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the many excellent yields resulting from this sort 

 of treatment, the following case is one of the most 

 striking: 



ONE FIFTH OF A TON OF TOMATOES FROM 3OO 

 SQUARE FEET OF GROUND 



The seed was planted indoors in boxes on March 

 15; when two inches high the seedlings were 

 transplanted to 2-inch pots, the more vigorous 

 being later shifted to 4-inch or 5-inch pots. On 

 May 20 the first plants were set out, and for several 

 nights were kept covered. For supports there 

 were used four rows of wire netting, 20 feet long, 

 3-J/^ feet apart, fastened to 7-foot cedar posts set 

 2-J^ feet. The netting, 3 feet wide, was fastened 

 level with the tops of the posts and supported be- 

 tween them by three smaller intermediate posts. 

 Twenty-five plants were set along each row of 

 netting; twelve on one side, thirteen on the other, 

 eighteen inches apart, about four inches back from 

 the wire, the plants alternating with those across 

 the row. Chalk's Early Jewel and Ponderosa were 

 used. 



GETTING ALONG WITHOUT MANURE 



No manure was available, but cultivation was 

 thorough, and Canadian wood ashes were liberally 

 applied. The plants were set deep, with the two lower 

 branches removed, a pint of wood ashes being mixed 

 with the soil, and the whole pressed down firmly. 



