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away, and the flourishing weeds with them. II 

 the ground is rich, sloping, with excellent drain- 

 age, he can sow onion seed there immediately, 

 and market the crop in April following. The 

 early potatoes are dug, or can be, and thus there 

 is a place to set out a new strawberry-bed. The 

 sweet corn will be out of the way this month. 

 He will not leave the earless stalks to wither, 

 and dry up where they stand. Here and there 

 one may be left with an exceedingly fine ear for 

 seed. But with the rest, as fast as the ears are 

 used, the stalks will go to the cows, or if he has 

 none, they will be buried in their green succulent 

 state, under the compost heap. Well buried 

 too ; or else, even though half the garden were 

 planted in mignonette, the decaying corn, so 

 sweet and wholesome in life, will now render 

 the region anything but savory. The land thus 

 cleared will no doubt be sown with spinach. 

 Then there is ground where early cabbage and 



