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case of the clover crop, they attract nitrates from the very 

 atmosphere, and thereby enrich, rather than impoverish, 

 the ground. 



The potato will not take from the soil any of the food 

 necessary for the cabbage tribe, they can therefore follow 

 the potato. Bearing this in mind at the outset, it is well 

 to consult beforehand our convenience in other respects 

 remembering that after early potatoes any of the cabbage 

 tribe may be planted, and this besides ensures a second 

 crop in the same season. Again, all tap-rooted vegetables, 

 such as parsnips and carrots, for which it is wrong to 

 manure at the time of sowing, should be succeeded by 

 unlike kinds which require dung at the time of planting 

 as celery, potatoes, and the cabbage tribe. And with a 

 view to such arrangement some forethought is necessary, 

 and the whole garden should be placed under review some 

 time before the year's operations are to begin. 



One not infrequently observes the vacant ground in 

 a cottager's garden, which has borne the crops of the 

 previous year, still undug in early spring, and in the same 

 weedy, rough state it had been left the year before. It 

 always reminds one of the Wise Man's vivid description of 

 such a garden, in the Book of Proverbs. No wise man 

 now will treat his plot of ground in this way. 



Preparation of the Ground. During the months of 

 November and December, when a large proportion of the 

 garden is lying fallow, it is necessary that the ground 

 should be prepared for its future crops e.g. for the main 



