May, 1913 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
429 
sands of little weed seedlings will have 
been finding their way out to the light — if 
you give them a chance. In the old-fash¬ 
ioned method of planting by hand it was 
practically impossible to do much in the 
way of fighting them until the legitimate 
crops got far enough advanced to mark 
the rows; where the seed drill is used, 
however, the rows are plainly marked by 
the track of the roller so that no such 
delay is necessary. Just as soon after 
planting as the first crop of weeds has de¬ 
veloped enough to be visible — five to ten 
days according to conditions — put the disc 
attachment on your wheel-hoe, using pref¬ 
erably the double-wheel type which will 
straddle the row, and go over the beds 
carefully, cutting up all the soil between 
the broad rows left by the roller of the 
seed drill. This can be done to perfection 
with the disc attachment, as they are so 
adjustable that the” shave right up to the 
desired line without throwing a particle 
of dirt over it. You cannot do this at a 
very rapid rate, but it will nevertheless be 
traveling as with the winged heels of 
Hermes compared with the tortoise pace 
of weeding on hands and knees. Then, if 
you possess, as you should, a “weeder at¬ 
tachment” for the wheel-hoe, you can 
quickly and lightly stir the upper quarter 
inch or so of soil in the rows directly above 
where your seeds are planted. But in 
doing this, of course, you must take great 
care not to go deep enough to disturb the 
legitimate seedlings. 
The work where plants have been set 
out can be done more easily, but it is just 
as important. A few days after the plants 
have been set, go over the surface both 
between the rows and between the plants 
with the “rake” attachments to the wheel- 
hoe, or with the ordinary, iron garden 
rake. It is not necessary, for the first 
couple of times, to go deep—half an inch 
or so will catch all the sprouting wild tur¬ 
nip and other early intruders; and you can 
do ten rows in this way in the time it would 
take you to hoe out one by hand after the 
weeds have grown even a small size. You 
must keep in mind that all the pains you 
have been to to make your one hundred 
per cent, garden rich and fine has put it in 
a fine condition to produce a one hundred 
per cent, crop of weeds if you do not keep 
the upper hand and maintain that relig¬ 
iously eternal vigilance which is the price 
of peace. 
And this hint to the beginner is a valu¬ 
able one: When, as is sometimes the case, 
he will have to choose between going after 
a crop of weeds just big enough to slaugh¬ 
ter by the method mentioned, and doing 
some planting, he will be usually taking the 
wisest course by attending to the weeds 
first. 
It is pleasanter, of course, to plant than 
to grub around uprooting the rank intru¬ 
ders, but the task must be done. The fol¬ 
lowing table for the planting of late veg¬ 
etables may be of assistance to the average 
gardener, and its careful reading is rec¬ 
ommended to those who would get the 
most out of their gardens. 
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