MY FARM OF EDGEWOOD 



cattle may bear the exposure of winter, but 

 they will be sufferers under it, and take on 

 a pinched look of age, and expend a great 

 stock of vital energy in the contest. 



FINE TILTH MAKES FINE CROPS 



With a good situation, the secret of success 

 with garden crops, lies in the richness of the 

 soil, and in its deep and fine tilth; the last 

 being far oftener wanting than the former. A 

 farm crop of potatoes or even of corn, will 

 make a brave struggle amid coarse nuggets of 

 earth, if only fertilizers are present; but such 

 fine feeders as belong to the garden can lay 

 no hold upon them; they want delicate diet. 

 Farmers are often amazed by the extraordinary 

 vegetable results upon the sandy soil of a city 

 dooryard, which they would count compara- 

 tively worthless; not considering, that — aside 

 from the shelter of brick walls, which make 

 the sun do double duty — ^the productive capac- 

 ity of such city gardens, lies very much in the 

 extreme and almost perfect comminution of 

 the soil. 



What is true of garden earth, is true also 

 of its fertilizers ; they must be triturated, fine, 

 easily digestible. Masses of unbroken farm- 



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