GARDEN ENTERPRISE
Analysis into Jobs.—The main teaching units in the garden enter-
prise are here listed. The references given are to pages in New Agriculture,
Davis’ Horticulture, and Davis’ Plant Husbandry, and numbers of UU. S.
Farmers’ Bulletins. See other authors as Bailey, Corbett, Lloyd and Watts.
1. Deciding whether or not to grow a garden, p. 275; Horticulture, 61;
Plant Husbandry, 2564; Bulletins, 937, 1044, 1242. Local inquiry.
— (a) Ask a number of families whether or not they have a home
garden and whether or not they sell some products. (b) Find the
reasons of those who do not have gardens. (¢) What encourage-
ment for gardening is given by those who have gardens?
2. Selecting, soil and location, pp. 39, 275; Horticulture, 71-73, 80;
Plant Husbandry, 256. Local inquiry.— (a) Ask garden growers
regarding the best soils and best locations for gardens. (bh) What
changes in heavy or light soils are made by local growers?
3. Choosing crops and varieties, pp. 276-279; Horticulture, 89-93, 381;
Bulletins, 232, 254, 289, 354, 433, 829, 1205, 1269, 1338, 1394,
1396. Local inquiry.—(a) Get a list of the garden crops grown
in local gardens and the varieties of each. (b) Get the owners to
compare these varieties.
4. Deciding how much to plant, pp. 277-279; Horticulture, 64-69, 88,
93, 390; Bulletin, 1190. Local inquiry.— (a) Find the amounts
grown of each garden vegetable for home use. (bh) Ask advice
of local growers regarding the amount to plant for each of the
market vegetables. (c¢) Find how large areas one person can
attend for each of the market vegetables.
5. Planning the garden, pp. 276-279; Horticulture, 63-69, 79; Plant
Husbandry, 254; Bulletins, 218, 937, 1044, 1242. Local inquiry.—
(a) Find what gardeners draw plans before the gardening season.
(b) Draw a plan of a good local garden from the description of
the owner.
6. Obtaining garden seeds. Testing. Treating, pp. 277, 279; Horticul
ture, 10-30; Plant Husbandry, 44-49, 50-54; Bulletins, 428, 434,
799, 948, 1232, 1242, 1332, 1390, 1436. Local inquiry.— (a) Get
the opinions of gardeners regarding the best methods of obtaining
seeds. (b) Ask what relation this job bears to disease resistance,
to quality, to earliness. (c¢) Get their reasons for and against
testing, treating and soaking.
7. Starting and managing hotbeds and coldframes, pp. 279, 282; Horti-
culture, 81-88; Plant Husbandry, 254-259; Bulletin, 460. Local
inquiry.— (a) Find what growers use hotbeds or coldframes.
(b) Describe the best of each found locally. (¢) What crops are
started in hotbeds? In coldframes? (d) Find about what dates
hotbeds and coldframes are planted.
8. Selecting tools and implements, pp. 276, 282, 283; Horticulture, 62,
70, 75, 76, 79; Plant Husbandry, 260; Bulletin, 946. Local
inquiry.— (a) Make a list of hand tools and implements used by
local growers and find the special uses of each. (b) What grow-
ers use hand wheel implements for planting? For tillage?
9. Preparing garden soils, pp. 39, 282, 283; Plant Husbandry, 257;
Bulletins, 921, 937, 999, 1142, 1250. Local inquiry.— (a) Find
what gardeners make a compost heap for rotting manure for
gardens. (b) Find their plans. (e¢) What growers use the bare-
fallow plan in preparing garden soil? (d) What commercial
fertilizers are used bv local growers.
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