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will do. It is well to plow in the fall, so that the land will 

 settle down and be less likely to dry out. Fall plowing is 

 also helpful in destroying dangerous insects and worms. 

 Early spring plowing will do; but, in either case, much disk- 

 ing and harrowing should be given the land in the sprmg, 



so as to make the soil very fine 

 and mellow before the garden 

 seeds are planted This early 

 harrowing helps to warm up the 

 soil and kills many weeds; also 

 retards the evaporation of moist- 

 ure. It is a good plan to use 

 a planker or pulverizer to break 

 up all lumps, as securing a fine 

 surface soil makes planting and 

 cultivating much easier. 



Arrangement. — The rows 

 should extend the long way of 

 the garden. Vegetables which 

 are planted in rows close together 

 (12 to 20 inches) as onions, rad- 

 ishes, carrots, beets, lettuce, tur- 

 nips, etc., should be on one side 

 of the garden. Cabbage, beans, 

 peas, sweet corn, potatoes, etc., 

 with rows 2}^ to 33^ feet apart, 

 should be together. Such running 

 vines as squashes, melons, and 

 cucumbers, which require rows 

 five to seven feet apart, should 

 be together in another part of the 

 garden. This arrangement allows 

 the best use of the horse cult- 

 ivator. If a row of onions and 

 a row of potatoes were planted side by side, a good 

 cultivation of the potatoes would be Ukely to cover the 

 onions. This plan also permits the best use of the small 

 hand drill in planting and of the small hand cultivator in 

 cultivating. Everything possible should be done, in the 

 arrangement, planning and preparation of the garden, to 



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Figure 60. — Garden arranged for 

 convenient cultivation. 1. Rows 

 14 in. to 18 in. apart for onions 

 lettuce, beets, radishes, turnips, 

 carrots. 2. Rows about six feet 

 apart for cucumbers, melons, etc. 

 3. Rows three feet apart for sweet 

 corn, potatoes. 4. Rows 4 feet 

 apart for strawberries, tomatoes, 

 «tc. 5. Asparagus 3 or 4 feet 

 from other plants. 6. Rows about 

 6. feet apart for berry bushes. 



