LEFT-OVERS 



Many experienced gardeners advocate 

 plowing or spading the garden in fall. This, 

 they claim, helps to kill the larvse which in- 

 sects have deposited in the soil, and it puts 

 the ground in good working condition earlier 

 in spring. But it will have to be gone over 

 in spring to incorporate with it whatever fer- 

 tilizer is made use of. 



Fresh barn-yard manure should never be 

 used. It ought to lie for at least a season 

 before applying it to the vegetable-garden. 

 Give it a chance to ferment and kill many of 

 the seeds that are in it. 



If the soil of the garden contains consid- 

 erable clay, and is rather stiff in consequence, 

 the application of coarse sand, old mortar, and 

 coal-ashes will lighten and greatly improve it. 



Do not allow grass or weeds to grow on any 

 of the unused soil in or about the garden, 

 for insects will congregate there and make it 

 the base from which to make their raids 

 upon the plants you set out to grow. 



We are often advised to apply a dressing 

 of salt to the asparagus-bed. I have never 

 been able to see that the plants received any 



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