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Condon Bros., Seedsmen, Rock River Valley Seed Farm, Rockford, Illinois 
•'Preparing Soil for the Seed Box" 
Use any good garden soil free 
from weeds; put in a little fer- 
tilizer, thoroughly mixing together, 
aud screen into seed box as pic- 
tured ab<ne. Prese the soil down 
firm and smooth with small flat 
piece of board. This wtll give you 
a fine fertile seed l>ed. 
"Sowing the Seed." 
Simply scatter the seed thinly over 
surface of soil as pictured above . 
When tlicse seedlings come up this 
method rciiuires transplanting them 
at uniform distance in another flat 
to grow larger before setting in the 
garden or field. It's a little more 
work this way but you always get 
better and more stockier plants. 
"Another Method of Sowin? the 
Seed." 
After firming soil take your mark- 
ing stick and draw straight furrows 
across the top and sow seed at a 
uniform distance as pictured. If 
this method is followed you may 
let them grow full size before set- 
ting in the garden or field. In other 
ivords it's only one transplanting. 
Start Your 
Garden Right 
Grow Your Own Vegetables 
and Flower Plants 
Reduce Your Table Expenses 
A 10c Packet of Seed will Prodnce More 
Plants than you could buy for $10.00 
at the stores. 
When you raise your own plants you are 
always sure of getting just the varieties you 
want; besides it's worth a great deal to have 
tlie plants growing in boxes in your own home 
so you can set them out right before or after 
a shower. You can't have this privilege un- 
less you raise your own. 
The illustrations here will give you a com- 
plete idea how to prepare the soil, plant the 
seed, transplant the seedlings and reset in the 
garden or field. 
This page applies mostly to customers who 
don't have hot beds or cold frames, but it's just 
as important for you folks to grow your Cab- 
bage, Celery, Cauliflower, Egg Plants, Tomato, 
Aster, Salvia, Verbena, Pansy, etc., as it is for 
Big Market Gardeners, and believe me, all our 
Market Gardeners grow their own plants. They 
do it to be sure of the type and in order to 
have the plants ready to set at the proper 
time, avoiding disappointment of having them 
delayed and damaged when shipped in. Try 
it this year. If you need further advice just 
ask for it. You're always welcome. 
CONDON BROS., Seedsmen. 
"Covering tfie Seed." 
After sowing seed as pictured In 
pliotographs 2 and 3, take your 
screen again and screen over the 
top of seed some nice fine soil, cov- 
ering seed with soil H to % Inch 
deep, according to siz* of seed. 
Press top of soil down firmly again. 
"Transplanting Seedlings to Per* 
manent Box." 
Prepare soli as outlined in photo- 
graphs No8. 1 and 3 and set your 
rdants alKHit 4 inchea apart each 
way. Im'i'p in sunny expusuro and 
expose iu citol air giatlually to tu- 
stlll a hardy growtli. 
"Seedlings Are Now Up Ready to 
Transplant." 
See photograph No. 7 for proper 
method of transplanttug. 
"Getting Seed to Start Quickly.'* 
We now coTcr top of box with a 
damp burlap bag which gives ft 
uniform moisturt; and as the sprouts 
begin to show remove the bag and 
place a pane of common window 
glass over it. Place iii sunny ex- 
IKHvure and partly remove glasti from 
l)ox every day to harden the seeU- 
Itngs. 
