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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



The management of the more remote gardens, where less 

 labor and manure are used, differs considerably from that of 

 the suburban garden. The early crops are here mostly pease, 

 beans, potatoes, sweet corn ; the late ones, often upon the 

 same land, are squashes, pickling cucumbers and peppers, 



tomatoes, fall cabbage, and turnips. The hot-bed is some- 

 what used, but less than nearer the city. The small fruits, 

 asparagus, and dandelions, are raised in considerable quanti- 

 ties, and milk-raising is generally an important branch of the 

 industry of these more remote farms. The early pease and 



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potatoes are often followed by squashes or white turnips, on 

 the same land. Fall cabbages are also often planted after 

 pease or early greens; and peppers are generally made to 

 follow early lettuce. 



Where early potatoes or pease are to be raised with squash- 



