TILLING THE SOIL 



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Deep Plowing for Root Crops. For root crops the 

 ground must be plowed deep and be very carefully 

 pulverized. There are two reasons for this. In the 

 first place, poorly pulverized soil spoils the shape of 



THE RESULT OF CAREFUL CULTIVATION. 



This tomato plant attained the height of eleven feet, six inches and 

 bore one hundred one perfectly formed tomatoes. 



roots like beets and parsnips. They cannot grow 

 equally in all directions, and become crooked, split, and 

 misshapen because of the hindrance of lumps to their 

 growth. In the second place, if they cannot penetrate 

 the soil easily, when they strike the hard soil below, 



