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CuItiuation of tue Water Melon-The

 best soil for the Water melon is piece of meadow or old sod land ploughed the Au- gust preceding as deep as possible; left to

 be in rough and winter; early in the spring cross ploughed; and, if not pretty rich, had best have good coat of old well rotted stable yard or chip manure, scattered over it previous to the second ploughing. This is better than putting the manure in the hill; as, on examination it will be found that the roots of this plant spread over the whole space from hill to hill, and moreover are always to be found within three or four in- ches of the surface. About the first week ot April, let the ground be marked out, by running light furrows with the plough, twelve feet apart, crossed by others at the same distance. Where these inter sect form flat hill oils or Is inches in di

 ameter, not over three inches in height

 Immediately, if the weather is mild and ia vorable, plant 6 or good sound seeds at one side of the hill--As soon as these appear above the ground, or on that day week after they were planted, put as many more of the same variety, at the other side; and it is even good practice, to make a third planting one week after the second

 You thus secure sufficiency of good stout plants in each hill When the plants are yet in the cotyledon or seed leaf, go over leach. hill and with the finger gently with.