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another row ; early table beets with parsnips in the next row ; onion 

 seed were drilled in 14 inches apart at the rate of four pounds of seed to 

 the acre for large onions. Owing to the early planting and the working 

 of the soil the seed came up quickly. I stirred the soil often between 

 the rows. Radishes and lettuce began to be large enough to use by 

 April 21, and to sell on the market. "We fed lettuce to our young 

 poultry and chickens, which were kept in yards. The latter part of May 

 early turnips went to market and tomato seeds were dropped in their 

 places. Cucumbers and melons also work well. The carrots grow faster 

 sown with lettuce than when sown alone. Table beets were ready with 

 the early turnips to market. The parsnips sown with beets were as large 

 as when sown alone and often better. ]\Iy early peas sown in March, 



Vegetable growing on Mx-. Martin's? 20-acre farm. 



16 inches in the rows, were ready for use by June 5. Then the early 

 potatoes and peas were ready to market. Where the peas grew turnip 

 seed was sown, and later on I planted it to popcorn in the row. 



I plant onion seeds in March, and by the first of June I plant pop- 

 corn with the onions every sixth row. By the first of August those 

 onions are ripe and are ready to pull, and they can be pulled and cured 

 partly shaded. Then by the middle of August the popcorn is ripe, 

 the onions and the corn are removed, and the land sown to late turnips 

 for winter use. "While with rainfall the last two crops are cheap ones, 

 they are extras for the season. After the crops are removed the ground 

 shoidd l)e fall-plowed to allow the frost to pulverize it. At the same 

 time we nuist not forget to feed the soil. Last spring 50 bushels of 



