IX 

 INSECT PESTS AND DISEASES 



LET us, at this point, assume for our encourage- 

 ment that everything possible has been done to 

 make the garden prosper. Proper seeding in cor- 

 rectly prepared soil has resulted in large strong 

 germination. Intelligent persevering use of every 

 means for promoting healthy rapid growth has 

 brought about unceasingly vigorous development. 

 A big harvest is assured, if the garden continues 

 to flourish. Danger threatens, however. Disease 

 may attack the plants ; insects may destroy what 

 the gardener's skill and toil have thus far accom- 

 plished. Protection must be furnished the grow- 

 ing plants. The fight to be made against these 

 garden enemies should increase the interest. 

 The harvest shall be ours. We do not intend to 

 be worsted by rust and mildew ; by cutworms and 

 cucumber beetles. Adequate means are ready to 

 wage successful warfare. 



Everything that has been done to promote 

 healthy growth is, in its very nature, at the same 

 time a hindrance to disease. Proper cultivation 

 and rotation of crops have done much to ward 

 off ill health. The garden and the border free 



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