A-B-C OF VEGETABLE GARDENING 



garden, large or small, can afford to be 

 without it. 



It should be used to supplement the work 

 of the cultivator, which can be depended upon 

 to take care of all the weeds between the 

 rows, but which cannot be worked among 

 the plants in the row. 



Weeding should be begun as soon as the 

 plants are of a size that makes it possible 

 to tell which is seedling and which is weed. 

 By beginning the work of clearing the garden 

 at this period, and doing it thoroughly, and 

 continuing it at intervals thereafter, it will 

 be a comparatively easy matter to keep 

 weeds under control. But if they are al- 

 lowed to get a strong start — as they will in 

 an incredibly short time if let alone — it will 

 be a difficult matter to subdue them and 

 keep the upper hand during the rest of the 

 season. It is very important that they 

 should be given to understand, at the outset, 

 that they will not be tolerated in your gar- 

 den. This will necessitate early work and 

 careful and regular attention thereafter, but 

 it will not be the laborious work that so 

 many persons think it is if it is begun at 

 the right season and always carried on on 

 the offensive. It is when weeds have been 

 allowed to intrench themselves firmly in 



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