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In the fall plowing turn under a good heavy application of 

 manure, and then in the spring after preparing a good seed bed 

 use plenty of well-rotted manure in the farrows or hills. We can 

 just as well get two crops off the land as one, if the rotations are 

 properly planned. Failure to succeed with gardening is due more 

 to lack of plenty of good manure than any other one thing. We 

 cannot get something from nothing ; spend more money on manures. 

 After putting on what you think is enough, double the amount. 







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III. Cultivation. — The garden should be kept in a high state 

 of cultivation throughout the season. Cultivation keeps the soil 

 in ideal physical condition for plants to grow in, and it keeps the 

 weeds in check. Begin cultivation as early as possible in the 

 season, and persistently keep ahead of the weeds. The great 

 good, among other things, to come from transplanting crops like 

 cabbage, lettuce, onions, etc., is in being able to cultivate the 

 ground longer and have the weeds well under subjection by the 

 time these crops are set out. By germinating the weed seeds and 



