290 A YEAR IN AGRICULTURE 



of one vegetable is used to plant a whole row, two or three 

 kinds may be grown in a single row. The planting should 

 be started on one side of the garden and should proceed across 

 it with the season. It is hard to work up the soil if patches 

 are left between beds of growing vegetables. The coarser 

 crops that are cultivated with horse tools should be grouped 

 together as nearly as possible. The finer crops that are 

 tended with wheel hoes should also be placed together. The 

 tall growing and the low growing crops should be grouped 

 with their kind, so far as conditions will permit. The vine 

 crops should be planted together. Crops that are planted 

 at the same time and which require about the same length of 

 season to mature should be placed together. This will allow 

 for the best use of the land for a second crop. The matter 

 of succession should not be overlooked. Usually the suc- 

 cession crops can be planted where other vegetables have been 

 grown earlier in the season. The properly planned garden 

 will not only be easy to tend, but will facilitate the produc- 

 tion of crops throughout the growing season. 



Selecting varieties and getting g-ood seed. The selection 

 of the proper varieties is one of the most important features 

 in vegetable gardening, because, no matter how well other 

 factors may be attended to, they may come to naught if the 

 wrong varieties are selected. It is always best to place the 

 main dependence upon the standard and proved varieties. 

 " Novelties" should be used for trial only until they have 

 proved themselves, no matter how enticing they may appear 

 in the seed catalogs. One should pay particular attention 



