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Corn I planted three by two feet, about four or five ker- 

 nels in a hill. Some of the onion, beet and carrot seeds 

 did not even come up on account of the wind blowing 

 the dirt off of them. I try to run the weeder over 

 potatoes once a week, and after every shower as soon 

 as they are dry enough, until they get to about eight 

 inches high, then run cultivator as long as I can get 

 through. By doing this I do not have much hoeing 

 and keep in the moisture. All the hilling they get is 

 with the wings on the cultivator. To burn worms' 

 nests out of trees I get a long pole and tie some waste 

 or cotton on the end with wire and put on some 

 kerosene. 



About the first of ]\Iay I leave the covering off of 

 the tomatoes in frames day and night to harden them, 

 if there is no danger of frost. Give the plants a good 

 watering before taking up. I take one plant up at a 

 time with a handful of dirt pressed together and put 

 them in crates. I set the Atlantic Prize three and 

 one-half by three feet, the Champion three and one- 

 half by two feet. Dig a hole with a fork, drop in a 

 small handful of fertilizer one side, put water in hole, 

 set plants, mix fertilizer with dirt, keeping it away from 

 the roots. For about two weeks after tomatoes are 

 set keep watch of the potato bugs and pick them off. 

 Putting cold water on plants to draw out the frost is 

 all right when it does not freeze. Better cover pota- 

 toes with dirt with a plow before a frost. All the blos- 

 soms on the new strawberry bed I keep picked off. 

 Putting wood ashes on onions after weeding will help 

 to keep the insects away. When through with the 

 hotbed sashes I put them under cover. I give them a 

 coat of paint every three or four years. 



Jtine. — I kept the runners out off the strawberry 

 plants until about the first of July. I cultivated the 

 potatoes shallow toward the last. Thinned out the 



