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TN ALL essential details of sowing seeds and cultrvat- 
*- ing, squashes may be treated just like pumpkins. 
As a matter of fact, the two are seldom ever considered 
as two distinct forms of plant life, excepting in the care 
of the bush forms of early summer squashes. The aver- 
age packet of the small-seeded summer sorts contains 
sufficient seeds for a dozen hills. One ounce of the larger- 
seeded winter varieties will sow twenty-five hills. 
The summer squashes grow on upright, compact plants 
for which reason the hills are generally put four to five 
apart. The late, strongly vining winter sorts are grown 
like watermelons or pumpkins. If the squash bugs 
(flat-backed beetles) attack the young plants, sprinkle 
them with Slug Shot or other finely powdered insecticides. 
When the squash bugs attack the vines, they should be 
pulled up and destroyed. Early in the season they can 
often be cut out with a knife without injury to the 
plants. 
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