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plowing. When it first appears be careful to remove 

 every root and shoot underneath the ground, and take out 

 all the nuts and bum or destroy them. If the land once 

 becomes well set there is only one practical way of deal- 

 ing with it, and that is to turn in a lot of hogs. They 

 will in the course of a few months root out and destroy 

 practically all the nuts. They should not be fed during 

 the while, but allowed to hustle for their living. It is 

 preferable to allow the porkers to work in winter, as sum- 

 mer rooting and exposure is very injurious to the soil. 



IREIGATION. 



This is a subject that is now commanding the attention 

 of intelligent gardeners everywhere. Even in Florida 

 where the annual rainfall is over 50 inches, it is the best 

 investment that a trucker can make, and every trucker 

 who is able is putting in irrigation. On an average, the 

 assurance of abundance of water when wanted about 

 doubles the yield of vegetable crops and guarantees vege- 

 tables of first quality. The matter of quality is one of 

 much importance. For instance, the writer, a few years 

 ago, had under irrigation a patch of beans, which he sold 

 right along for five dollars a bushel, while non-irrigated 

 stock were bringing about one dollar and fifty cents. Be- 

 sides the yield from the irrigated patch was perhaps four 

 times as much per acre as the non-irrigated. The former 

 during the dryest weather were crisp and tender, while 

 the latter were too tough to be marketable. Abundance of 

 water frequently hasten the crop to maturity by several 

 weeksj and consequently the product realizes a much bet- 



