Insects and Sprays 163 



and watch and work during the entire gardening 

 season. That is all! 



Certain insects follow certain vegetables. And 

 when a garden bed has become badly infested with 

 insects during a season, be sure not to plant the 

 same vegetable there the next season. Insects 

 multiply each year. The first year, they may be 

 small in number, but the family will be very likely 

 to have much more than doubled by another season 

 if the gardener has been the least bit slack. And 

 insects are often brought to the garden on plants 

 which are purchased from the seedsman. Some- 

 times it is possible for even the most careful of 

 seedsmen to guarantee he is not selling an insect 

 with the plant. Therefore, I would suggest a 

 thorough spraying of each plant as soon as it is 

 set out. 



When a plant has once become badly infested 

 with bugs, it is the safest plan to pull up and 

 burn the plant. Spraying sometimes is the 

 means of washing insects off to crawl away and 

 find a home on another plant. In carrying the 

 infested plant from the garden, be careful not 

 to strike it against other vegetation, or you may 

 soon have to destroy that plant for the same 

 reason. 



In spraying, spray carefully, but be sure not to 



