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  possibilities, 
  which 
  should 
  never 
  be 
  left 
  out 
  of 
  

   consideration. 
  

  

  Therefore 
  I 
  will 
  now 
  point 
  out 
  some 
  circum- 
  

   stances, 
  which 
  are 
  ordinarily 
  different 
  on 
  va- 
  

   rious 
  parts 
  of 
  one 
  and 
  the 
  same 
  bed. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  first 
  place 
  comes 
  the 
  inequality 
  of 
  the 
  

   seeds 
  themselves. 
  Some 
  of 
  them 
  will 
  germi- 
  

   nate 
  earlier 
  and 
  others 
  later. 
  Those 
  that 
  dis- 
  

   play 
  their 
  cotyledons 
  on 
  a 
  sunny 
  day 
  will 
  be 
  

   able 
  to 
  begin 
  at 
  once 
  with 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  

   organic 
  food. 
  Others 
  appear 
  in 
  bad 
  weather, 
  

   and 
  will 
  thus 
  be 
  retarded 
  in 
  their 
  development. 
  

   These 
  effects 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  cumulative 
  nature 
  as 
  

   the 
  young 
  plants 
  must 
  profit 
  by 
  every 
  hour 
  of 
  

   sunshine, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  cotyledons. 
  

   Any 
  inequality 
  between 
  two 
  young 
  seedlings 
  is 
  

   apt 
  to 
  be 
  increased 
  by 
  this 
  cumulative 
  effect. 
  

  

  The 
  same 
  holds 
  good 
  for 
  the 
  soil 
  of 
  the 
  bed. 
  

   It 
  is 
  simply 
  impossible 
  to 
  mix 
  the 
  manure 
  so 
  

   equally 
  that 
  all 
  individuals 
  receive 
  the 
  same 
  

   amount 
  of 
  it 
  from 
  the 
  very 
  beginning. 
  I 
  am 
  in 
  

   the 
  habit 
  of 
  using 
  manures 
  in 
  a 
  dry 
  and 
  pulver- 
  

   ized 
  condition, 
  of 
  giving 
  definite 
  quantities 
  to 
  

   each 
  square 
  meter, 
  and 
  of 
  taking 
  the 
  utmost 
  

   care 
  to 
  get 
  equal 
  distribution 
  and 
  mixture 
  with 
  

   the 
  soil, 
  always 
  being 
  present 
  myself 
  during 
  this 
  

   most 
  important 
  operation. 
  Nevertheless 
  it 
  is 
  

   impossible 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  nourishment 
  exactly 
  

   equal 
  for 
  all 
  the 
  plants 
  of 
  even 
  a 
  small 
  bed. 
  

  

  