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sprouts and cauliflower after the first beans. 

 Careful trials should be continued. By such a 

 procedure, many more things than one are accom- 

 plished. A uniform cultivation is secured and 

 the soil texture kept in the best condition ; a more 

 even balance of plant-food constituents is main- 

 tained and, by it, the best economy practiced ; and, 

 all the while, more and better vegetables are 

 grown and, perhaps without realizing it, the gar- 

 deners themselves are growing richer in more 

 ways than merely in vegetable possessions. 



