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termine whether it is sandy or clayey, dry or 
moist, light or heavy, well drained or wet; 
whether it is warm and live, or cold and dead. 
You will then learn what sort of cultivation is 
best for your particular plot of ground. 
Because in your neighbor’s garden a certain 
treatment has been successful, is not saying 
that it will give the same results in yours, un- 
less all the conditions are the same. For 
instance, his light, sandy loam needs little 
cultivation, and your soil may be hard and 
clayey. In that case you would have to make 
up the difference by careful work. 
There are “gardeners’”’ who think it is suffi- 
cient barely to break up the ground, add a little 
manure or other fertilizer, and scatter seeds. 
That they get any sort of results only shows 
how willing Nature is to give a return on the 
slightest labor. But Nature is wise as well as 
willing, and therefore gives lavishly to him 
only, who, by intelligent labor, deserves the 
best returns. 
Therefore, learn the needs of your soil and 
supply them, and you will have no cause to 
complain of the niggardliness of Mother Nature 
to those of her children who feed at her bosom. 
Plants often die for lack of moisture in the 
soil, and this condition cannot be satisfactorily 
