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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 fertilizer, thor¬ 
oughly mixing together, and screen 
into seed box as pictured above. Press 
the soil down firm and smooth with 
small flat piece of board. This will 
give you a fine fertile seed bed. 
“Sowing the Seed.” 
Simply scatter the seed thinly over 
surface of soil as pictured above. 
When these seedlings come up this 
method requires 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 Sowing the 
Seed.” 
After firming soU 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 setting in the 
garden or field. In other words, it’s 
only one transplanting. 
Start Your 
Garden Right 
Grow Your Own Vegetable 
and Flower Plants 
Reduce Your Table Expenses 
A 50 Foot garden lot will 
produce more than a 
$100— worth of food 
A 5c Packet of Seed will Produce 
More Plants than you could 
buy for ^5.00 
When you raise your own plants you are al¬ 
ways sure of getting just the varieties you want; 
besides it’s worth a great deal to have the 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 unless you raise your own. 
The illustrations here will give you a complete 
idea how to prepare the soil, plant the seed, trans¬ 
plant 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 im¬ 
portant for you folks to grow your Cabbage, Cel¬ 
ery, Cauliflower, Egg Plants, Tomato, Aster, Sal¬ 
via, Verbena, Pansy, etc., as it is- for Big Market 
Gardeners, and believe me, all our Market Gar¬ 
deners 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 disap¬ 
pointment 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 wel¬ 
come. 
CONDON BROS., SEEDSMEN 
“Covering the Seed.” 
■ifter sowing seed as pictured in 
photographs 2 and 3, take your screen 
again and screen over the top of seed 
some nice fine soil, covering seed with 
soil U, to % inch deep, according to 
size of seed. Press top of soil down 
firmly again. 
“Transplanting Seedlings to Per¬ 
manent Box.” 
Prepare soil as outlined in photo¬ 
graphs Nos. 1 and 3 and set your 
plants about 4 inches apart each way. 
Keep in sunny exposure and expose 
to cool air gradually to instill a hardy 
growth. 
“Seedlings Are Now Up Ready to 
Transplant.” 
See photograph No. 7 for proper 
method of transplanting. 
“Getting Seed to Start Quickly.” 
We now cover top of box with a 
damp burlap bag which gives a uni¬ 
form moisture and as the sprouts be¬ 
gin to show remove the bag and place 
a pane of common window glass over 
it. Place in sunny exposure and 
partly remove glass from box every 
day to harden the seedlings. 
