
estimated 2,000,000 
.L.F. territory hold a key 
spot in 1945 agriculture in the North- 
east. 
Farmers have been called on to 
- maintain production at about the same 
accelerated rate as in 1944, to meet 
food needs for the farm and city home, . 
and for fighting men at home and 
abroad. The consumer, too, sees ques- 
tion marks in the uncertainties sur- 
rounding rationing. 
All of which increases the importance 
of well-planned, well-cultivated, well- 
cared-for gardens. 
Things Good Gardeners Know 
Experts say that the average garden 
now produces only 50 per cent of what 
it can yield. Good gardeners know that 
the way to increase production is to 
use-every suitable square foot of garden 
space, and to use it as long as plants 
will grow. | 
They know the necessity for choos- 
ing varieties which will mature during 
the available season. They realize the 
value of limiting seed purchases to 
needs, the importance of avoiding 
waste. They realize that treatment of 
several varieties of seed (see page 15) 
will help reduce disease waste. 
They understand the value of plant- 
ing to maintain soil fertility and to 
> Garden- 
avoid carrying over diseases and in- 
sects between seasons. They know that 
rows should be plotted with an eye to 
the method of cultivation—hoe, hand 
and horse cultivator or tractor. 
Planning the Planting 
The experienced gardener also knows 
better than to plant so many beans 
that his wife’s cooking ingenuity will 
be taxed to avoid a chorus of ‘‘What, 
beans again?”’ He realizes that she will 
want her canned goods shelves to bulge 
next winter, but not with beans alone. 
It’s common sense to thin the plant- 
ings so the seedlings will have room to 
grow, to use companion crops and suc- 
cession . planting. Those are well- 
pointed roads to 100 per cent garden 
yield. 
Gardening Precautions 
The good gardener fights disease 
and insect pests throughout the grow- 
ing season, with protective bands 
against cutworms attacking young 
plants, sprays and dusts against bean 
beetles and squash bugs, bacteria and 
fungi. 
No one needs to tell him that peas 
planted in the same spot two years in 
a row are likely to develop root rot 
the second year; that cabbage follow- 
ing cabbage may be affected by club 
foot. 
G. L. F. Szep Is AvartaBLe at Your G.L. F. Service AGENCY 
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