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manures and tillage. Even in a small area, this rotation 

 can be practised to a considerable extent. The area de- 

 voted to root crops this year may be given to corn or 

 melons next year. It is particularly important to rotate if 

 diseases and insects become serious on any one crop; and 

 in this case, the greatest care should be taken to choose 

 those crops, for the rotation, on which the parasites cannot 

 thrive. For example, the club-root of the cabbage and 

 cauliflower works on ttrnips. Some insects cannot be 

 starved out in a small area, and it is then necessary to 

 cease growing the crop for a year or two. The cabbage 

 maggot is an example. If this pest obtains a good foot- 

 hold in the home garden, cabbages and cauliflowers may 

 be discontinued until the insect disappears; and this is 

 often a cheaper solution of the difficulty than to attempt 

 to destroy the insect with the bisulfide of carbon treat- 

 ment. If one lives on a farm, the cabbage patch may be 

 placed on the farther part of the estate for a year or two. 

 When the maggot has quit the area, the cabbage patch 

 may be made again on the old ground. 



Of the home vegetable-garden, Hunn writes as follows 

 in the " Practical Garden-Book " : 



" Make the soil deep, mellow and rich before the seeds 

 are sown. Time and labor will be saved. Eake the sur- 

 face frequently to keep down weeds and to prevent the 

 soil from baking. Eadish seeds sown with celery or other 

 slow-germinating seeds will come up quickly, breaking the 

 crust and marking the rows. About the borders of the 

 vegetable-garden is a good place for flowers to be grown 

 for the decoration of the house and to give to friends. 



"A home vegetable-garden for a family of six would 



