Agriculture for beginners . - plant. Its seed may be sowedeither earl\- in the spring or late in the fall. The seedsshould be planted in rows. If the plants are well cultix-atedduring the spring and summer, they will make vigorous rootsfor transplanting in the autumn. In the fall prepare a piece of land by breaking it unusuallydeep and bv manuring it heavily. After the land is thor-oughly prepared, make init furrows for the aspara-gus roots. These fur-rows should be six inchesdeep and three feet remove the rootsfrom the rows in whichthev have been grongduring the summer, andset them
Agriculture for beginners . - plant. Its seed may be sowedeither earl\- in the spring or late in the fall. The seedsshould be planted in rows. If the plants are well cultix-atedduring the spring and summer, they will make vigorous rootsfor transplanting in the autumn. In the fall prepare a piece of land by breaking it unusuallydeep and bv manuring it heavily. After the land is thor-oughly prepared, make init furrows for the aspara-gus roots. These fur-rows should be six inchesdeep and three feet remove the rootsfrom the rows in whichthev have been grongduring the summer, andset them t^vo feet apartin the prepared carefully at the follo\Aing springthe vouns: shoots must be. 59. A Crate of Asfak well cultivated. In order to economize space, beets or lettucemay be grown between the asparagus rows during this firstseason. With the coming of cold weather the asparagusmust again be freely manured and all dead tops cut plants will be ready for market the second the bed is kept free from weeds and well manured, itwill increase in productiveness from year to year. Beans. The most generally planted beans are those knownas string, or snap, beans. Of the manv varieties, all are sensi-tive to cold and hence must not be planted until frost is over. HORTICULTURE 99 Another widely grown kind of bean is the Hma, or butter,bean. There are two \-arieties of the lima bean. One is largeand generally grows on poles. This kind does best in theXonhem states. The other is a small bean and may begrown without poles. This kind is best suited to the warmerclimates of the Southern states. Cabbage. In comparatively warm the first cropof cabbage is genera
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