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and lay your plans in such a way that yon can have two crops 

 in one year. This is the plan pursued by market gardeners. 

 A plan is one of the most important things. No person own- 

 ing a farm should begin in the spring without a plan of liis 

 farm, and know definitely what he is going to raise on certain 

 fields, and on that plan the early crops should be marked in one 

 color of ink and the second crops in another color. Then, after 

 having a plan, you should follow out your plan. 



The next thing is the hotbed. This can be made in any- 

 body 's back yard. It need not be very expensive; maybe 

 made of old window sash. The gardeners have their sashes 

 three feet by six. It is an easy matter to get some stable ma- 

 nure and put it in the bottom. The amount depends wholly 

 on the time of year. You can start plants in that way and 

 raise lettuce, radishes, etc., and have them on your table at 

 any time during the spring of the year. 



Following this comes cultivation. In cultivating gardens or 

 farms, thorough cultivation is the only thing that should be 

 adopted. Don't plan to do more than you can do and do thor- 

 oughly. Xo land should be planted, either small or laige, until 

 it has been thoroughly tilled, and then after cultivation comes 

 much easier ; fertilize highly, plant properly, and with care 

 afterwards you are sure of a crop. You must not try to plant 

 more than you can properly cultivate and fertilize. While we 

 feel there is nothing better than stable manure, still there are 

 other kinds. Ten, twenty and twenty-five cords to the acre 

 are used by market gardeners. You will find out in the end 

 that the only true way of farming is intensive farming. 



It is, however, of no use to do all this unless you have good 

 seed. I think you can get good seed of reliable seed dealers. 

 Buy the best that you can find. Price is no object. A dollar 

 or so in the matter of seeds sometimes makes a difference of 

 f 100 in the crops. The better the seed the better the start of 

 the plants. The time for planting seeds is when it is warm 

 enough for the seeds to germinate and grow. In the general 

 planting of seeds on farms, the best rule is when the ground is 

 dry enough to work well, plant your seeds. If a cold rain 



