CHAPTER XVIII 



OTHER MANAGEMENT OF THE YE GET ABLE- 

 GARDEN 



Tillage is the most important item in the subsequent 

 care of the vegetable-garden. If the land has been well 

 fitted before the crop is put on it, tillage need be employed 

 only for the puj-pose of maintaining the surface mulch. 

 This tillage may be light, rapid and easy. 



The rationale of the garden system is this: In the 

 cool and ambitious days of spring, put the effort and the 

 muscle into the land ; work it into condition. In the long 

 and hot days of summer, keep it in condition. 



1. DOUBLE-CROPPIXG ob INTER-CROPPING 

 We must now consider the crop-scheme. To do this we 

 must have two definitions, to clarify the situation. In the 

 first edition of this book, 1901, they were adopted in order 

 to clarify the subject. 



Double-cropping which is the raising of more than one 

 crop on the land in a season, is of two species: (1) suc- 

 cession-cropping, or the growing of one crop after another 

 on the same land; (2) companion-cropping, or the grow- 

 ing of two or more crops together. 



Succession-cropping. 



Succession-cropping is a kind of short rotation. These 

 are the considerations: (1) each crop in the succession 

 should be able to mature in less time than the whole sea- 



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