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

 check. Begin cultivation as early as possible in the season, and per- 

 sistently 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 germi- 

 nating the weed seeds and then quickly destroying them by frequent 



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Varieties of Main Crop Peas. 



cultivation early in the growing season, much labor in weed-killing 

 can be saved later. 



The old-fashioned method of growing vegetables in beds, thus neces- 

 sitating so much hand-weeding and back-aching work, should be elim- 

 inated by planting in long rows, so that most of the work can be 

 done with the horse. Fencing the garden in is not practised as often 

 as formerly. It is a better policy to be prepared to fence in the poultry 

 and farm animals when they are likely to be troublesome, and allow 

 the garden freedom from the grass and weedy condition almost always 

 present in and about a fence that surrounds the garden. Plant in 



