" It should be noted, however, that their towns have the open Sound
with its bays which furnish open ways for transportation and an
unowned field for work." (From circular of the Long Island Guild of
New York City.)
CHAPTER VII
SOME METHODS
We must not put all our time into one crop unless we are rich enough
to do our own insurance; for drought, or damp; or accident,
ill-adapted seed, or general unfavorable conditions may make
failures of one or more crops. But in variety and succession of
crops is safety and profit. In order to succeed, crop must be made
to follow crop, so that the ground is used to its full capacity. To
leave it fallow for even a week is to invite weeds and to lose much
of the advantage of tillage, as well as so much time.
In the North, seeds of many kinds should be sown from the first of
March to the first of August; in the South they should be sown m
every month.
By following the simple time tables for planting you will find work
ready and crops maturing and ready for sale in every month in the
year.
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