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CUCUMBERS— HOW TO SOW AND WHEN 
C UCUMBERS are warmth-loving plants. While 
hills, as described on preceding page, may be pre- 
pared any time, three feet apart each way, seeds should 
not be sown until soil and weather have become quite 
warm, toward end of May. Then make a furrow, one- 
half inch deep, running it in circular form, about four 
inches in diameter, around top of hill and scatter about a 
dozen seeds in it. 
Cover and press soil down firmly with your hands. 
The seedlings will appear within a week and almost simul- 
taneously a little beetle with yellow-striped wings is 
apt to visit the patch. Fight him at once by dusting 
the hills with Slug Shot, or flour mixed with Paris Green. 
Aside from this, cucumbers have no insect enemies. 
When the plants start to form the third pair of leaves 
and the danger from bugs is over (they only attack the 
seedlings) reduce the plants to two to four of the strongest 
per hill. The richer the soil, the more may grow. 
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