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in a separate field by tlieinselves and yield a 

 large amount of feed to the aere. (Kir method 

 of growing is to use pumpkin seeds to replant 

 with in the cornfield, putting them in wliere- 

 ever missing hills occur. In this manner we 

 have secured as high as two tons of inimplKins 



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to the acre without in the least injuring the 

 crop of corn, provided the season proved 

 favorable. In fact, the shading of the gromid 

 between the corn rows by the wide leaves of 

 the pumpkin vines serves to help conserve the 

 moisture when it is most needed and the com 

 is often the better for the association of the 



