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SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 
not too thickly distributed in the shallow furrows. One 
way of accomplishing this is by mixing your seeds with 
some very fine wood ashes in a bowl and spreading the 
mixed ashes and seeds along the furrows. A better 
way, I think, in the case of a small quantity of seeds 
would be to place each seed at a proper distance from 
the others. This distance will vary according to the 
size of the full grown heads of lettuce. The smaller 
varieties might stand six inches apart, while the largest 
ones would need to be twice that distance or more. 
Having planted your lettuce seeds, turn your board 
over carefully twice. That will bring it into position 
for two more rows of vegetables. Stand on the board 
again and proceed as before, making two shallow fur- 
rows with a pointed stick. Here I should put the radish 
seeds. These may be sown more thickly, for the rea- 
son that as soon as the radishes become large enough 
to eat they may be pulled out, leaving room for the 
rest of the radishes to develop. 
Having planted your radish seeds, repeat the preced- 
ing operations, making two furrows again, this time for 5 
beet seeds. These may also be sown thickly. The plants 
may be thinned out afterward. The small plants that 
are pulled out will make excellent greens. When the 
thinning is completed the remaining plants should stand 
from four to six inches apart, according to variety; 
some beets are much larger than others. 
The rest of the bed devote to string or butter beans. 
You will have left for these a space of eighty-eight 
inches, or a little more than seven feet. The rows of 
beans must be farther apart than the other vegetables 
you have planted. Two feet between the rows is not 
too much. You will have space enough for three rows. 
Measure from your last row of beets one foot six inches 
at each side of your bed. Now stretch your line across 
