SUCCESS IN MARKET GARDENING 



If one can have his choice as regards the lay 

 of his land, gently rolling or undulating slopes 

 with a general eastern or southern exposure 

 should by all means be selected. This will make 

 more difference than some might imagine; as a 

 northern or western slope is not nearly so soon 

 affected by the genial spring influences as a more 

 sunny location. 



The difference between a northern and a south- 

 ern slope often amounts to one crop a year; for 

 on the sunny side of a rise of land the soil can be 

 worked in the spring so much earlier that, by 

 right calculation, two crops a year can be grown, 

 the first of which can be planted earlier and the 

 second can actually be harvested sooner than 

 the one crop raised on a northern slope. 



Sloping land has still another advantage, almost 

 equally desirable with that derived from having 

 the right exposure, consisting in the facility it 

 affords for irrigation. If a water supply can be 

 brought to and stored in a tank, constructed on 

 a natural elevation within the area to be irri- 

 gated, the slopes of course furnish the most con- 

 venient means possible for its distribution to the 

 crops. And if the location is fortunately near a 



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