Protect Your Garden 



L. G. Gentner 



If it is worth while to plant a g'arden, 

 it is worth while to protect it. Insects 

 cause heavy losses to garden crops where 

 no effort is made to control them, while a 

 few simple measures applied at the right 

 time will usually entirely prevent such 

 losses. 



One of the first things to do in the 

 jl spring- is to get the garden and fence cor- 

 i' ners free from weeds. At all times of the 

 season gather up and destroy all old vines, 

 stalks and refuse as soon as the crops are 

 j harvested. Refuse and weeds furnish food 

 for insects and shelter them for the win- 

 ter if left in the garden. 



Do not let insects get a start. After 

 they once become numerous on the plants 

 it does not take long for them to do a 

 large amount of injury, especially on 

 young plants. Every insect that you let 

 live through the spring season will pro- 

 duce many more later. 



Where insects are few in number and 

 are easily seen, they may be controlled 

 by hand picking and destroying. But in 

 most cases it is much more practical to 

 spray the plants. 



Liquid sprays may be applied with a 

 small hand sprayer which can be bought 

 at a small cost. Dust sprays may be 

 dusted through a cloth sack, or perforated 

 1 tin can or by means of a dust gun. 



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