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row or a weeder should be used before the plants are above the 

 ground, and these implements can well be employed until the 

 vines are six inches or so high. Subsequent cultivation is 

 usually carried on with the horse-drawn cultivators used for 



FIG. 89. Green Mountain potatoes. 



corn. Implements fitted with narrow blades give good results, 

 as they make a fine, even surface on the soil. Several culti- 

 vations are necessary throughout the season ; the working of 

 the soil should be kept up until the vines cover the ground. 

 It is well to go over the field at least once with a hoe to kill 

 weeds between the plants in the row. 



