311 GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO 
MAYLANDS SMALLHOLDERS 
month leave air on at night, and the last week the lights 
may be removed altogether. The weather must be 
carefully watched, as May is a very changeable and 
treacherous month; it is very usual for frosts and cold 
weather to return about the middle of the month, and 
protection must be given if necessary. 
“The ground where the tomatoes are to be set out, 
should have been prepared during the winter by digging 
or deep ploughing; a moderate dressing of natural 
manure should have been added if the ground is poor, 
but the ground which has previously been heavily ma- 
nured and cropped with vegetables will be preferable, 
no manure being added for the tomatoes. After digging, 
give a dressing of basic slag 10 cwt. to the acre. Have 
all finished not later than end of February. 
“ About the middle of May, if the ground is dry, dress 
with sulphate of potash 1 hundredweight and sulphate 
of iron, ground fine, } hundredweight to the acre, then 
go over all with a hoe and chop down all weeds and level 
all hollows; do not rake. At each end of each row, 
where it is intended to plant the tomatoes, drive in a 
pointed stake of 2 by 4 in. broadway to the row, at a 
slight angle away. The stake should enter the ground 
2 ft. and stand out 1 ft.9in. Then in direct line with 
the stakes, at intervals of 10 ft. drive in studding boards 
3 inch x 2 in. x 2 ft. 6 in. long, to stand out of ground 
1ft. 9in. The narrow way of the board should be 
in the line of the row. Now fix 16s gauge galvanized 
wire to the stake at one end, and draw tight and fix to 
stake at the other end. Fix wire to top of stakes by 
