90 GARDEN PROFITS 



August 4. Corn patch sown in crimson clover 

 to be plowed under for next year's potatoes." 



From another garden of some 700 square feet, 

 from which was obtained a profit of over $24, I have 

 learned a simple method of outwitting the cutworm 

 family. If they begin to bother your garden, get 

 strips of tin or stiff, strong paper about six inches 

 wide and some 50 inches long. Bend these into 

 circles and place them over your melon, squash and 



Protecting hills of melons or 

 squash from cutworms with pieces 

 of tin. cardboard or stiff paper 



cucumber hills, forcing them into the soil for about 

 two inches. Flying insects could be rendered harm- 

 less by throwing a piece of old wire or cloth netting 

 over the tops of these fences. These screens can 

 be removed when the vines grow over the fences; 

 the latter do no harm if left all season and often 

 spoil the attempts of late appearing worms^ 



THE THOROUGH GARDENER AND HIS REWARD 



Another bug-evading policy practised by some is 

 to plant a few beans or unimportant seeds near the 

 valuable crops, and by leaving these unsp rayed, 

 give the insects something to feed on, so that they 

 will leave the others untouched. Personally, I don't 



