


Nor does he need to be told that 
placing rows of similar spacing in the 
same area will make cultivating easier, 
that he should allow the needed 
growing space for each crop. 
The good gardener senses the fer- 
tilizer shortage and does his ordering 
early. He fortifies barnyard manure 
with superphosphate. 
Those Weeds 
Weeding, the good gardener says, 
should start before the garden is 
planted, and continue as long as it is 
growing. He cultivates after every rain 
when weeds are just showing their 
heads. If weeds are four or five inches 
tall, he pulls them from the bottom 
of the stalk, and gets the moisture- 
absorbing roots. If weeds are tall 
enough so that their roots may be 
intertwined with vegetable roots, and 
the soil is so dry that pulling can 
cause damage, he cuts the weeds. 
Does Gardening Pay? 
Good gardening, definitely, pays. 
The New York State College of 
Agriculture, for example, says that 
while an hour with the hens in 1942, 
the last year for which figures are 
available, paid the average farmer in 
this state $1.25, and an hour with the 
cows only $.82, an equivalent hour in 
the garden returned $2.75. 

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