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and as there are twenty-seven cubic feet in a cubic 

 yard, the number of cubic feet divided by twenty- 

 seven will give the number of cubic yards. For ex- 

 ample, it has been our practice to have our beds 

 numbered (these numbers are held constant from 

 year to year) as follows : 



Bed No. i. 75x6 feet=45o square feet x y 2 foot=225 



cubic feet, or practically 8 cubic yards. 

 Bed No. 2. 125 x 5 feet =625 square feet x i/ 2 foot =312 



cubic feet-J-27=ii.4 yards. 



All the beds being- numbered in this way it is 

 an easy matter to tell just how much soil will 

 be needed. Of course in considering the bulk as 

 a whole the manure must be counted in, that is, 

 if a total of one hundred yards of prepared soil is 

 needed the manure will form one-fourth of this, or 

 twenty-five yards. It will be necessary therefore 

 to purchase seventy -five yards of soil proper and 

 twenty-five yards of manure for the mixture. The 

 cost of manure will of course depend on many cir- 

 cumstances, but in the vicinity of cities it can seldom 

 be bought for less than seventy-five cents a cubic 

 yard, or about two dollars and a half for a two- 

 horse wagon load. 



The foregoing statements in regard to soil, 

 mixing, etc., are based upon the supposition 

 that the grower is near a city, where land is 

 high, and that his work is on an intensive 

 plan, and further, that the plants are grown 

 where they are to stand and not planted in 

 the field and then moved in. No man who is 



