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CHAPTER V: HOW TO START A GARDEN . 55 



CHAPTER VI: BRAINS, BRAINS, AND MORE 



BRAINS 63 



Technic of Gardening 64 



Be a Gambler 66 



Humus, Leaf Mold, and Fertilizers ... 67 



Green Manuring 70 



Getting Strength from Greens 72 



CHAPTER VII: WHEN VEGETABLES GET 



PNEUMONIA 74 



Jack Frost Is Innocent 75 



Protecting Fog 76 



The Devilish Witch Grass 77 



CHAPTER VIII: MALE versus FEMALE 



ASPARAGUS PLANTS . 80 



Wasting Energy on Berries 82 



Makes Us Horribly Selfish 85 



CHAPTER IX: ON THE WARPATH IN THE 



GARDEN 90 



Rose Bugs and Grape Blossoms .... 91 



Hosts of Garden Huns 93 



Grasshoppers, Woodchucks, Crows, and 



Cats 94 



CHAPTER X: LADYBIRDS, TOADS, AND 



CHICKENS 98 



Toads, Yes — Snakes, No 99 



Chickens and the Garden 101 



A Prohibition Rooster 104 



