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not be obtained even at that price. Nor could 

 I get all the fertilizer I wanted in time. 



WHAT SEEDS TO BUY 



The brainy thing to do is to order in January 

 everything you may need in your garden the 

 next April, May, or June. This includes seeds 

 of all kinds. The seedsmen usually send out 

 their catalogues in January. As soon as you 

 get yours — and it is wise to have several, from 

 reputable firms like Burbank, Burpee, Vaughan, 

 Dreer, Vick, Thorbum, Henderson, Salzer, etc., 

 which are all free — make out lists of what you 

 want and mail them. Most people wait till 

 spring, with the result that seedsmen are 

 swamped with orders and find it impossible to 

 supply all their customers at the "psycho- 

 logical moment," which means the difference 

 between a whole season's success or failure. 

 Think the matter over, act promptly, and you 

 won't find yourself wringing your hands some 

 day in April or May and wishing you had had 

 your seeds in the ground "in time for this 

 glorious rain." A drought may follow that 

 rain and prevent you from getting your seeds 

 started for several weeks. I see that sort of 

 thing happen nearly every year in neighboring 

 gardens. 



Use your wits, too, in the matter of govern- 

 ment seeds. Your Congressman will send you, 

 of his own accord or by request, packets of 



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