Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1891 — THE GARDEN. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE GARDEN.

Outlook for Gardeners. When one has discovered which kinds of crops ho can best produce, It is Important to hold steadily to raising them, and not on account of fluctuations In the market to shift from one thing to another from year to year. This is the regular movement, ebb and flow, of the great mass of cultivators, and the result is that some crops are always overproduced or underproduced. The onion Is a notable example of this sort. Among fruits the strawberry is constantly subject to this shifting movement. Only the steady cultivator gets any benefit by a short crop, while the mass of growers are nearly always.met with a full and lowpriced market. Unusual success in any particular crop, by reason of superior local advantages, will often induce many others to undertake similar production, and often with the effect of finding sale with little or no profit at most, or perhaps worse, with an actual loss. Celery growing the past year has been widely extended, and in many cases far beyond the needs Of local consumption, leaving heavy stocks to be thrown into the great markets, where but little is realized from them. A notable instance among fruits in the Northern States at the present time is grape growing. Certain localities favorable to the production of grapes of fine quality, having established a profitable industry after many years of trial and difficulty, now find that their success has encouraged many persons to plant vineyards on grounds with no particular adaptation to them, and with the result of producing a large mass of fruit of inferior grade. The result Is not that the good fruit brings the best price, but the piTce of the fruit of poor quality determines that of the whole, without distinction. Such is the fact.— Vick's Mufjazine. A Clever Garden Help. Do not plant a seed unless you wish it to grow, and then remember that plants and pigs are alike in habits, feeding and growth and require the same care. To refuse both food would be to put the pig soonest out of his .misery. The plant might survive a few days. Use the best cultivator. One implement of great

utility to gardeners is a cheap b&nd roller, which is run on the row after it is planted and which may follow the plow as pulverizer. A simple contrivance is a heavy block off an elm or oak log sixteen inches in diameter and twelve to fourteen inches long. It may have a light

frame work by which to propel it like a a wheelbarrow. For transplanting bore holes the desired distances apart, and Insert pins of proper length to punch holes to receive the plants. Push the roller in a straight line, follow with the plants, water them and fill the place with fresh earth at once, leaving it without pressing. Tho operation is quick and if well done not one in 1,000 plants will die.— Charles Dcland, in Farm (tad FircsUlc .