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6. Rotation. Try not to plant the same 
| or similar crops on the same ground more 
than one year in succession. 
7. Rolling. After planting your seed, 
tramp or roll hard the ground just over the 
seed except in a very wet season or on wet 
ground. This brings the moisture from 
below up to the seeds and helps them sprout. 
A little loose soil scattered over what you 
have tramped or rolled helps keep in the 
moisture. If, however, growth is delayed 
by bad weather, do not let the surface 
become caked, but scratch it so as not to 
disturb the sprouts; and when the plants 
are through, cultivate and stir lightly all 
around them. 
8. Cultivating. Never work the soil 
while it is wet, as that makes it lumpy and 
hard; but as soon after every rain as the 
ground can be worked without sticking 
together in lumps, hoe or cultivate the entire 
surface of the garden so as to leave about 
an inch of loose soil over its surface. This 
will act as a mulch and conserve the mois- 
ture, which your plants will utilize, from the 
rain. Do not cultivate or touch beans 
when wet as it will rust them. Do not 
let soil become “baked.” Do not tramp 
over and harden the soil of your garden 
any more than possible. 
g. Diseases. Pick and burn at once all 
leaves or vegetables showing signs of rot or 
disease. 
10. Picking. Pick all defective or ripe 
fruits. If left to go to seed, they will stop 
production. 
tr. Weeds. Kill weeds by wholesale 
methods when they are small. 
12. Watering. Do not sprinkle frequently, 
and avoid water that is too cold. Let it 
warm somewhat and run it in furrows over 
the ground, so that it will soak in deep. Do 
this once a week or when the ground has 
become somewhat dry. After watering, 
cultivate as soon as the soil is dry enough 
for the purpose. 
13. Succession. A judicious mixture of 
early and late varieties will produce a suc- 
cession and prolong the yielding season, 
but a better way is to combine with different 
maturing varieties the principle of making 
several successive plantings of the choicest 
varieties. If you must plant late in the 
season, then use the early, quick-maturing 
varieties of seed, so that they will not be cut 
off by frosts. 
14. Transplanting. In transplanting, take 
up two or three plants together and reset 
the lot; then after you are sure one has 
taken root and survived the transfer, pull 
out the others. In transplanting, take off 
part of leaves (if they are well grown), so 
as to equalize the loss in root system. 
15. Coldjrames. These are too much 
bother for me. I prefer to buy plants of 
cauliflower, celery, pepper, tomato, early 
cabbage, and even lettuce. 
16. Labor. Keep an eye on the “good, 
honest farmer.” If he does a job of plow- 
ing and harrowing for you, look under the 
fine surface he invariably leaves, and see if 
the soil is really fine all the way down. 
Mass. C. L. Brown. 
