Show and the best soil for melons is a warin wann lo 10 loam ani with about CO 60 per cent sand is as its leading constituent on such 3 i soil boil with a 11 liberal supply of bani yard manure plowed under broadcast and an all additional dit ional application in tile hill a goo good I crop of melons may usually bo be expected unless ono has a boil adapt til to thecil the alic attempt to raise melons is not lik lierly ely to be profitable plant about live five fret feet apart each way water melons from ironi eight to ten tell feet anait when the weaker plants have live been bee 11 thinned out lean ace u three vigorous ones to a hill sprinkling the hills with title line sifted coal is a good preventive against the melon bugs |