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of each plant I took up about twenty-seven cubic inches of soil. It was very hot weather and the soil was almost like ashes, not having had any rain for several weeks. The garden, which was six-by-six feet square, had been well prepared with plenty of barnyard manure, lime, and commercial fertilizer. There were sixteen rows of sixteen hills each, making the rows four feet apart and the hills the same distance. The plants were set in with one pint of water at the roots of each, and, notwithstanding the heat and dry soil, they did not wilt in the least. One plant was cut off at the roots by a worm, but was immediately replaced. Two others were injured by worms entering their bodies, and produced only three or four tomatoes each.

On Saturday (May 25) I loosened the soil around the plants