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nearly full of manure, tramp down firm; then 

 spade another furrow, throwing the dirt over the 

 manure thus tramped into this first furrow. Fill 

 the second furrow with manure as before, and 

 again throw the dirt upon this from the next line 

 of spading, thus alternately filling furrow and 

 spading, proceed until the entire bed is spaded. 

 If this bed is made in autumn, use more straw, 

 leaves or litter mixed with the manure. Then 

 cover the entire surface with street scrapings or 

 compost, as before described, and rake smooth. 



After the first year with the Sandwich Beds 

 there will be an abundance of compost, as all the 

 body of the bed will be turned into compost of the 

 finest quality. 



There should be a generous supply of this com- 

 post on hand at all times, as it will be found very 

 valuable for enriching flower beds, etc. It is also 

 just what is needed for potting plants, and filling 

 flats for starting early plants. 



It usually happens that street scrapings can 

 be had at a small cost if a convenient place for 

 unloading is arranged, as it often saves a long 

 haul to a public dump. And a modest tip to the 

 driver will help. The real value of this material 

 is not generally understood or appreciated. 



TOOLS AND APPLIANCES 



A steel garden rake, spading fork, small gar- 

 den trowel, a long handled shovel, a manure fork, 

 and a small hand sprayer are about all the tools 

 that need be purchased. 



The author uses a small hand sprayer which is 

 cheap and very satisfactory. It has a quart 



