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manures and tillage. Even in a small area, this rotation 

 can be practised to a considerable extent. The area de- 

 voted to root crops this year ma}^ be given to corn or 

 melons next year. It is particularly important to rotate if 

 diseases and insects become serious on any one crop; and 

 in this case^ the greatest care should be taken to choose 

 those crops, for the rotation^ on which the parasites cannot 

 thrive. For example, the club-root of the cabbage and 

 cauliflower works on turnips. Some insects cannot be 

 starved out in a small area, and it is then necessary to 

 cease growing the crop for a year or two. The cabbage 

 maggot is an example. If this pest obtains a good foot- 

 hold in the home garden, cabbages and cauliflowers may 

 be discontinued until the insect disappears; and this is 

 often a cheaper solution of the difficulty than to attempt 

 to destroy the insect with the bisulfide of carbon treat- 

 ment. If one lives on a farm, the cabbage patch may be 

 placed on the farther part of the estate for a 3^ear or two. 

 When the maggot has quit the area, the cabbage patch 

 may be made again on the old ground. 



Of the home veo-etable-o-arden. Hunn writes as follows 

 in the " Practical Garden-Book : 



" Make the soil deep, mellow and rich before the seeds 

 are sown. Time and labor will be saved. Eake the sur- 

 face frequently to keep down weeds and to prevent the 

 soil from baking. Eadish seeds sown with celery or other 

 slow-germinating seeds will come u]~) quickly, breaking the 

 crust and marking the rows. About the borders of the 

 vegetable-garden is a good place for fioAvers to be grown 

 for the decoration of the house and to give to friends. 



" A home vegetable-garden for a family of six would 



