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tilling act and delay your principal planting until 

 the soil has a warm life-like feeling. 



However, while you delay your planting, don't 

 delay the cultivation. Absolutely keep the top 

 1| to 2 inches loose, then after planting keep it 

 timely cultivated. Thin out the plants; don't 

 leave them too thick. 



Put all your rows just far enough apart to admit 

 cultivating with a horse. 



One year of persistent work along these lines 

 and you will get the habit, for there is nothing 

 nicer than these garden crops when tender and 

 sweet, and nothing aids these qualifications so 

 completely as to grow them quickly. Note Cut 

 No. 47. This picture does not do the row of pie 

 plant justice. There are leaves in this bunch 

 fully 16 inches across and stems 2 inches through at 

 the bottom. Some well rotted manure and good 

 tillage did it. Is there anything nicer than tender 

 quick grown pie plant for pies or sauce in mid- 

 summer? This field is only a short distance from 

 northeast Colorado. 



