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                        THE VEGETABLE GARDEN


[Illustration: A GOOD COLLECTION OF HOME-GROWN VEGETABLES]

[Illustration: LETTUCE MATURING IN HOME-MADE COLD FRAME]




                                 The

                           Vegetable Garden

                     WHAT, WHEN, AND HOW TO PLANT


             _Reprinted from "The Farmer's Cyclopedia"_


                          GARDEN CITY NEW YORK
                        DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
                                 1917




                         _Copyright, 1912, by_

                     AGRICULTURAL SERVICE COMPANY
                           WASHINGTON, D. C.

                         _All rights reserved_




TABLE OF CONTENTS

                                    PAGE
  Its Importance                      3

  Location                            5

  Plan and Arrangement                5

  Fertilizers                         7

  Preparation of the Soil             9

  Time of Planting                   10

  Selection of Seed                  10

  Sowing and Planting                11

  Tools                              15

  Mulching                           15

  Irrigation                         18

  Thinning                           19

  Transplanting                      19

  Setting in the Open Ground         20

  Protection of Plants               21

  Harvesting, Packing and Shipping   22

  Canning Vegetables on the Farm     23

  Storing                            27

  Early Plants in Hotbeds            29

  Handling Plants                    30

  Frames