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of room; the rows being a foot apart and the seeds 

 sown thinly in the rows. This gives us stocky and 

 hardy plants, which, we think, are less liable to 

 damp off when transplanted. About November 1 

 we transplant the plants into cold frames, six 

 inches apart each way, as we wish to keep them 

 growing a little all winter. The glasses are kept 

 on at night and through heavy rains. In case of a 

 cold snap, we cover the glasses with mats; but that 

 is not often necessary, for we seldom have a tem- 

 perature colder than 16 above zero. Everything 

 depends on good plants and an early start in the 

 spring, for we raise two crops the same season, and 

 an early frost on our unripe seed is sure to ruin the 

 crop. Now, to set the plants out and make them 

 grow from the start, a line is stretched along one 

 of these flat ridges, a boy goes along, and with a 

 three- foot marker marks the spots for the plants; a 

 man follows with a hoe and makes a hole, about the 

 size of a quart dish, to receive each plant. During 

 the winter we have gathered up 200 or 300 tomato 

 and oyster cans, melted off the tops and bottoms, 

 leaving tubes about five inches long by three or 

 four across. Now, armed with a light wheelbarrow 

 with a wooden tray, containing from 50 to 75 of 

 these cans, we go to the cold-frame (having well 

 soaked it with water the night before ) ; take a can, 

 set it right down over the plant; press the can into 



