Publisher's Synopsis
A little patch of ground enclosed by a fence, a few adjacent trees, Nat with his hoe in hand, his father giving directions, on one of the brightest May mornings that was ever greeted by the carol of birds, are the scenes that open to our view. "There, Nat, if you plant and hoe your squashes with care, you will raise a nice parcel of them on this piece of ground. It is good soil for squashes." "How many seeds shall I put into a hill?" inquired Nat. "Seven or eight. It is well to put in enough, as some of them may not come up, and when they get to growing well, pull up all but four in a hill. You must not have your hills too near together, -they should be five feet apart, and then the vines will cover the ground all over. I should think there would be room for fifty hills on this patch of ground."
