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HOW TO MAKE THE FARM PAY. 



ties ; two varieties grown in close proximity will mix in spite 

 oi' all you can do. The melon and squash are particularly liable 

 to this. We should never have any crops of i/iese, or in fact of 

 hardly any other vegetables or fruits^ were it not for ike. busy bees, 

 who carry the pollen from one plant to the other ; but they are 

 just as liable to mix two varieties as two plants. Great care 

 should therefore be taken to separate differing varieties of the 

 same species, else a crop of Hubbard squashes may turn out to 

 be half pumpkins. There are a few regular and reliable seed 

 growers, from whom it is safe to order what you want, but not 

 from the stock of the seedsmen. 



Seeds should be thoroughly dried and kept in a dry, cool place. 

 Tims kept, beans, peas, peppers, carrots, thyme, sage, and rhu- 

 barb are good the second year ; asparagus, lettuce, spinach, and 

 radish for three years ; cauliflower, cabbage, celery, and turnip, 

 four years ; and beets, cucumbers, melons, squashes, and toma- 

 toes, _^ue to ei^'Ai years. The following tables, taken from Mr. 

 Henderson's work, will be exceedingly useful to the beginner in 

 vegetable gardening. Amount of seed per acre : 



About. 



Beans 1^ bushels. 



Beets 8 pounds. 



Carrots 5 



Cucumbers 1 



Musk melons 1 



Watermelons 1^ 



Onions. 6 



Parsnips 8 



About. 



Radish, in drill 5 pounds. 



" broadcast 10 " 



Turnips, in drill 2 " 



" broadcast 4 " 



Squashes 1 " 



Spinach 10 " 



Peas 1^ bush. 



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Number of plants from one ounce of different seeds : 



About. 



Asparagus .500 plants. 



f Cabbage 2,000 " 



I "aaliflower 2,000 " 



Celery 4,000 plants. 



Lettuce 3,000 " 



Peppers 1,00U " 



