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T II E G A R D E N M A G A Z I N E 
No. 25 Planet Jr Combined Hill and 
Drill Seeder, Double Wheel Hoe, 
Cultivator and Plow 
A splendid combination for the family garden, 
onion grower, or large gardener. Is a perfect 
seeder, and combined double and single wheel- 
hoe. Unbreakable steel frame. Capacity — 
2 acres a day. 
Planet Jrs. are the most econom- 
ical farm and garden tools you can buy. 
Designed by a practical farmer and 
manufacturer with over 40 years’ ex- 
perience. 
They are made the best, last the 
longest, and give the biggest results. 
Fully guaranteed. 
$ L Allen & Co 
Box 1108S Philadelphia Pa 
No. 1 6 Planet Jr. Single Wheel Hoe. 
Cultivator, Rake and Plow 
The highest type of Single Wheel Hoe made. 
Light but strong, and can be used by man, 
woman, or boy. Will do all the cultivation in 
your garden in the easiest, quickest and best 
way. Indestructible steel frame. 
Planet Jr 12-tooth Harrow, Cultivator 
and Pulverizer 
Stonger, steadier in action, and cultivates more 
thoroughly than any other harrow made. Non- 
clogging steel wheel. Invaluable to the market- 
gardener, trucker, tobacco or small fruit grower. 
New 72-page Catalog, free 
Contains 168 illustrations and describes over 55 
tools for every farm and garden need, including Seeders, 
Wheel Hoes, Horse Hoes, Harrows, Orchard- and 
Beet-Cultivators. Write postal for it now ! 
Plant potatoes in rows three feet apart and sixteen 
inches in the row and four inches deep. Potatoes 
need potash but if the land is plowed deep and pre- 
pared thoroughly it is not necessary to add any 
to the fertilizers as the soil of the Southern Middle 
States has a fairly good amount of this important 
fertilizer, which can be made available by early and 
deep plowings. 
Plant potatoes on land that has been in clover the 
year previous. In preparing the land for every acre 
incorporate in the soil the following: 300 pounds of 
nitrate of soda, 600 pounds of fish scrap, 800 pounds 
of acid phosphate. For lands that have no potash 
300 pounds of muriate of potash should be added. 
New asparagus beds can be made the first part 
of month. Make trenches two feet deep and two 
feet wide. Fill in six inches with well rotted manure 
and over this put four inches of good garden soil. 
Place one-year old asparagus roots crosswise in the 
trench, and fifteen to eighteen inches apart. Fill 
in gradually with soil. Have the rows five feet apart. 
Asparagus roots are planted deep because they have 
a tendency to work up and each year get nearer the 
surface of the ground. Don’t cut until the third 
year. An old asparagus bed should be thoroughly 
worked now between the rows and a good fertilizer 
mixed with the soil and the earth mounded up over 
the rows, thus making it easy to cut the shoots with 
the asparagus knife as soon as they appear above 
the ground. The cutting season begins the first of 
April and should cease the first of June. Throw 
coarse salt over the beds once in a while. It keeps 
down the weeds and otherwise helps the asparagus. 
Some gardeners use kainit with hen manure on 
asparagus; in that event salt is not necessary. This 
has proven very beneficial. Examine old trees and 
shrubs thoroughly and spray for scale now. Do 
the pruning heretofore neglected. 
Grape vines should be pruned and trained. Work 
in between the rows a good fertilizer containing 
phosphates and some potash. Be chary of too 
much nitrogen. The manure spread in the fall or 
the clover sowed between the rows will furnish all 
the nitrogen necessary. 
Strawberries can be set out if the ground is not 
too wet, and the old strawberry bed should be 
worked as soon as possible and a liberal dressing of 
fertilizer applied between the rows. Use 250 
pounds of acid phosphate, 250 pounds of muriate 
of potash and 100 pounds of nitrate of soda to the 
acre. 
Plant the latter part of the month stone fruits 
such as peaches, apricots, plums, and cherries; also 
ornamental trees of a pithy fibre, like the tulip 
poplar. 
Virginia. J. M. Patterson. 
Buying and Keeping Tools 
I N THE buying of tools and implements, a great 
many people are governed wholly by price. Some 
buy whatever they can get the cheapest; others 
on the basis that the higher priced a thing is, par- 
ticularly if it is imported, the better it must be. 
Of the two, perhaps the latter method is the best; 
but there is a happy medium. The name on a tool, 
that stands for the reputation that is back of it, is a 
pretty safe guide. It never pays to buy a cheap 
thing merely because it is low-priced. The ma- 
jority of tools used on the small place, if they are of 
good quality to begin with, will last for a lifetime 
if they are properly taken care of, and the cost of a 
tool is measured not so much by what you pay for it 
as by the length of time it will give you service. 
The number of years of service you will get out 
of an implement, however, does not depend wholly 
upon its original quality. Equally important is 
the care you give it. There should, above all, 
be one central place in which to keep tools. Usually 
one sees them hanging up on nails, some on the 
back porch, some in the wood-shed, and others in 
the garage, barn, henhouse, or greenhouse, if there 
is one. As far as keeping them is concerned, the 
small tools and implements should be divided into 
three groups and a place furnished for all. Small 
tools and carpenter’s tools — such as the hammer, 
chisel, square, hatchet — and supplies — such as nails, 
screws, rivets, etc. — should be kept in a covered 
box or chest, with a lock and key if it is accessible 
to children or promiscuous borrowers. Other 
things are kept most readily by having a fiat wall 
February, 1 i» 1 .5 
Two Baskets of Apples! 
Both grown in the same orchard, on two trees 
that had the same natural advantages. But 
sprayed the tree that yielded the apples above, 
and the apples below came from the tree that 
wasn’t sprayed. In the “Deming Experiment 
Orchard,” we take our own medicine. We study 
spraying right among the trees to find out what is 
needed in the way of sprayers, nozzles, solutions, 
etc., etc. We prefer to do the experimenting for 
our customers rather than let them do the experi- 
menting for us. This is but ONE of the reasons why 
practical fruit growers, farmers and gardeners prefer 
For over a score of years they have been termed "The World’s 
Best.” The ease with which every important working part is 
accessible, makes them great favorites. Their practical con- 
struction makes their use a pleasure and an economy. Try 
either of these two leaders: 
The Deming “Aerospra” 
as shown herewith, is a compressed-air sprayer 
which is proving of ever-increasing popu- 
larity with thousands of home gardeners. 
Its compact size and practical shape 
render work with it a pleasure. Easily 
operated with one hand, while the free 
hand can turn leaves and branches 
of plants or shrubs. It throws a 
fine, but forceful spray, does quick 
work thoroughly and is built to 
last for years. 
“ Perfect Success ’ 
Bucket Sprayer 
Indispensable for garden, greenhouse or 
small orchard. A great favorite since it is 
easily attached to any bucket. Does good 
work quickly and is built for hard wear. 
Read all about it on page 6 of our catalog. 
“Deming” Nozzles and “Deco” Hose 
Lead under all conditions in all sections of 
the country. Besides the famous Deming Trio — 
Bordeaux, Simplex and Vermorel Nozzles — there 
are six other styles for different purposes. Everything we sell 
is fully tested and guaranteed to do thorough work. 
Valuable Spraying Guide FREE 
To help you spray effectively, we publish a most complete spraying guide. 
It tells when and how to spray in garden, orchard and field. Catalog 
describes over twenty styles of Deming Spray Pumps. Ask for your 
copy and name of nearest Deming Dealer to-day. 
THE DEMING CO. 
136 Depot Street Salem, Ohio 
“Hand and Power Pumps for all Purposes’* 
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