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PRIZE GARDENING 



to grow them. When two inches high I begin to cul- 

 tivate them. I use a twelve-tooth cultivator and aim 

 to cultivate twice a week until last cultivating. I then 

 use a larger shovel, throwing some dirt to the roots. 



Next come the onions. I plow in the fall. Manure 

 well before plowing, and after I use well-rotted manure 

 for the dressing. Disk in, harrow, plank and harrow, 



A THRIFTY MARKET GARDEN 



and plank, and you will have your bed as fine and as 

 mellow as an ash bed. We sow our seeds middling 

 shallow and thick. If they should be too thick you 

 can thin them out. We sow them twenty inches 

 between rows; we use a seed drill, and when the 

 onions are up so I can see the rows I go through them 



