eleven] come and see MY CABBAGES 



fork was invented for digging, and the plow was 

 made of steel — after which it occurred to the gar- 

 dener that he could avoid most of his back-break- 

 ing work, and get better tilth, as well as more beets 

 and turnips, by using a horse. This change of 

 tools threw the garden open, instead of keeping it 

 surrounded with hedges, and quite changed its 

 character. It is now adjacent to the corn and po- 

 tato fields, instead of being an adjunct of the 

 kitchen and flower garden. The horse does the 

 work of ten men, and does it better. The farmer 

 does not grow stoop-shouldered, and Markham's 

 "Man with the Hoe" becomes a slander. 



In a small place of five or ten acres it will not pay 

 you to undertake to grow all sorts of vegetables, 

 unless you devote yourself to truck farming. There 

 are very few gardens in New England and the Mid- 

 dle States, outside of the Connecticut valley and 

 similar locations, where onions can be grown as 

 cheaply as they can be bought. If you are crowded 

 for room, or short of help, do not even under- 

 take your own cabbages, while cauliflower needs 

 special care and extra good culture. I have lately 

 found it cheaper to buy my celery of experts. This 

 hint is quite important, for there is a knack in 



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