28 Teuck Geo wing in the South. 



Grasshoppers sometimes do considerable damage, espe- 

 cially in early fall crops. The mixture recominended 

 for cutworms is destructive to grasshoppers as well as 

 worms, and in using it in the fall two birds may be killed 

 with one stone. Grasshoppers are rarely ever trouble- 

 some in early spring. 



SEEDS. 



In dealing with this subject quality should be the only 

 question considered. Buy your seeds only from houses 

 that are known to be reliable beyond question. Poor 

 seeds will often entail a loss amounting to a hundred 

 sometimes a thousand times the value of the seed even if 

 they show good vitality. Perhaps the safest and most 

 economical rule is to get in touch with reliable growers 

 and buy direct from the grower. Communities can bunch 

 their orders and get their seeds at wholesale by this plan. 

 In buying potatoes, it is advisable, if possible, to have the 

 seed fields inspected, and get seeds free from blight. This 

 disease has been carried over the entire South through 

 the agency of infected seed and no doubt the yields are ma- 

 terially reduced on account of its prevelance. Most seeds 

 are just as good grown in the South as Northern grDwn, 

 and better for certain plants. The following seeds are 

 recommended to be grown in the South: Watermelons, 

 cucumbers, okra, sweet jeppers, eggplant, and squash. 

 However it is well to get Northern grown seed every few 

 years, with which to grow your seed stock. For fall crops 

 of potatoes, the small Southern grown seed matured in 

 early summer is recommended, and the potato should be 



