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in its last analysis, men and women in America 

 dc not need cannibals, for care and worry do 

 the work much more effectually. 



Another and still more formidable difficulty, 

 in radish cultivation, is a little white worm that 

 attacks the growing root. The only remedy 

 seems to be to employ new or different soil every 

 year, making it so rich as to secure such a rapid 

 growth that the worm has no time for its dep- 

 redations. But I lose a great many in this way 

 every season. Besides, there is a great differ- 

 ence in radish seed, especially that of the " Long 

 Scarlet Short Top," which often proves all top. 

 I have found great differences in seed of the 

 same name, some tending to produce large 

 roots promptly, and some tending never to pro- 

 duce them. I do not think that seedsmen can 

 always know of these differences themselves. I 

 buy my seed in small packages of several deal- 

 ers, and when I have a package producing the 



