Succession Crops Feasible 



A branch of farming that affords more than ordinary 

 pleasure and profit is that of studying out schemes for 

 succession crops. It is quite feasible to raise two or 

 more crops in one season on ordinary soil. It will be 

 found that this kind of intensive farming is good for the 

 soil. There has to be free use of barnyard fertilizer, 

 and the plowing, disking, harrowing, rolling, and per- 

 haps hoeing, must be in proportion to the amount of pro- 

 duction required of the land. Such treatment will build 

 up instead of wearing out a plot of ground. These ex- 

 amples may be varied as circumstances suggest. 



Lettuce, radishes, onions, peas, carrots and string beans 

 may be grown and supplied to customers between the 

 ist of May and the middle of June. The ground can 

 then be prepared in a few days for the succeeding crops, 

 and it will be found that between the ist of July and 

 the ist of October a full crop of these products can be 

 grown: Celery, sweet corn, late potatoes, beets, cucum- 

 bers, cabbage, lettuce, spinach, onions and turnips. 



At first glance it would seem that there are not many 

 vegetables on the list that could be sown successfully as 

 late as midsummer, but those tested form quite an array. 

 Bush beans, carrots, lettuce, beets, corn, parsley, peas, 

 radishes, spinach and turnips all give satisfactory results 

 when sown as late as August. They should be put in as 

 near the ist of July as possible to make all growth possi- 

 ble before frost. The hardy ones cause no anxiety, as 

 they endure light frosts. The tender sort, such as beans, 



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