COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA 
57 
VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS 
vegetables can be grown successfully under glass we say: Many. What 
are the profits? Answer: Poor and fair only to growers that make 
vegetable growing under glass their specialty. That means, first class 
equipment, long years of experience, good connections with distribu¬ 
tors of hot house vegetables. All this takes years, to come into being. 
As we see it our correspondents are willing to work hard to earn 
the dollars, a hard task, because dollars are not fairly distributed. Big 
heaps with a few, none with millions of others. A good advice would 
be appreciated by many, ourselves included. We suggest: Leave vege¬ 
tables alone. Raise seedlings and rooted cuttings of popular flowers in¬ 
cluding good novelties. If you heat your houses throughout winter, 
you can grow many plants that later can be transferred to cold frames. 
To get an Idea what to grow study the classified ads in the trade 
papers. Grow strawberry plants, rhubarb, etc., for local sales. Raise 
vegetable plants and have a supply of these early and late in the 
spring and way into early summer. Your vegetable plants you can sell 
locally by advertising in the local papers and by hanging out a big 
sign in front of your place. Plants of flowers you will move through 
ads In the classified columns of trade papers. It cost money to adver¬ 
tise but to deliver vegetables to grocers, etc., costs more money yet. 
With careful management you will make some profit right from the 
start and you will work up profitable trade and the number of your 
customers will grow if you will supply first class plants, true to 
name and treat your customers as you expect to be treated yourself. 
You will get a valuable bulletin free if you will write to: Ohio 
Experiment Station, Columbus, Ohio, asking for Bulletin No. 110, 
entitled “Vegetable Forcing in Ohio.” 
GREENHOUSE OPERATORS—Write to Illinois State Natural His¬ 
tory Survey, Urbana, Ill., for a free copy of circular No. 2, entitled 
“Greenhouse Pests”, by Charles C. Compton. Contains extremely 
valuable information. 
ABOUT LIME 
LIME makes heavy soils porous and lighter, light soils 
more binding, it makes food elements the soil already con¬ 
tains available for the use of plants. Lime is not a fertilizer. 
It is beneficial to certain crops and harmful to other crops. 
On some soils liming results in greatly increased crops, on 
others it is decidedly harmful. Do not use lime before thor¬ 
oughly posting yourself—write to Dept, of Agriculture, Wash¬ 
ington, D. C., for information. 
How to tell whether lime in soil is needed. Press a ball 
of damp dirt, break the ball in half, insert a strip of litmus 
paper (for sale in any drug store) press again and if after 
half an hour the paper turns pink it is a sign that the soil 
is sour and needs liming. Apply lime in the fall or a few 
weeks before sowing, using half to one ton of lime per acre. 
Cucumber Beetles 
PARCELS POST RATES 
a. 
■S’® 
« 2. 
Zones 
1st 
Up to 
60 
miles 
2d 
60 to 
160 
miles 
r 
3d 
160 to 
300 
miles 
4th 
