CHAPTER XVIII 



OTHER MANAGEMENT OF THE VEGETABLE- 

 GARDEN 



Tillage is the most important item in the subsequent 

 care of the vegetable-garden. If the land has been well 

 fitted before the crop is put on it, tillage need be employed 

 only for the purpose of maintaining the surface mulch. 

 This tillage may be light, rapid and easy. 



The rationale of the garden system is this: In the 

 cool and ambitious days of spring, put the effort and the 

 muscle into the land ; work it into condition. In the long 

 and hot days of summer, keep it in condition. 



1. DOUBLE-CROPPING ob INTER-CROPPING 



We must now consider the crop-scheme. To do this we 

 must have two definitioris, to clarify the situation. In the 

 first edition of this book, 1901, they were adopted in order 

 to clarify the subject. 



Double-cropping which is the raising of more than one 

 crop on the land in a season, is of two species: (1) suc- 

 cession-cropping, or the growing of one crop after another 

 on the same land; (3) companion-cropping, or the grow- 

 ing of two or more crops together, 



Succession^cropping. 



Succession-cropping is a kind of short rotation. These 

 are the considerations: (1) each crop in the succession 

 should be able to mature in less time than the whole sea- 



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