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kernels in a hill. If some should fail to sprout, 

 there will be plenty left. If all seeds grow, it is easy 

 to thin them. Be sure that there are not lumps or 

 stones over the corn. The plant cannot fight its 

 way out like beans and pumpkins. After the corn 



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Fig. 99. A well-cultivated cabbage lot, 



is up, a handful of wood ashes on each hill will 

 * * make it jump. ' * Break the crust after rains, keep 

 the weeds and suckers down, and cultivate between 

 the rows. For a continuous crop, plant every ten 

 or twelve days until the latter part of July. 



Cabbage. Cabbages need a moist, deep, well- 

 drained soil. They thrive better in a spot where 



