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A PROGRAM FOR GARDEN SANITATION 



About 75% of the work and much 

 of the damage caused by insects 

 can be eliminated by a simple, 

 regular program of sanitation. 

 Preventive dusting or spraying is 

 much easier than waging a losing 

 battle against bugs when they 

 appear. Usually, less than 30 

 minutes a week should be need- 

 ed for a regular sanitation pro- 

 gram for both flowers and veg- 

 tables. 



Along with a regular program of 

 insect control, plan on destroying 

 weeds along the edges of your 

 garden, the places where insects 

 hide during the winter. If pos- 

 sible, control the weeds for a 

 distance of at least 25 feet on all 

 sides of the garden. Not only 

 will this eliminate insect hiding 

 places, but it will reduce the 

 number of weed seeds that might 

 otherwise blow onto your garden. 



This program involves two new 

 chemicals. Apply a 5% dust of 

 D.D.T. to the grass and weeds 

 about every three weeks, so that 

 most insects that might otherwise 

 move into the garden will be 

 killed. So will mosquitoes, chig- 

 gers and harvest mites that can 

 make gardening so unpleasant. 



The regular use of 2,4-D will 

 keep down all of the broadleaved 

 weeds, without danger of poison- 

 ing animals, children or of dam- 

 aging equipment with corrosive 

 sprays. In using 2,4-D around 

 flowers and vegetables, however, 

 be extremely careful not to allow 

 the spray to drift onto these, as 

 most garden plants are as easy 

 to kill with this material as the 

 weeds. 



Any spray that will kill grasses 

 will also hurt the soil so that it 



can't be used for growing plant3 

 for several years. If this is not 

 objectionable, use one of the non- 

 selective weed killers — and clear 

 the ground of all vegetation (as 

 on driveways, tennis courts, etc.) 

 Ask us for details. 



New ideas on garden layout 



D.D.T. for pest control promises 

 to change the whole scheme of 

 garden layout. We can now di- 

 vide vegetables into two groups 

 — one to be dusted with D.D.T. 

 and the other to be left un- 

 dusted. The D.D.T. plot should 

 be on the lee side so that wind 

 will not drift from it into those 

 which should not be dusted. 



This puts the following vegetables 

 on the side away from the wind 

 — bush and pole beans, limas, 

 beets unless you want to eat the 

 thinnings as greens), carrots, 

 sweet corn, eggplant, okra, 

 onions, parsnips, peas, peppers, 

 radishes, tomatoes and turnips 

 (again, only if you don't eat the 

 greens). 



Facing the wind should be the 

 vegetables not to be dusted, in- 

 cluding Brussels sprouts, cauli- 

 flower, Chinese cabbage, collards, 

 cucumber, endive, kale, kohl- 

 rabi, lettuce, muskmelon, parsley, 

 pumpkin, rhubarb, spinach, 

 squash, Swiss chard and water- 

 melon. In general, rows get bet- 

 ter distribution of sunshine if they 

 run north and south. If this ar- 

 rangement isn't necessary, better 

 put corn and other tall crops to 

 the north of the shorter crops. 

 Sweet corn should not be 

 planted in one or two long rows, 

 but in several short rows. 



QUICK-FIGURING CHART FOR DILUTIONS 



• With Liquid Materials • 



For Use to make Use to make 



Use to make 



Use to make 



Strength 



1 qt. 



1 gal. 



5 gals. 



25 gals. 



1-100 



21/2 tspns. 



10 tspns. 



12 tblspns. 



1 qt. 



1-200 



1 tspn. 



5 tspns. 



6 1/4 tblspns. 



i Pt. 



1-400 



V2 tspn. 



21/2 tspns. 



3 tblspns. 



8 oz. 



1-500 



V2 tspn. 



2 tspns. 



2V2 tblspns. 



6 oz. 



1-600 



1-3 tspn. 



13/4 tspns. 



2 tblspns. 



5 oz. 



1-800 



14 tspn. 



IV4 tspns. 



6 tspns. 



4 oz. 



1-1000 



V4 tspn. 



1 tspn. 



5 tspns. 



3 oz. 



4 tspns. equal 1 tblspn.; 2 tblspn. equal 1 



oz.; 16 ozs. equal 1 pt. 





• With Powdered Materials • 





Rate per 



Use to make 



Use to make 



Use to make Use to make 



100 gals. 



1 at. 



1 gal. 



5 gals. 



25 gals. 



1 lb. 



1 tspn. 



1 tblspn. 



4 tblspns. 



4 oz. 



2 lb. 



l 3 /4 tspns. 



l 3 /4 tblspns. 



8 tblspns. 



12 oz. 



3 lb. 



2 2-3 tspns. 



2 2-3 tblspns. 



21/2 oz. 



11/4 lb. 



5 lb. 



AV2 tspns. 



41/2 tblspns. 



4 oz. 



IV2 lb. 



6 lb. 



5 1-3 tspns. 



5 1-3 tblspns. 



4 3 /4 oz. 



8 oz. 



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ASTER, Wilt-resistant 



AQUILEGIA (Columbine), Mixed 



