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care for this bargaining method I had rather wipe 

 out the insect enemies with arsenate of lead and the 

 oil-emulsions, particularly since the latter are so 

 easily used and so effective. But it is a significant 

 fact that in nearly every well-tilled, well-cared- 

 for garden, the enemies, both insects and diseases 

 are discovered at all only with considerable effort. 

 Do you draw any conclusions from this, or make 

 any resolutions? 



THE NEED OF GARDEN RECORDS 



No farmer that you ever heard of, or anyone else, 

 and who was a real farmer, successful, progressive, 

 businesslike, ever tried to do without detailed re- 

 cords of each crop. Now since you are going to 

 turn farmer on a small area, where every condition 

 is favorable for far more intensive methods than 

 he can hope for, what excuse is there for your not 

 keeping a record? And, in proportion, a more in- 

 tensive record than the general farmer can expect 

 to keep? Not one memory in five hundred is able 

 to keep track of the dates of plowing, cultivating, 

 sowing, spraying, transplanting, pruning and harvest- 

 ing every crop in the garden. Without such a 

 history, your efficiency next year, your chance to 

 increase your results and improve the plan of your 

 garden will be reduced tremendously. 



CAN YOU DEVISE A BETTER ONE? 



To look at it from the other direction, if you do 

 keep a garden diary, every year will bring you more 



