10 FARM-GARDENING AND SEED-GROWING. 



an indefinite number of years on the same land, but as a 

 rule, alternating or changing crops occasionally is advis- 

 able. It will be well to plant the new ground, for one or 

 two years, with such crops as can be worked by plow and 

 cultivator, the better to subdue it and prepare it for those 

 which require hand cultivation. 



Never sow nor plant more ground than can be posi- 

 tively sure to receive proper and timely attention, and 

 bear in mind that to the gardener there is no season of 

 rest ; wet or dry, hot or cold, there will always be some- 

 thing to do, which must be done in its proper time to in- 

 sure success. 



SEED-GROWING. 



This business is an extended branch of vegetable- 

 growing, for the operations of growing the crop from 

 which to produce the seed are the same as when raising 

 it for market, except, perhaps, in many instances it is 

 not essential to grow the stock so early, and in some cases, 

 as with egg-plant, unusual attention is requisite in for- 

 warding the plants, to get a season long enough in which 

 to matrfre the seeds. The business of seed-growing, like 

 farm gardening, can only be acquired by practice, and 

 should not be entered upon very largely at the start. In 

 addition to lack of experience, another serious drawback 

 to the beginner in seed-growing, is the difficulty in pro- 

 curing a market for the seeds when grown. 



The seedsmen of the present day vie with each other in 

 procuring and selling the most reliable seeds, for they 

 understand full well the importance to the gardener of 

 having only such as are fresh and pure, for should he sow 

 any other his labor will have been in vain. I must here 

 call the attention of those who contemplate farm-garden- 

 ing or seed-growing, to the vast importance of obtaining 

 and sowing only fresh and pure seeds ; for should they fail 



