THE HOME VEGETABLE GARDEN 111 



scarce which perhaps accounts for the abundance of insects. He 

 advised the keeping up of a supply of toads and there would be 

 fewer insects. 



James H. Bowditch spoke of the value of birds in the garden as 

 insect exterminators and said that it was worth while to do every- 

 thing possible to attract them. 



Mr. Craig also spoke of the good work done by the birds and said 

 that we should have no crops without them. Regarding the 

 omnipresent cutworms Mr. Craig said it was an excellent plan to 

 plow the garden in the late fall and to leave it open all winter. 

 By this means many insects which hibernate in the ground would 

 be destroyed. 



