PLANT NEEDS 57-61
Plant needs—what they are 57
Foods, three sure 58
Light, degrees of 57, 58
Lime values 59
Medicines 59
Protectors 60, 61
Temperature 59
Under- and over-feeding 58
Water, effect of 57
CHAPTER VIII.—CROP ROTATION 62-65
Farming a business 62
Special crops 62
Value of rotation 63, 64, 65, 81
CHAPTER IX.—WEEDS 66-68
Weeds—how to know them 66
Common weeds 66
“ “ How to destroy them 67
“ “ Their use 68
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