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Show , Plowing takes more time than any , other farm operation. , Remember frequent salting of the cattle in the back pasture. Harrow as you plow, and keep harrowing har-rowing after the grain Is up.- Ikin't neg'ect to plant sweei corn at least three times six Is belter. Give the late-sown grain a formaldehyde formalde-hyde bath, and raise better buthcN and more of them. Clover seed Is one of the most profitable profit-able crop the farmer can grow If his land Is suitable for clover. Potatoes should never be planted ou low, moist land, as the potatoes are sure to be sopgy when cooked. If you want nice winter beets, plant early beet seed In July and the roo J will mature before cold weather coir.es. Ilry, gravelly soil will produce well-flavored, well-flavored, thin skinned, floury lota-tocs, lota-tocs, and a rich tiay loam the largest yield. Cabbage does not begin to "head up" until cool weather comes, and early plants do not make as fine heads as those act later. Cabbage needs cultivating very often during the summer. This caueea it to put out broad leaves, which will brltf big heads in the fall. Most people set out their late cabbage cab-bage plants too early In the s ason About the Fourth of July is a gooj time and early enough. Plant radishes a few at a time and often, say about five days apart This will give a succession all sumnicf. Had-Ishes Had-Ishes are good for the stomach. When you plant ranteloupes sow a bit of radish or turnip seed In the hill. These will come up first and keep the bugs busy till the vices get a start Sow turnips In the row about July 12, sowing them la rows a foot apart and thinning to four Inches apart la the rows after the plant gt ted |