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THE HOME GARDEN. 



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call upon them when you are more experienced, and have your soil in 

 a high degree of fertility. If you haven't enough manure for one-half 

 acre, better cut your area down to one-fourth acre, for you will get 

 better and more satisfactory results. 



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 



WiNNINGSTADT CaBBAGE; EaRLY SPRING CaBBAGE. 



well-rotted manure in the furrows or hills. We can just as well got 

 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. 



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

 cultivation throughout the season. Cultivation keeps the soil in ideal 



