FOR YOUNG GARDENKRS. 
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ing or plowing in the spring. For the garden, it is best to 
have a narrow bed or a two foot walk between two narrow 
beds four feet wide. 
FOR FIELD CULTURE. 
Set the plants two feet apart in the rows with the rows 
five or six feet apart. Plow out the rows deep and set the 
plants eight or ten inches below the surface, covering 
them two to four inches. Fill gradually by harrowing and 
cultivating. After the second year begin cutting. 
Cut the stalks daily in tne early morning, with the 
asparagus knife, just below the surface, using care not to 
injure other shoots that are coming up. If the ground is 
rich and well tilled, the stalks will be nearly one inch 
through. They should be four to eight inches long. 
