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the season, but is burned up when the summer 

 heats begin; while the deep-tilled land, on the 

 contrary, holds the moisture like a damp sponge 

 down below the reach of the sun; and its presence 

 there is plainly visible in the crop. 



LAYING OUT LAND FOR CROPS 



A careful and definite plan, to be adhered to 

 with as much strictness as the nature of the case 

 will admit, is essentially necessary at the very 

 outset of operations. If one is well acquainted 

 with the land one is cultivating, and knows what 

 crops have been grown on each portion of it 

 the previous season, of course one can make one's 

 plans accordingly. But if it be the first season 

 of one's occupation the arrangements must of 

 necessity be guided by such information as one 

 has. In that case, they will be partly experimental, 

 and changes will be from time to time inevitably 

 incurred; but this disadvantage should be avoided 

 as far as careful attention to the subject will enable 

 one. 



It is a good idea, when practicable, to have a 

 plan of the garden on paper, and to have this 



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