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PREPARATION OF THE SEED BED. 



l*IaIU^ need air. food, moisture and warmth, just a.>> badly as you do. You must 

 prepare your seed bed with these needs in mind. Spade and stir the soil well in 

 order that air and warmth may enter and that plant food may become free for use. 

 Work the soil thoroughly so that the tiny roots will touch the soil particles and 

 yet have room to grow easily. 



Planting. Mark off your rows with string or the edge of a board. Carefully 

 dig your seed trenches. Keep them straight. See the planting table for distances 

 between rows, etc. 



Do not sow seed too close together. If you do there will be many a back- 

 ache later as you thin out the young plants. 



Having sowed the seed, press the soil over the seeds by walking on a six-inch 

 board placed over the row. This insures plenty of moisture and food for the 

 tiny roots. 



Irrigation. Dig into the soil an inch or two. Press a handful of soil together. 

 Open the hand. If the .soil particles cling together — if the indentations of the 



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