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Show Gardener Should Only Cultivate lo Kill Weeds S'jrne of the f.;rief in ganJcnin;: can bs enefjpo'J If tho yyirrli-m-r re;ili.e.H that cultivation Is needed only to kill weed",, hrouk r.oil crunlr. and to p'-rrnit vater to ent'-r tho f:oiI. Jf the faMeri Is cultivated or hoed oft'-n enough to kill the v'-'-d:i, the oth'-r tvo fa' Vim vill be nuiorriaU-cally nuiorriaU-cally ecornJi:;hed. The v'-' din joh can he done vith Jf;. labor If cultivation b' i;inf) when the v' "Ii lire urn a II, The ground hould be di;;turb-d Jittlo near thfl plant rov:;, but the cullivation may y.n d'-epr-r fjf:tveen rov.s where tramping in likely to pack the noil. Pulling u I'.irdcn rake lightly ut:nn: plant row.'i vill helf eliminate veed:; hut f;ornc hanfi vork vill be rerjiiijed If) K' t nil of them. The frequency of cull i va I ion required re-quired In dfctrrmlnrd hy the rate of weed growth. In periodn tit frequent rairtn nrid In varrn v'-alher, more cultivation In nefp-d. No nvailt other oth-er than exercbio in (jbtaln-d from :;l.ir r inc dry, weed!e:.:i H,,m Cullivation Culliva-tion nhoi.dd not bej;jn too noon after n rain becairif' rmii:tlnre will evaporate evapo-rate fa::ter, rmd lack of wabT nfti-n i:i a IirnifinC factor in plant jjiuwlh. Any one of r;everal lypen of hoe:i nali' factory for joiitlen work, and, fioiiieliineri it In an ailvanl.i;e lo have more than one I.Vpe. Ib-a vy hoci are he:;l, for chopping weed-i out of heavy i;oil, and the pointed hocri me beller adail'd fm opening fur rowii for plantini! - ! |