It be who makes two blades of grass to grow inhere formerly only one grew is greater th conatry, then the vegetable grower, or as be is generally called the market gardener, moat be still greater, for be forces the earth more than to quad-roble ber rik.
the British farmer prates not pay and that the produce of the land ran only supply i the country's needs for a lew weeks stil be has believe that hi the market gar some jontances, as for example io Mi lothian, he pays an anooal rental of £10 per sore per snout, whilst ext neighbour on the old principle only £2. Moreover, on an est it can be shown that by the adoption of the market growers methods of cultivation the land could more than produce sufficient food for the country.
To China where intensive cultivation has been practised for ceataries, it might be averred that farther improvement woald be difficalt, Bat further cons ation will whew that method is cooristiog of heavy and cropping and not coltivatinn of the An increased yield ed by two means. by carefal calti oil on scientific lines and by tina and growing of improved forms of plants, Thone who attended the recent Flower Show could not note the difference between Yopetaben trace exhibited and th epreronat there shown was not: entirely dae to the growing of selected tormas, it bad a decided effect thereon.
It is, therefore, beyond dispute, that vegetables can be growa in manner. In a climate och ax we ba here daring the eammer months, to be: able to obtain " pare healthy vegetable food instead of the disease-laden prodaots of the markets, is worth the little care necessary to cultivate them and sach care, if generally adopted, would an-doubtedly materially assist in ring good health.
It ie no doubt trae that the amount spent by winy families on vegetables would scarcely pay gardener's wages Yet on the other hand it might be pointed oat that, were three or fear of those families to ce-operate and take garden between them, there appears 20 reason why they could not grow UN
789 cheap vegetables which would be better than bought vegetables and, above all, clean, There is waste land within the boundaries of the settlement, which 0 doubt coald be secured for " small rent for this purpose.
Moreover, vegetable coltare might reasonably become as fashionable with the ladies la Shanghai (there are at present some expert growers amongst them) as it has within recent years become with their reason why we might not all {are samptously ea the very best and clean seat vegetables, The chi requirements, for the ion of vegetables are high land. is can be secured where it does not atoraily exist by artificial raining; ths addition of barnns to the soil by the ren, expecially sulphate of ammonia, as a ntimulent during the growing period; free drainage, thie is generally the Isnd into tories of beds with narrow pathe between. If those paths are dug out to a depth of eighteen inches snd filled h ashes the rapid removal of surplus ter will be facilitated, The followi list of anitable plate and the dates on which to sow the seeds
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