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CHAPTER IV. 



HOW TO SUCCEED. 



It is always well to remember that the small or 

 medium crop is seldom or never the paying one. Grow- 

 ing two blades of grass where one has formerly grown 

 must henceforth be the aim of the successful tiller 

 of the soil. The up-to-date man courts neither failure 

 nor even partial success, but success in its highest sense. 

 To attain this goal careful attention to details is the only 

 highway. A word of caution seems necessary here. 

 While the work is exceedingly simple, study carefully 

 the methods and keep well within the lines laid down. 

 They have brought success, and experiments even though 

 seemingly trifling, may prove costly. 



Since introducing this method somewhat to the pub- 

 lic, many reports of success have been returned to me. 

 Failures too, and with the assurance that every detail 

 had been carefully followed. Careful inquiry in every 

 case however revealed some vital point overlooked or 

 neglected (as failure to apply heat or some other equally 

 glaring omission). When these were rectified, success 

 was at once assured. The mainspring of success is 

 conditions just right. Be satisfied with nothing less. 

 One essential point which involves not only the safety 

 but success of the crop is the arrangements for. 



Heating. — Not only ample, but economical heat 

 evenly distributed must be provided, and the expense of 

 heating even in large cellars is comparatively small, if 

 ordinary care is exercised in its application. Place your 

 stoves and pipe, or whatever apparatus is used, low 

 down. There will be no trouble in the heat ascending ; 



