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be tiu ornament to the place and lessen the etlect of hot winds 

 from the south. There should also be permanent windbreaks 

 provided for the west and north. Jt is likely that the orchard 

 can be used for this purpose, though evergreens afford most 

 perfect protection. It will be necessary to rotate the annual 

 crops suggested in this plan, as it will not do to plant pota- 

 toes after potatoes. It is also much better to change cabbage, 

 tomatoes, and most of the root crops as it lessens the danger 

 from diseases. The strawberries can also be changed by al- 

 lowing new plants to fill the space between the rows, and 

 plowing out the old rows every third year. j\Iost of the vege- 

 tables suggested are for use during the summer. For this 

 reason Ave put a few rows of potatoes in the garden to be used 

 as new potatoes. It saves time, especially where the main 

 crop is grown on another part of the farm. 



The carrots must be dug and stored in the cellar or cave 

 after the first frost in the fall. Twenty-five to thirty feet of 

 the row of parsnips may be left in the ground to be used the 

 next spring. If dug early as soon as the frost is out of the 

 ground, they will be tender and crisp, and answer as a new 

 early vegetable. When the peas are off, which is usually 

 about the middle of June, this space may be seeded to turnips 

 or rutabagas, or possibly a row of late cabbage may be set in 

 the space between the rows and in the rows of the small fruits 

 when young. This space may also be used for planting most 

 of the annual vegetables. 



A few suggestions as to planting the rhubarb and aspara- 

 gus. Try the following plan : Dig a trench one foot deep and 

 from a foot to eighteen inches wide, filling the bottom of the 

 trench six inches deep with well-rotted barnyard manure; 

 then fill in with two inches of dirt, and set the roots, leaving 

 the ground ho]loA\-, to be top dressed with more well-rotted 

 manure. 



The top of tlie asparagus crowns should be i)lanled two and 

 one-half to three inches below the surface, rhubarb level with 

 the surface. Horseradish planted in this manner will also 



