xii Garden Lore 
Cultivate! A hard crust over the surface of the ground 
is almost as fatal to the growth of annual plants as would 
be a coat of paint to the growth of a pig. 
OLD FARMER’s ALMANAC 
If a good crop is to be obtained, it must be well fed and 
well cared for, and the work must be done at the right time. 
Otp FARMER’s ALMANAC 
Land for roots needs to be worked deep and fine. 
OLD FAaRMER’s ALMANAC 
Cauliflower for fall and winter use may be set after your 
earliest peas. Op Farmer’s ALMANAC 
Cucumbers and melons can be grown in the spent hotbed 
in summer, and the little plot made to do double duty. 
OLD FaRMER’s ALMANAC 
The gardener no sooner gets the mastery of the destruc- 
tive insects, than there comes another plague called fungi, 
which, if not hindered or destroyed, will greatly injure the 
crops of the garden. Op Farmer’s ALMANAC 
Now that bugs and blights abound, be up and at them; 
but be sure to identify your enemy before you begin your 
Sight. Orp Farmer’s ALMANAC 
The warfare of the insect tribes upon the vegetable king- 
dom is a continuous performance at which the gardener 
cannot afford to be an idle spectator. 
OLp Farmer’s ALMANAC 
He who would have a good garden must visit it daily, 
that he may discover and destroy the insect enemies before 
they do any essential injury. Otp Farmrr’s ALMANAC 
