PRACTICAL ‘“DON’TS” 
if they were human beings with feelings, in- 
stead of mere tireless machines, so it pays to 
make your seeds comfortable. 
Don’t forget that your plants like air, and that 
what they get by their stems and branches is 
not enough. The roots have to breathe. So 
keep the earth about them stirred somewhat, 
that the air may get to them. 
Don’t skimp the supply of moisture. Al- 
though you don’t want to drown out the seeds 
by soaking the ground, yet you must so till it 
that it holds all. the moisture the plant needs. 
You find your craving for water greater in 
summer than in winter, especially if you are 
working hard. Well, the plant is working hard, 
if it is growing. See that it has its drink of 
water always at hand. 
Don’t decide to let the weeds on the roadside 
grow, just because they seem “ nearer the other 
fellow’s plot” than yours. There are no “ other 
fellows’’ in a matter of this kind. It does not 
take long for the weeds he has to get to you. 
If he doesn’t know the importance of cleaning 
even the road, and you do, just set him the ex- 
ample. He’ll soon ask you why you did it. 
After that, he’ll probably do his share. At any 
rate you will have done yours. 
Don’t try to grow more and better crops than 
