Show asparagus in the fall pre prepare are the land by dee deep P plowing 1 f owing and harrowing harp making it as level and smooth as possible for the reception of the seed strike out lines three feet apart and about two to three inches deep in which BOW sow the seed using from five to seven pounds to bac each h acre afier after sowing and before covering tread down the seed in the rows with the feet evenly then draw the back of a ra rake ke lengthwise over the rows after which roll the whole surface aa As soon a as us the land is dry and fit to work in in th the spring esping the yo young ung plants of as pargus will start t art through the ground sufficient to define the rows af at once begin to cultivate with hand or horse cultivator and stir the ground so as to de destroy troy the embryo weeds breaking she the soil in the rowe rows between the plants with the fingers or hand weeder for the same pir purpose pose taij must be res heated at intervals of two or three weeks during the summer as the success of this plan is entirely dependent on keeping down the weeds which if allowed to grow would soon smother the asparagus plants that for the first season of their growth are weaker than most weeds in two or three months after starting the I 1 asparagus will lieve attained ten or twelve inches in heightland heigh tand it must now low be thinned out so that the plants stand nine inches apart in the tile rows by fall they will be from two to three feet in height and if the ole directions for culture have been been faithfully followed strong and vig vigorous orous when the stems die down but not before cut them off c close lose to the ground and cover the lines for five or six inches of rough manure man the following spring re new cultivation and keep down the weeds the second year exactly as was wall done lone duil during bog the first and soon so on to the spring of the fourth year when a crop will bo be produced that will well reward all the labor that has been expended american ay ri |