May, 1912 
AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS xi 
with water in which has been dissolved a 
small quantity of bleaching powder. Dry 
in the open, preferably in the sun. The 
engraving will look like new, the treatment 
to which it has been subjected leaving be- 
hind no traces whatever. 
SQUASHES IN THE HOME GARDEN 
By E. 1. F. 
HE first week in June is none too late 
to start squashes in the home garden. 
Indeed, late planting has an advantage, as 
in that way trouble with the black bug 
is largely avoided. The use of much fer- 
tilizer is needed in order to grow good 
squashes and the best plan is to broadcast 
manure and plow it into the soil. Then 
only a forkful of manure or a handful of 
commercial fertilizer will be required for 
each hill, but it should be dug into the soil. 
A shovelful of coal ashes in the hill will 
help to keep borers away. The seeds 
should be planted about one inch deep and 
it is wise to plant six or seven, thinning the 
plants to three or four in a hill. It is just 
as well to bunch the seeds, as no harm is 
done and the plants are more easily cared 
for than when scattered. 
The young plants will probably appear 
within a week and must immediately be 
guarded against the various pests which 
seem to prefer squash vines to any other 
kind. The fondness which the different 
bugs and beetles have for squashes is so 
well known, indeed, that this vegetable is 
often planted with cucumbers and melons 
as a trap crop. There is no better way to 
fight the beetles than to dust the plants 
with a mixture made by using a teaspoon- 
ful of Paris green with two quarts of land 
plaster and two quarts of tobacco dust. 
Several applications must be made and it 
is especially necessary to use this poison 
just after a rain. Boxes for distributing 
the poison may be purchased, but it is a 
simple matter to make one from a baking 
powder or coffee can by punching holes in 
the bottom. The can should not be quite 
filled or the powder will not be shaken 
out easily, and the cover should be put-on 
tightly so that none will be wasted. This 
duster may also be used to advantage 
when vegetables are attacked by the green’ 
fly, and is recommended by a prominent 
market gardener. 
If the bug appears, it may be trapped 
by using shingles placed on the ground near 
the plants. The bugs will crawl under 
them and may be destroyed by crushing 
them or dropping them in kerosene. The 
shingles should be examined very early in 
the morning. The borer works in the stems 
and sometimes may be cut out, the stems 
then being buried in the earth, where they 
will take root. 
The cultivation of the squash is not ar- 
duous as the vines grow very rapidly and 
shade the ground to such an extent that 
weeds cannot thrive. A wheel hoe can be 
used to advantage at first.. If manure has 
not been broadcasted, it is a good plan to 
spread a little around each hill before the 
vines begin to run. Amateurs often make 
the mistake of planting squashes too close- 
ly. Nine feet is plenty close enough, and 
even then the plants will overlap in most 
cases, if they grow well. Squashes are fre- 
quently planted with early peas or beans, 
as they do not require the ground until 
those crops are off. 
If the squashes are to be kept for Winter 
se, care must be exercised in gathering 
them, for they are easily bruised. They 
should be piled and left in the field for a 
few days before they are taken to the 
house. Hubbard, Delicious and Marblehead 
are good kinds to grow. 
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