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1 he main object of cultivating is not to kill the weeds — it is to keep the crop growing lustily. But, incidentally, the weeds have got to be killed or they will kill 
crop, hence the work should be done in such a way that the weeds are destroyed with the least possible labor 
the 
THE SECRET OF SUCCESSFUL CULTIVATION—WEEDS AND HOW TO HANDLE 
THEM—THE THINGS TO PLANT THIS MONTH—SOME RULES FOR PLANTING 
D. R. E d s o n 
disposal. If you are so situated that you can give the garden 
an hour or two regularly every day, a great deal can be done. 
If your labors in it, however, must be intermittent or limited to 
Saturdays and holidays, your total result will be more satis¬ 
factory at the end of the season, if you have calculated carefully 
enough, so that you can cope with your work in the garden. 
And as the fun and recreation to be had in the garden means as 
much as the products which you will get out of it, you will be 
only defeating your own purpose in attempting too much. If 
the garden does get ahead of you at any time, however, do 
not let a few dollars stand in the way of hiring someone as soon 
as you possibly can to help you get “caught up.” It will be the 
falsest kind of economy to think you are saving anything by not 
doing this. 
Of course it is much easier to resolve to “keep the garden 
clean” than to succeed in doing it. But if you begin your season's 
work with a full understanding of the necessity of keeping right 
up with your work, and a firm determination to do it the battle 
OUR work in the gar¬ 
den this month will 
lie along two lines: 
Planting and keep¬ 
ing clean the things 
which bv now will 
be well started; and 
setting out and 
planting all the later 
or tender crops. 
The inexperienced 
gardener is.apt to 
pay too little atten- 
Keep all weeds away from the tomato plants tion to the former 
and possibly go too 
far in the latter. Planting is so much more interesting that 
you must be careful not to fall into the error of planting more 
stufif than you can take care of in the amount of time at your 
