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side into a heap to be hauled away to the dump 

 or burned. If hauled away we want to get them 

 as far away from the houses as possible. In any 

 event they should never be allowed to lie around 

 and rot and decay. 



The soil is best handled in wheelbarrows. It 

 is hauled out and thrown in a heap close by, 

 to be finally disposed of when more time is at 

 hand. When the six inches of soil is taken out 

 all boards are examined and if any are found 

 rotted they are taken out and new ones put in. 

 The beds are next spaded up with a fork and 

 air-slacked lime is thrown over the ground in suffi- 

 cient quantity to thoroughly whiten it. The new 

 soil is then brought in with the wheelbarrows and 

 dumped into the beds. Enough soil is brought in 

 to fill the beds just even with the boards. I n 

 no case is the soil rolled, walked on, 

 or packed in any way. When sufficient 

 soil is in the bed the latter is leveled off with a 

 rake, all clods, stones, large sticks, etc., being 

 thrown out. Finally the beds are made smooth 

 and level by means of a straight-edged board four 

 inches wide and not longer than the width of the 

 bed. 



The bed is now ready to be marked off. 

 This can be done in a number of ways, the main 

 object being to get the plants set as nearly in 

 straight rows as possible, eight by nine inches 

 apart. It often happens that the board marking 