300 to 
600 
miles 
5th 
600 to 
1,000 
miles 
6th 
1,000 
to 
1,400 
miles 
7th 
1,400 
to 
1,800 
miles 
8th 
Over 
1,800 
miles 
I 
$0.07 
$0.08 
$0.08 
$0.09 
$0.10 
$0.11 
$0.12 
$0.14 
$0.15 
2 
.08 
.10 
.10 
.11 
.14 
.17 
.19 
.23 
.26 
3 
.08 
.11 
.11 
.13 
.17 
.22 
.26 
.32 
.37 
4 
.09 
.12 
.12 
.15 
.21 
.27 
.33 
.41 
.48 
5 
.09 
.13 
.13 
.17 
.24 
.33 
.40 
.50 
.59 
6 
.10 
.14 
.14 
.19 
.28 
.38 
.47 
.59 
.70 
7 
.10 
.15 
.15 
.21 
.31 
.43 
.54 
.68 
.81 
8 
.11 
.16 
.16 
.23 
.35 
.49 
.61 
.77 
.92 
9 
.11 
.17 
.17 
.25 
.38 
.54 
.68 
.86 
1.03 
10 
.12 
.18 
.18 
.27 
.42 
.59 
.75 
.95 
1.14 
11 
.12 
.19 
.19 
.29 
.45 
.64 
.82 
1.04 
1.25 
12 
.13 
.21 
.21 
.31 
.49 
.70 
.89 
1.13 
1.36 
13 
.13 
.22 
.22 
.33 
.52 
.75 
.96 
1.22 
1.47 
14 
.14 
.23 
.23 
.35 
.56 
.80 
1.03 
1.31 
1.58 
15 
.14 
.24 
.24 
.37 
.59 
.86 
1.10 
1.40 
1.69 
16 
.15 
.25 
.25 
.39 
.63 
.91 
1.17 
1.49 
1.80 
17 
.15 
.26 
.26 
.41 
.66 
.96 
1.24 
1.58 
1.91 
18 
.16 
.27 
.27 
.43 
.70 
1.02 
1.31 
1.67 
2.02 
19 
.16 
.28 
.28 
.45 
.73 
1.07 
1.38 
1.76 
2.13 
20 
.17 
.29 
.29 
.47 
.77 
1.12 
1.45 
1.85 
2.24 
21 
.17 
.30 
.30 
.49 
.80 
1.17 
1.52 
1.94 
2.35 
22 
.18 
.32 
.32 
.51 
.84 
1.23 
1.59 
2.03 
2.46 
23 
.18 
.33 
.33 
.53 
.87 
1.28 
1.66 
2.12 
2.57 
24 
.19 
.34 
.34 
.55 
.91 
1.33 
1.73 
2.21 
2.68 
25 
.19 
.35 
.35 
.57 
.94 
1.39 
1.80 
2.30 
2.79 
26 
.20 
.36 
.36 
.59 
.98 
1.44 
1.87 
2.39 
2.90 
27 
.20 
.37 
.37 
.61 
1.01 
1.49 
1.94 
2.48 
3.01 
28 
.21 
.38 
.38 
.63 
1.05 
1.55 
2.01 
2.57 
3.12 
29 
.21 
.39 
.39 
.65 
1.08 
1.60 
2.08 
2.66 
3.23 
30 
.22 
.40 
.40 
.67 
1.12 
1.65 
2.15 
2.75 
3.34 
31 
.22 
.41 
.41 
.69 
1.15 
1.70 
2.22 
2.84 
3.45 
32 
.23 
.43 
.43 
.71 
1.19 
1.76 
2.29 
2.93 
3.56 
33 
.23 
.44 
.44 
.73 
1.22 
1.81 
2.36 
3.02 
3.67 
34 
.24 
.45 
.45 
.75 
1.26 
1.86 
2.43 
3.11 
3.78 
35 
.24 
.46 
.46 
.77 
1.29 
1.92 
2.50 
3.20 
3.89 
36 
.25 
.47 
.47 
.79 
1.33 
1.97 
2.57 
3.29 
4.00 
37 
.25 
.48 
.48 
.81 
1.36 
2.02 
2.64 
3.38 
4.11 
38 
.26 
.49 
.49 
.83 
1.40 
2.08 
2.71 
3.47 
4.22 
39 
.26 
.50 
.50 
.85 
1.43 
2.13 
2.78 
3.56 
4.33 
40 
.27 
.51 
.51 
.87 
1.47 
2.18 
2.85 
3.65 
4.44 
41 
.27 
.52 
.52 
.89 
1.50 
2.23 
2.92 
3.74 
4.55 
42 
.28 
.54 
.54 
.91 
1.54 
2.29 
2.99 
3.83 
4.66 
43 
.28 
.55 
.55 
.93 
1.57 
2.34 
3.06 
3.92 
4.77 
44 
.29 
.56 
.56 
.95 
1.61 
2.39 
3.13 
4.01 
4.88 
45 
.29 
.57 
.57 
.97 
1.64 
2.45 
3.20 
4.10 
4.99 
46 
.30 
.58 
.58 
.99 
1.68 
2.50 
3.27 
4.19 
5.10 
47 
.30 
.59 
.59 
1.01 
1.71 
2.55 
3.34 
4.28 
5.21 
48 
.31 
.60 
.60 
1.03 
1.75 
2.61 
3.41 
4.37 
5.32 
49 
.31 
.61 
.61 
1.05 
1.78 
2.66 
3.48 
4.46 
5.43 
50 
.32 
.62 
.62 
1.07 
1.82 
2.71 
3.55 
4.55 
5.54 
“The most effective remedy for striped cucumber beetles on 
cantaloupes, cucumbers and similar vine crops Is to smear some pine 
tar on a corn cob and place the cob on a hill between the young 
plants. Add more tar to the cob at intervals of 7 or 8 days. The 
odor of turpentine is offensive to the beetles and they pack up and 
get away. It is a simple thing, but it beats all other remedies.” 
