ROTATION OF CROPS. 



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ing, is an abundant supply of manure. A small extent 

 of ground well manured and plowed deeply, by these 

 sub-successions, will produce an enormous amount of 

 vegetables, while the same surface only needs to be hoed, 

 manured, and kept free from weeds, as if it produced but 

 one crop. To be sure, more manure and more labor are 

 needed, but nothing like the amount which would be re- 

 quired to produce the same crops without these sub-suc- 

 cessions. Many other sub-successions will occur to a 

 thoughtful gardener, but to derive the full benefit of them 

 the grounds should be well prepared when the garden is 

 formed. 



Profits of Gardening. — The results of the above 

 mode of procedure, in the case of the garden of the 

 Retreat for the Insane at Utica, Xew York, were pub- 

 lished by Dr. Brigham. The land was good and yearly 

 manured. The product was as follows on one and one- 

 fourth acres of land: 1,100 heads lettuce, large; 1,400 

 heads cabbage, large; 700 bunches radishes; 250 bunches 

 asparagus; 300 bunches rhubarb; 14 bushels pods mar- 

 rowfat peas; 40 bushels beans; sweet corn (three plant- 

 ings), 419 dozen; summer squash, 715 dozen; squash pep- 

 pers, 45 dozen; cucumbers, 756 dozen; cucumber pickles, 

 7 barrels; beets, 147 bushels; carrots, 29 bushels; pars- 

 nips, 26 bushels; onions, 120 bushels; turnips, SO bushels; 

 early potatoes, 35 bushels; tomatoes, 40 bushels; winter 

 squash, 7 wagon loads; celery, 500 heads — all worth $621 

 in the Utica market, but in use supplying 130 persons 

 with all they could consume. Only one man was required 

 to do all the necessary labor. 



The supply of northern markets with early fruits and 

 vegetables is becoming yearly more and more profitable 

 to all points which have direct steam communication with 

 their great cities. Charleston, Savannah, and Norfolk 

 now ship very largely asparagus, peas, snap beans, 



