xii Garden Lore 



Cultivate! A hard crust over the surface of the ground 

 is almost as fatal to the growth of annual plants as would 

 be a coat of paint to the growth of a pig. 



OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC 



// a good crop is to be obtained, it must be well fed and 

 well cared for, and the work must be done at the right time. 



OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC 



Land for roots needs to be worked deep and fine. 



OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC 



Cauliflower for fall and winter use may be set after your 

 earliest peas. OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC 



Cucumbers and melons can be grown in the spent hotbed 

 in summer, and the little plot made to do double duty. 



OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC 



The gardener no sooner gets the mastery of the destruc- 

 tive insects, than there comes another plague called fungi, 

 which, if not hindered or destroyed, will greatly injure the 

 crops of the garden. OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC 



Now that bugs and blights abound, be up and at them; 

 but be sure to identify your enemy before you begin your 

 fight. OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC 



The warfare of the insect tribes upon the vegetable king- 

 dom is a continuous performance at which the gardener 

 cannot afford to be an idle spectator. 



OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC 



He who would have a good garden must visit it daily, 

 that he may discover and destroy the insect enemies before 

 they do any essential injury. OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC 



