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that had been harvested or been in an early vegetable crop 

 such as early com, tomatoes, cucumbers, beans, etc. As 

 soon as the former crop is off the field for coUards should 

 be enriched with barnyard manure or fertilizer containing 

 high percentage of potash and nitrogen should the land re- 

 quire such fertilization. Where plants are set out allow- 

 ance should be made for eight or ten days which the plants 

 require to establish themselves while those sown on the 

 field will have the advantage besides the difficulty in start- 

 ing plants at this season. Whether set or sown the rows 

 must be three feet apart and as much distance in the row 

 as the vigor of the plants: require, ijf sown they must be 

 thinned which we do by chopping them out with a hoe 

 leaving three or more plants to the hill and as soon as more 

 room is required we thin themi by hand leaving one or 

 more plants to the hill. We haven't found any difference 

 in the variety of the soil when fertility and preparation 

 are the same, however we would prefer a southern expos- 

 ure, being a winter crop. If you find that your collards 

 are not growing rapidly enough, and you should desire to 

 force them, put some nitrate of soda around them. Erom 

 100 to 150 pounds of nitrate of soda will certainly make 

 them grow rapidly, and the more rapid the growth the 

 more tender the collards and I think better the flavor. 

 There are two reasons in favor of the late planting. One 

 is, you do not breed so many worms and harlequin bugs to 

 pray upon them, and secondly, the collards are more ten- 

 der and edible. 

 Atlanta, Ga. 



