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you can probably dispense with it until another 

 season. Also see that all vegetable plants that are 

 through bearing are cleaned up and placed on the 

 rubbish heap, because otherwise they breed and 

 harbor insects. All places cleared should be sown 

 down with winter rye, a process very beneficial 

 to the ground, but which very few people seem 

 to appreciate. Sow rye in fall for a good heavy 

 stand, and plow it under in early spring. 



OCTOBER. 



Cover Crops and Insects. October is clearing-up 

 month in the garden. Don't think this is a job 

 that you can skip, and expect to come out lucky 

 in spring. Clean the ground thoroughly, clearing 

 away all refuse. Burn what will burn, and don't 

 leave any lying around to decay and breed insects 

 and pests of all kinds. It is not too late to sow 

 rye in all ground that is cleared; but if you were 

 troubled to any great extent with worms of various 

 kinds last season, I would advise trenching the 

 ground in preference. Trench deep, but wait 

 until you are likely to have a sharp freezing spell 

 shortly after doing so. The trenches should be 

 about two feet deep and the same distance apart. 



Getting the Best of the Early Frosts. Usually about 

 the first or second week in October, we have a 

 killing frost. This lays low all tender vegetables, 

 such as beans, corn, etc. Then a few weeks of good 

 weather is likely to follow. It seems a great mis- 

 take to let this first frost rob us of our gardens. 

 When you are confronted by steady freezing weather 



