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Plowing^: 



Small plots, say 20 by 50 feet or even 

 larger, may be spaded, but when the 

 plot exceeds one-tenth of an acre and 

 is so situated that a team can be used 

 it will pay to have it plowed If it can 

 be properly done. 



A farmer knows how to plow, but 

 the average city man, who happens to 

 own a plow, doesn't. He thinks he doe:^, 

 but he doesn't. If possible, get a farmer 

 or an ex-farmer to plow; you won't 

 need to tell him how to do it; he knows 

 more about it than you do. If you 

 are so unfortunate as to get a city 

 farmer to plow suggest to him that all 

 of the soil ought to be turned over; 

 that a plow that is made to cut only 

 10 or 12 inches cannot by any possi- 

 bility turn 16 or 18 inches, the rest will 

 merely be covered by the soil really 

 plowed. This is the "cut and cover- 

 trick, a money-maker for the man who 

 is plowing by the job but poor busi- 

 ness for the gardener. Further suggest 

 to him that it is a saving of horse- 

 flesh to plow 4 to 6 inches deep rather 

 than to root around in the clay suDsoil 

 and turn it on top. This will please 

 him and help you. 



The Harrow: 



If the garden-to-be is sod, plowing 

 is not enough. The time and strength 

 required to work down tough, sod- 

 plowed land with hand-tools is really 

 more than the crops that can be grown 

 on it will be worth. A disk harrow 

 will thoroughly pulverize and level the 

 ground after plowing and is the best 

 tool to use. In lieu of this a heavy 

 spike-tooth harrow may be used, but 

 once is not enough. Five or six times 

 will be much better. 

 Spading: 



There is a knack to spading that can 

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