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addition. A clover sod, plowed in, is especially favorable for this 

 crop. The main point in melon growing is to push the crop forward 

 as quickly as possible, so as to catch the high prices which rule then. 

 A well known melon grower of Hackensack, N. J., where this crop is 



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largely produced, mentioned an instance where one farmer admitted 

 having lost the whole of his late crop of melons by a frost, which 

 would have been avoided by the expenditure of $25 or $30 in guano, 

 used at the planting, as this would have pushed the crop forward 



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several days and have saved it. For this reason, a dressing of guano 

 in the hill should always be used. They, like cucumbers, should be 

 planted in hills, but somewhat wider, from five to six feet apart each 

 way, according to the richness of the soiL Ten or twelve seeds are 



