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or cucumbers, plant squash and pumpkin seed 

 very early in the field that the young plants may 

 attract the striped beetle and give the farmers the 

 opportunity to kill the pest before the real crops 

 are taken from the frames. That is a method 

 of deceiving the creatures, but the end justifies 

 the means. 



Unless you live where the cUmate is cold 

 and the season short, you may plant squash, 

 pumpkin and cucumber in the open fields where 

 they are to grow. Otherwise start them in 

 frames, as muskmelons are started. The land 

 should be given the best of surface tillage, and 

 every effort should be made to start the plants 

 so well that the fruits will have set before mid- 

 summer. All these vine plants need much 

 moisture in the soil and if the preparation-tillage 

 be neglected, no amount of after-tillage can 

 make up for the first loss. 



Watch the vines carefully so as to prevent one 

 fruit setting much in advance of the others. It 

 is better to pick the first one off if it is much 

 ahead of the main crop. Otherwise there wUl 

 be no uniformity of size or quality. If your 

 plants run too much to vine, pinch off the shoots 

 and let the vigor go to fruit-making. 



These crops often succeed as early crop and 

 main-season crop, by starting one about two weeks 



