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factories free, if an arrangement is made to be 

 there on clean-up day. Do not get out of white 

 hellebore, slugshot, and pyrethrum or fly-powder. 

 They are a great aid in the fight to be waged 

 against plant enemies. The probability is that, 

 unless secured before beginning business, they will 

 be lacking just when most needed. Get a ball of 

 harvester's twine for a garden line. Buy two 

 widths of fine-meshed chicken wire for training 

 peas. Brushing peas is a nuisance; they do not 

 grow so well on brush; some of the peas are 

 wasted ; and the disorderly rows injure the appear- 

 ance of the garden. The wire is easy to put up 

 and, with care, will last for several years; the 

 peas do much better; and, grown in this way, are 

 more convenient for picking and add much to the 

 beauty of the garden. Manage to get cucumber 

 and melon boxes, tomato supports and stakes for 

 rows, and plenty of bean poles ready at odd times. 

 All these supplies looked after and provided early 

 will insure against delays when the garden season 

 really opens. 



Some thought must be given to the selection and 

 provision of extra fertilizers. The commercial 

 fertilizer used in the general preparation of the 

 garden in the spring is, on the whole, the most 

 satisfactory mixed fertilizer for the further work 

 of starting and caring for crops. It is a 4-8-10 

 mixture, containing a proportion of 4 per cent 

 nitrogen, 8 per cent phosphoric acid, and 10 per 



