spring as though blood, sweat and tears 
for a few weeks would produce a bump- 
er crop. Only in midsummer when dry 
weather sets in and weeds flourish do 
we realize that frenzied gardening, like 
frenzied finance, makes a pretty flimsy 
foundation. It is then we realize that 
“slow and steady” is a better horticul- 
tural slogan than ‘‘fast and temporary.”’ 
Gardening for maximum results requires 
that we all do the certain tasks when 
those certain tasks should be done. A 
part of every day should be devoted to 
the garden and a careful eye main- 
tained to nip trouble in the bud. A half 
hour of prevention often saves days of 
erief. 
In grading a new place or excavating 
a basement, one of the greatest mis- 
takes man makes is to remove the top 
soil or scatter the basement subsoil 
over the adjacent topsoil. If the top 
soil has been covered or removed, it 
will take a great deal of work to bring 
it to the stage where it will produce. 
In a case where the good soil has been 
removed or covered, it will take as 
much as 20 tons of well rotted manure 
for an acre. This should be turned under 
and, while the ground is rough, a well 
balanced fertilizer applied at the rate 
of 10 pounds to 200 square feet, or one 
ton to the acre. This should be har- 
rowed into the soil and let rest about 
six weeks before planting. 

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