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Farm. — Continue to prepare land, ploughing it 

 deeply. Early potatoes may be planted whole, giving 

 them plenty of room, or they will be drawn up. Lu- 

 cerne may now be sown in clean, well-ploughed, deep 

 soil. Vetches or tares, Cape barley, and sorghum 

 should be sown for green food for stock. White 

 tuscarora maize may be sown during the first week. 

 It is hardy, and ripens in 90 days from the time of 

 sowing. 



MARCH. 



Kitchen Garden. — Keep the beds clear of weeds 

 by frequent and deep hoeing. Plant out cabbages, 

 cauliflowers, Brussels sprouts, celery, &c, for succes- 

 sion, in favorable weather. Always have beds dug in 

 dry weather, full depth, and manured, so that every 

 shower may be availed of for transplanting. Where 

 possible, the plants should be lifted carefully with a 

 garden trowel, and planted with a ball of earth at- 

 tached. Hows of cabbages, &o, on sloping ground, 

 should be made across the hill ; slight ridges drawn 

 to the stems to keep them upright would give the 

 plants the advantage of every slight shower, and 

 openings could be made at proper intervals for the 

 escape of superfluous rain water. See that the rows 

 of vegetables are not too close ; a free current of air 

 should pass among them to bring them to perfection. 

 Give asparagus beds a dressing of salt. Sow English 

 beans, French beans, beet, carrot, mustard and cress, 

 celery, lettuce, endive, leek, onion, peas, parsnip, radish, 

 prickly spinach, turnip. Transplant eschallots. Let- 

 tuce runs to seed. 



Orchard. — No crops should be grown near young 

 fruit trees — never nearer than one foot beyond the 

 outer circuit of the foliage. Orange trees are often 

 killed by digging near them • the roots upon which 

 the lateral or fruit-bearing branches depend extend in 



