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and harrow or cultivate to pulverize and level the surface. Thorough 

 cultivation is necessary in raising vegetables successfully; the weeds 

 should be kept down at all events. I have seen a crop of potatoes reduced 

 one-half by suffering the weeds to get the mastery during hay time, and 

 then it cost double to dig them. Who is there who admires a weedy gar- 

 den, and who is there that does not admire a well kept, orderly garden, 

 where the fruits and vegetables thrive in their luxuriance, and where 

 profit blends with beauty and utility? And now, as we stand upon the 

 verge of another spring, let us prepare in earnest for the work before us; 

 for soon the warm sun and genial showers of May will awaken Mother 

 Earth from her lethargy and we must be prepared to drive our work and not 

 let the work drive us, for where so many things demand our attention at 

 once we are liable to neglect some of them. 



In conclusion I would say, let us look to the Giver of every good and 

 perfect gift for a blessing upon our endeavors and for a fruitful season. 



