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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 13914 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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