NEW VARIETIES of vegetables are best tried on a small scale 
first. This because a new variety of tomato for instance will make 
a good showing on heavy land and a poor one on sandy land. Also 
that same new tomato may be first class in the corn belt but not so 
good in the cloudy climate of the state of Washington. It takes 
time to find out as to the value of a new variety, therefore to be on 
the safe side try on a small scale to see of what value the new 
variety will be on your own land and under the climatic conditions 
in your section of this big country. 
ROADSIDE MARKETING 
You will meet with success 
if you will make as big a 
display as possible. Your prices must be within reason and you must 
be as courteous and accommodating as you are capable of. Politeness 
costs nothing, but in business is a force of unestimable value. Handle 
nothing but high class stuff. If you must market second grade stuff, 
price it accordingly and mark it as second grade. Place signs several 
hundred feet each side of your stand. Make your message on the sign 
as short as possible and in conspicuous letters. You must have plenty 
of parking space. Make your premises outstandingly different from 
the rest of the country-side. Plant lots of cannas, dahlias, zinnias, 
in a word surround your place with a sea of flowers. You can produce 
the flowering material on your own land with minimum cost. Keep 
your parking space free or dust by sprinkling or oiling. Offer bar¬ 
gains as often as possible. Bargains mean no immediate profit to you. 
However, that only seems so. The fact is that bargains draw new 
trade, lead to new connections. Bargains are a powerful force In 
establishing a profitable trade. 
HIGH CLASS RADISH and other root crops are produced by 
the following method. Plow the land in the fall. In the spring 
disc the ground to the depth of 6 inches, no more. You will 
have six inches of loose top soil and firm ground underneath. 
This firm soil will stop roots from going down too deep, your 
i carrots will be thicker around. For radishes besides preparing 
the ground as outlined you must manure heavily in August 
or September using well rotted cow manure and some tankage. 
Your radishes will grow fast in this rich ground, will be 
perfect in form, quality and of bright color. 
SALVIA SPLENDENS WHITE Is not offered by us because the flow¬ 
ers are not white. They are not yellow or green, they are “no color” 
—in a word, worthless. The same can be said about Salvia Splendens 
Purple. The color of this variety la dark and unattractive. 
SOIL—To produce paying crops the richer the soil the better. But 
when you grow Godetia or Clarkia POOR soil is the soil. Soil 
mixed with three parts of coarse sand or sifted coal ashes is the 
proper soil. 
the garden hoe 
Gardex Rapid Hoe has a patented swivel joint and works 
like a pendulum, so that by using a forward and backward 
motion the blade is automatically placed in the right posi¬ 
tion to dig in and weed as it cultivates. Thus one can work 
back and forth without lifting the tool from the ground. 
Our aim is to have the best in flower and vegetable seeds. 
We are not interested in side lines such as canary birds, 
dogs, etc. 
However, we are making an exception in the case of 
Rapid Hoe and this ONLY because Rapid Hoe is a tool worth 
its weight in gold. It is the same as The Weed Butcher 
Hoe. By listing Rapid Hoe we are rendering you real ser¬ 
vice, as is our duty to do. Rapid Hoe is such a good tool 
that we will be glad to take it back from anyone should he 
not be fully satisfied after 30 days of trial and will refund 
the money paid for the Hoe in full. We use this Hoe on our 
farms, we know and appreciate its value. Price: $2.00. 
Extra blades 20c, prepaid. 
