CHAPTER II 
How TO Prepare and Fertilize the 
Land 
Perhaps the most serious problem, 
especially to the city school, after the 
necessary land has been obtained, is. 
How shall we prepare and properly fer- 
tilize it? This is a difficult question to 
answer, as the soil is hardly alike in any 
two places. While fertilizers are usually 
necessary on every soil to some ex- 
tent, tilth is of far greater importance. 
Tilling the soil is to the plant what train- 
ing and schooling is to the child. The 
child and the plant must have proper 
food, to be sure; but that only does not 
develop much of a desirable being. 
If the plot of ground is large enough, 
it should be thoroughly plowed ; and, 
where the subsoil is very compact, the 
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