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PRODUCTIVE FARMING 



Care must be exercised in setting the plants in the garden. 

 Avoid the hot sun, and if possible do the work in the evening. 

 Save all the root of the young plant, but a little pruning of 

 the leaf surface may be made. 



Make the hole in the mellow garden soil deep enough 

 to avoid doubling the root. ,A dibber is used in the planting. 



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■Plan of ten-acre farm-school. The rotation of crops is to be changed to 

 suit each locaUty. (Agricultural Education.) 



Set the plant a little deeper than it grew before. Water, 

 if necessary, before filling in all the dirt. Fill in around the 

 roots and plant with the very finest soil. Press this down 

 well, but leave a little quite loose on top. 



Hot=bed or Cold=frame. — For the starting of early vege- 

 tables a hot-bed is of great aid. Plants may be grown in it 

 to be set in the garden later. Early crops of lettuce and 



