156 — How to Make the Garden Pay. 



element which it prefers to others ; in other words, to disturb 

 the proper balance of soil fertility. A judicious system of rota- 

 tion prevents all this. The home gardener should also pay 

 attention to this point, and change the location of each particular 

 crop as far as the limited extent of the area will permit, or still 

 better, use a new piece of ground for the garden, if practicable, 

 every few years. 



The best scheme which I could devise or recommend, is to 

 have a garden of double the size required, using one-half of it 

 for vegetables, and the other half for clover, changing parts 

 every second or third year. The frequent reference to strict 

 rotation as one of the means of preventing fungous diseases 

 (see .Chapter XIX) further emphasizes its importance. 



