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vation started. Spare no pains in preparing 

 the ground row by row, as wanted. Rake 

 again and again, removing every stone and 

 weed root; then scatter commercial fertilizer 

 on the smooth surface and work thoroughly 

 into the soil with a rake. 



The garden line is indispensable if uniform 

 accuracy is to be maintained, and without 

 it weeding and cultivating of seedlings is 

 almost impossible. Two cedar stakes a foot 

 and a half long with one end whittled to a 

 point, and a strong cord as long as the garden 

 securely tied to the other end, will answer all 

 purposes. 



Hurry in the early potatoes, if they were 

 delayed last month of course including 

 those started in the cereal boxes. The space 

 intended for carrots requires extremely good 

 cultivation, for the soil must be thoroughly 

 pulverized. Seeds are small, and slow to 

 germinate under natural conditions; so we 

 tie them in a piece of cheese-cloth, steep in 

 water for twelve hours, then hang up in a 



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