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cattle sheds. So alternate until you have the desired amount. Fork 

 over and repile as often as smoke is seen issuing from the mass. Do 

 not neglect this, otherwise it will "fire-fang" and thus destroy its 

 value as a fertilizer. 



This composting, if properly done, will kill all the weed seeds it 

 may contain. Apply this to your garden earl}'^ in the season and plow 

 under at a depth of eight inches. Harrow as often as any signs of 

 weeds appear until all are subdued. Manure again at the rate of 

 twenty-five loads to the acre and turn under as before, only put the 

 plow down ten inches instead of eight. This prevents the liability 

 of clogging the plow with the manure first turned under. Harrow as 

 before until all signs of weeds disappear. This gives you a clean, rich 

 piece of ground for a next season's operations. 



Next in order is, what shall we plant? And where can we procure 

 good, reliable seeds? And when and how is it to be done? I will 

 answer the first question, "What shall we plan^," by giving you a 

 list of seeds all, "A No. 1," that will probably fill the bill : For early 

 cabbage, Northrup, Braslan & Goodwin's Deep Head or Peerless; 

 for late. Marble Head, Mammoth or Flat Dutch; lettuce. Early Prize 

 Head; cauliflower, Henderson's Early Snowball; celery, Boston Mar- 

 ket; egg plant, Black Pekin. For early tomatoes, Canada Victor or 

 the Conqueror; late, Turn((r's Hybrid; peas, American Wonder, 

 Dwarf and Wrinkled; parsnip, Hollow Crown; carrot, Danver's; 

 beets, Eclipse for early, Long Blood for late; sweet corn, Cory for 

 early, Stowell's evergreen for late; cucumbers for pickling. Green 

 Prolific; melons, Water, Cuban Queen or Mammoth Ironclad; Musk- 

 melon, Hackensack or Nutmeg; squashes, late, Hubbard, Boston Mar- 

 row or American Turban; early, Summer Crooked; turnip, Sweet 

 German; string beans, Golden Wax; radish, White Strasberg; as- 

 paragus, Conover's Colossal. 



Growing garden seeds is separate and distinct from gardening, as the 

 terra usually implies. Amateurs had better leave the growing of their 

 seeds to professional hands. In former years I was of the opinion 

 that seeds grown in the northwest were inferior to seeds grown south 

 and east of us, but I have- materially changed my mind, and so have 

 seedmea generally. The majority of seed catalogues that find their 

 way into our homes advertise northern grown seeds. But like the old 

 renowned Hamburg cheese, no matter where made or grown, if the 

 name is there the article itself must be all right. For the past two 

 or three years I have purchased my seeds of Northrup, Braslan & 

 Goodwin Co., of Minneapolis, and I find their seeds fully as reliable 

 as any seed firm that I ever dealt with. 



