War Gardens: A Pocket Guide for Home Vegetable Growers
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About This Book
Published during World War I, this guidebook encouraged Americans to grow their own vegetables as a way to support the war effort and conserve resources. The author provides practical tips on gardening techniques, soil management, and pest control. His message of self-reliance and patriotism still resonates today. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and di...
Chapters (50)(click to expand)
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- I THE VALUE OF BACK-YARD AND VACANT-LOT GARDENING
- II HOW TO MAKE A START—COMMUNITY GARDENS
- III TOOLS
- IV THE SITE—THE SOIL AND ITS PREPARATION
- V FERTILIZERS
- VI THE KINDS OF VEGETABLES TO GROW
- VII PLANNING THE GARDEN
- VIII SEEDS, SEED-SOWING, AND TRANSPLANTING
- IX HOEING AND THINNING
- X STAKING AND TYING
- XI INSECT ENEMIES
- STOMACH POISONS FOR BITING INSECTS
- Lead-arsenate Solution
- Paris Green
- Pyrethrum Powder
- Hellebore Powder
- CONTACT INSECTICIDES FOR SUCKING INSECTS
- Soap Solution
- Nicotine Solution
- Resin Fish-oil Soap
- POISON BAIT FOR CUTWORMS
- XII PLANT DISEASES
- XIII THE CULTURE OF VEGETABLES IN DETAIL
- XIV HARVESTING AND STORING
- Root, Tuber, and Bulb Crops
- Leaf Crops
- Seed or Fruit Crops
- APPENDIX
- Table I
- Table II
- Table III
- Table IV
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