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Excerpt from The Prairie Farmer's Vegetable Garden Speaking broadly, the farm should supply the farm table. Shall this supply be limited to the essentials for a bare existence or shall it reach the standard Of what we call good living? The answer depends upon the part played therein by the farm garden. What returns may we expect from such a garden? The greatest is one hard to measure in dollars and cents, namely, the furnishing Of an attractive and healthful variety in the daily fare. Next, we save the money otherwise spent for a limited, irregular and inferior purchased supply Of garden products. Our present knowledge of home canning, curing and storing makes the products Of our farm garden available at all seasons. Thirdly, many prairie farms are so situated as to command a ready and profitable sale for surplus garden crops. The soil and climate Of Western Canada are particularly well suited to many kinds Of vegetables, which reach an unsurpassed excellence. The labour involved in keeping a good farm garden is not great, is not heavy, does not demand special equipment and can mostly be done in spare time. The garden on the farm is, therefore, possible, profitable and interesting. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.