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BULLETIN 1427, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Poisoned-bran bait was effective with the cutworms, and sprayings 
with arsenate of lead solutions kept the other insects in check. Plant 
diseases were very rare, being confined to potato scab and bean 
blight in very mild forms. 
Directions for the control of the most common insects and diseases 
of the home vegetable garden are given in Farmers' Bulletin No. 
1371, which may be obtained free from the Office of Information, 
United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 
The data on yields given in Table 3 are assembled in two other 
tables. Table 4 gives the total quantity of each vegetable produced 
in the acre garden each year. This table shows the variation in 
production oi the different vegetables from year to year and brings 
together for ready reference the total production of the acre under 
the plan followed. 
Fig. 4. — Shell beans, wax beans, and peas in the legume-crop plat of the acre garden on July 25, 1924 
Table 5 gives the rate of yield of each vegetable each year per 
100 feet of row or 10 hills. It furnishes a basis from which one may 
determine the quantity of any vegetable to plant to meet individual 
needs. The yields per acre are not shown, as it is not the purpose of 
this bulletin to advocate commercial production. Approximations of 
the yields per acre can be calculatecl, however, from the data given 
in the tables. If the rows are 3 feet apart, 100 feet of row occupies 
300 square feet. An acre contains 43,560 square feet, or about 145 
times the above area. It follows that with rows spaced 3 feet apart 
the rate of yield per acre is approximately 145 times the rate per 100 
feet of row. The rate of yield per acre for any spacing can be cal- 
culated in similar manner. 
The quantitative results are set forth in full in the tables and are 
not discussed in detail, but in the following paragraphs the general 
results with each vegetable are considered. These summaries 
utilize not only the results obtained for five years from the rotation 
garden, but also those obtained during investigations with vege- 
tables for the preceding six years. 
