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growth, SO they must not be dug too early, 

 any more than too late. 



Although this method will give far larger 

 results than any other yet reported, it may not 

 be .practicable, nor may it give such phenomenal 

 crops always; still, it is not the only case of 

 enormous crops. As far back as 1828 crops 

 from 900 to 1340 bushels per acre had been grown 

 in England, and in 1884 the Editor of the Rural 

 New Yorker reported a yield of 13911 bushels 

 from an acre on the paper's experimental farm. 

 In the light of such figures, the average of 100 

 bushels looks too mean to be considered. Why 

 not grow more? 



Potatoes cease to grow when they become 

 dry, so the grower must see that the land is 

 irrigated, and liquid manure is the best material, 

 although plain water will do, if the soil is richly 

 fertilized. Many growers now plant on flat 

 land and hill up only to counteract too much 

 moisture. 



Then there are profits in small fruits if in- 

 tensively cultivated. Strawberries will always 

 find a market if they are large, ripe, sweet and 

 clean. Anybody can grow small, sour ones, 

 and they will sell, but there is no profit in the 

 price. The market is never so glutted that 



fine, large fruit will not bring a fancy price, 

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