NOS. 326-330 S. MAIN ST.. LOS ANGELES 
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RULES FOR SEED SOWING AND VEGETABLE GROWING. 
1. Choose the location for your garden on a sheltered, sunny slope if possible, 
and with thorough drainage. 
2. Do not attempt too much. Two acres well cultivated will produce more than 
five under slovenly cultivation. . 
3. Fertilize liberally before plowing or harrowing. 
4. Cultivate deeply, viz.: from 15 to 20 inches. 
5. Sow in drills, in preference to broadcast. 
6. Plow deeply and repeatedly, and work the soil to as fine a tilth as possible 
before planting. 
7. Keep weeds down. The old adage, “One year’s seeding makes seven years’ 
weeding,” is correct. 
8. Cultivate frequently. Good tillage always pays, and prevents the soil from 
baking. 
9. Attend strictly to rotation of crops. Do not let two tap-rooted crops (as 
Carrots and Parsnips) follow each other, nor two exhaustive head crops (as Cab¬ 
bages and Cauliflower). Let the soil have time to recover its fertility. Follow 
Carrots, for instance, with a surface, shallow feeding crop, as Peas, or vine crops, as 
Melons and Squashes. 
10. Water in drills, and copiously; slight sprinklings overhead do more harm 
than good. 
11. Watch closely for insects. Hammond’s “Slug Shot” is very valuable to dust 
over young plants, as it is only destructive to insects, and is innocuous to larger 
forms of animal life. It does not harm poultry, and acts on the plant as a fertilizer. 
12. Buy your seeds only from a reliable seed house, whom you are sure test 
their seeds before sending them out, and supply only varieties true to name. 
