_ to till, but this should be the excep- 
tion rather than the rule. 
Watering 
| When it is necessary to apply 
_ water to the soil by artificial means, 
_ do not sprinkle a little water on the 
surface, but svak it throughly sev- 
_ eral inches deep, and then not again 
' for a week or ten days. A little 
' water sprinkled on the surface 
_forms a crust which craeks and 
' causes rapid evaporation, and con- 
| ditions are made worse rather than 
} better. The commonly accepted idea 
that watering should not be done 
_ water is sprinkled on a hot day it 
may scald the plants and is soon 
evaporated producing ill effects 
| rather than good. You have noticed 
_how plants grow during a season 
| when we have a shower and then 
the sun comes out hot afterward. 
That is the ideal growing weather 
and you cannot supeave on nature. 
