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Show i tel I Round About Hgl The Truck Patch V t i'I tnfl TO do their bost all growing truck M crops must havo regular, thor- fl ough cultivation. It lb enpeclal- V,B Iy Important to cultivato aftor everj -jB rain to provent a crust frdm forming ' MtB Beans, however, should never bo cultl- 1 vated when tho follago is wet with dew or rain. nfl Such crops as melons and tomatoot 0B should bo cultivated both ways at least "rB onco a wek. In dry weather tho cultl- tl vator should be closoly followed with J M tho drag to smooth the surface and '-J9 pulverize clods If used at tho propei ' I lime nnd In the right way the drag will "I sae a lot of work with tho hoe In thest jl crops. If :omatoes are staked and tied l up and melon and cucumber vines are '!fl all trained ono way In tho rows shallow jM cultUatlon can bo kept up till tho crops . 9 aro off It pays to do this in very dry 9 weather H In cultivating sweet potatoes some fl growers "bar off" tho ridges with a turning plow and then scrape out the , 'B natrow ridges left with hoes After a V week or ten days the soil Is turned back fl to the plants with the plow A quicker fl and better way Is to use the ordinary H fivo tooth cultivator for "barring off H and thon push the soil back to the H plants at once with tho sweep If the H rows are tho right distance apart once I In a middle with tho sweep Is all that H Is necessary If used at tho right tlmo J H tho cultivator and 3weop will leavo , H very few clods Llttlo hoeing will bo ll necessary lf tho wceder 13 used ahead H of the cultivator Of course the weeder H will pull out a plant now and then, but H It will destroy no moro than the ordl- H nary man will with the hoe. Bxcopt In H very wet seasons, when grass and M weeds get the start of one. the cultl- . H vntor, sweop and weedcr are about all M the tools needed In cultivating j M It will pay to keep up the regular shallow cultivation of early pot. oes M as long as the vines will permit, vheth- M er thoy arc blooming or not, especially M ln dry weather Don't wait till bight H makes Its appearance beforo beginning M to spray with bordeaux. H |