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One cannot insist too strongly on the necessity of 

 fertilizing-. When the labor investment is so heavy, 

 it is the worst of folly to economize on manures. Poor 

 land will hardly pay for seed. Average good land will 

 not more than repay labor and expenses, while rich 

 land, with good cultivation, will return a satisfactory 

 profit. I believe in the transplanting method, provided 



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the seed can be sown in hotbeds early enough, say from 

 February 15 to March i, in this latitude of forty 

 degrees, so the plants can be set out in the ground 

 about the middle of April. 



In this way, six weeks of good growing weather 

 is gained. By using large varieties, the returns will 



