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reasonably wide range of crops and successive plantings 

 of certain kinds. 



(2) The right proportion of space should be allowed 

 for each vegetable, depending on the tastes of the family 

 and allowing for the canning of a supply for home use. As 

 a. result of careless planning an over-supply of one vegeta- 

 ble often results in waste, while some other crop runs short. 



Meinlers of National M;irket Garden Club packing fresh vege- 

 tables for parcel-post shipment. 



(3) The crops should be arranged in the order of their 

 time of planting, so that the planting can begin at one side 

 of the garden in the early spring, and proceed across until 

 all are in. This arrangement saves much labor in culti- 

 vation without interfering with crops already planted. 



(4) If the cultivation is to be done with horse imple- 

 ments, as it should be in all larger gardens, the rows should 



