66 FOOD FOR PLANTS 



or a sandy loam is preferable. There are several 

 methods of cultivation, but the matted row is gen- 

 erally found more profitable than the plan of growing 

 only in hills. While some growers claim that one 

 year's crop is all that should be harvested before 

 ploughing down for potatoes, as a matter of fact the 

 common practice is to keep the bed for at least two 



In the basket, and lying on To the right back of 



12-inch rule, 200 lbs. Nitrate rule, no Nitrate, 



of Soda to the acre. 



harvests. In selecting plants, care should be exer- 

 cised to see that pistillate plants are not kept too 

 much by themselves, or the blossoms will prove bar- 

 ren. Farmyard manure should never be used after 

 the plants are set out, as the weed seeds contained 

 therein will give much trouble, especially as the horse 

 hoe is of little use in the beds. Use 200 pounds of 

 acid phosphate, applied broadcast immediately after 

 harvest. In the spring as soon as growth begins 



