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cent of your seed will grow. Seeds should 

 be tested. Why run the risk of not having a 

 good stand? I always make a practice of 

 knowing just what percent of my seed I have 

 reason to expect will produce a sound, 

 strong, healthy plant. We sow in rows 8, 

 10 and 12 inches apart, which is plenty 

 close enough. Some say we can grow it as 

 close as 8 inches. Some even say sow 

 broadcast but it does better when cultivated. 



"There are several kinds of spinach. Some 

 will go to seed much more quickly than oth- 

 ers. This year we are going to try to grow 

 two crops on the same lands. We are 

 going to sow one crop extremely early and 

 have it come into the market before peas, 

 then follow with one crop which would come 

 late in the fall. For this there is always a 

 wide market. A good many times I have 

 seen good spinach grown after onions. 



"Last year I produced spinach on a piece 

 of land on which I had harvested earlycelery 

 about the middle of July. I sold from that 

 bed $180 worth of spinach after having re- 

 ceived a very fine crop of celery. It made a 

 very nice second crop. 



"The size of the plot was an acre and an 

 eighth. That is the size of all my beds. As 



