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On Cottage Gardening. 



Supposing the above crops "^are sown or planted at the proper 

 seasons, as directed — the soil being previously prepared by dig- 

 ging or trenching, and manured if possible — the crops may be 

 expected to turn out as follows : — 



Potatoes, 20 bushels, besides 2 or 3 rows taken up in summer. 

 Onions, 4 ditto, besides the thinnings for summer use. 

 Carrots, 3 ditto, besides the thinnings. 

 Parsi.ips, 4 ditto. 



Cabbage, 250 full grown, besides twice as many used as greens. 



The roots, together, make above 30 bushels of excellent vegeta- 

 ble food for winter use ; allowing that the bushels, one with another, 

 weigh 60 lbs., there will be an amount of 1800 lbs., or above 

 9 lbs. per day for the winter half-year. And, besides this winter 

 store, there are cabbages in use, either as open greens or as full- 

 headed^ from January until June : saying nothing of radishes, 

 lettuce, common beans, peas — all of which will be in use before 

 the end of that period, and soon followed by early potatoes and 

 the runner kidney-bean, one of the most profitable crops a cot- 

 tager can raise. 



The cropping for the next year will be arranged according as 

 is represented on the diagram or sketch No. 2, and which will 

 be the easiest change : and in the third year another change may 

 be made by placing the potatoes in the middle, and the other 

 crops at each end. 



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Reference. — 1. Herb border — 2. Seed-beds, &c. — 3. Potatoes — 4. Onions — 5. 

 Carrots — 6. Parsnips — and 7. Cabbage and beans, same as preceding year. 



The above plan of cropping 20 poles of ground will serve as a 

 scale to the cottager who may have either more or less than the 



