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WHAT AND HOW TO PLANT 
_ In selecting vegetables to plant include 
the ones your family should eat as well 
as the kinds they like. A well balanced 
diet is most important and should include 
- green vegetables, yellow vegetables, leafy 
vegetables, root vegetables, and toma- 
toes. 
Flowers to complement the vegetables. 
Morale does not stop with the stomach. 
Flowers for the house, fresh from the 
garden, are essential. Plant them, as 
shown, on the plan to make the view 
from the house attractive and colorful. 
SOW SEEDS AT RIGHT TIME 
_ Sow seeds at the proper season and 
avoid waste. We have the highest qual- 
ity seeds available. 
Work down the top soil with a rake 
until it is level, fine and in perfect physi- 
cal condition, before attempting to plant 
seed, 
Seed should be sown thinly in shallow 
rills, made with a stick as shown in the 
sketch. To make the rows straight, fol- 
low a line of string stretched between 
stakes placed at either end of the row. 
The depth of this rill depends on the va- 
riety sown. Check with the depth of 
planting chart on page 3 before sowing 
seed. 
Seed may be sown directly from the 
packet, or by rubbing a pinch of seed 
between the thumb and the first two 
fingers. This latter method gives a thin- 
ner distribution of the seed. Small seeds 
should not be thicker than 10 to the 
inch. Sow one row at a time and after 
each row, cover the seed lightly, touch- 
ing the loose soil with a rake. Place the 
board used for walking between the row 
on top of the sown seed and walk across 
it to firm the soil for better germination. 
Treatment of the seed with ‘‘Cupro- 
cide’’ will eliminate a great deal of damp- 
ing off, and rotting of the seed after 
sowing, especially if sown during the wet 
weather. 
If the soil is moist, but not wet, at the 
time of sowing, watering will not be 
necessary before the seedlings are up. 
If it dries out, however, sprinkle care- 
fully so as not to wash out the small 
seedlings. 
USE PLENTY OF GOOD 
FERTILIZER 
Fertilizers are very important. The 
food value of garden vegetables for 
human consumption depends greatly on 
their mineral content, derived from the 
soil. The vitamin content depends on the 
vigor of growth and the abundance of 
sunlight. Therefore, the fertilizing of 
the soil is important to insure vigorous 
growth and healthy mineral and vitamin- 
Two methods 
of sowing seed: 
(1) tapping packet a 
(2) rubbing a pinch of 
seed between fingers. 
Plants are safer and easier to use 
for tomato (sketch) pepper, caul- 
iflower, egg plant, celery and cab- 
( age. Select vigorous plants prop- 
hardened to 
weather Protect with “Hotkaps” 
when weather 
is unsettled. 
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rich vegetables. A good practice is to 
spade commercial fertilizer, balanced to 
supply the necessary proportions of ni- 
trogen, phosphorous and potash. Later 
in the season, applications of fertilizers 
in small doses, as side dressings, keep 
vegetables in active growth. Ask us for 
special fertilizer formulas for vegetable 
gardens. 
WATERING IS IMPORTANT 
Watering will be necessary during the 
growing season. It should be done early 
enough in the day to evaporate drops of 
water from the leaves before nightfall. 
Water generously, soaking the soil deep- 
ly each time, rather than by quick 
‘“‘sprinkles’”’ with the hose. In this way, 
the roots will grow deep, feed better and 
be protected from drouth, in case water- 
ing is missed during a hot dry spell. 
Once every week or ten days should be 
ample for moist soils. No rules can be 
formulated to determine the necessity of 
watering. Observation of the soil, and 
testing with a shovel, will best deter- 
mine when to water. 
SPRAY AND DUST FOR PESTS 
Insects and diseases may infest the 
vegetable garden but may never become 
a serious problem if one watches for evi- 
dence of damage and takes prompt ac- 
tion. Sprays and dusts are available in 
convenient packages to combat every 
garden pest. When spraying cover all 
parts of the plant and both sides of the 
leaves. Do a thorough job promptly and 
avoid a serious infestation. 
Success in gardening starts by follow- 
ing certain rules. Whether these be 
noted from the pages of books or gath- 
ered from practical experience makes 
little difference. The process is the same. 
Good seed, soil, water, fertilizer, and 
work makes for success. 
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HOW TO SET PLANTS 

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If we understand that almost every 
seed we sow has stored within its shell 
the ability to sprout and grow into a 
useful plant we can easily think of the 
seeds as plants ready to set out which 
will make the picture of the finished gar- 
den clearer in our mind’s eye, thus avoid- 
ing many of the early mistakes of plant- 
ing. 
Seeds are started by sowing in the soil 
of the garden. There germination takes 
place readily when conditions required 
for growth are met. Fortunately good 
garden soil, well prepared meets these 
requirements: soil moisture, usually pres- 
ent after winter rains or supplied by irri- 
gation; soil temperature, heat from the 
sun and the main reason why certain 
tender seeds should be delayed in sow- 
ing, (until the ground is warm), and air 
and moisture drainage supplied by the 
hard work of soil preparation which we 
have been recommending. As far as fer- 
tilizer is concerned young seedlings don’t 
need extra feeding until they have used 
up the stored food of the cotyledons. It 
is better to delay feeding until growth is 
well started and then apply gradually. 
This is in addition to the humus (manure, 
peat, compost, etc.) and phosphate and 
other fertilizers put into the soil at the 
time of preparation. They are deeper 
down and can be reached by the plants 
as they grow. 
By thinking of the seeds as plants we 
will sow them far enough apart to re- 
duce drastic thinning. We wouldn’t set 
plants out very close because before long 
we would not have much of a garden, 
competition between the plants would 
reduce the flowers, fruits and shape of 
the individual plants to an undesired 
minimum. In both vegetable and flower 
gardens we strive for perfection in either 
flowers, fruits or foliage—poor quality is 
seldom tolerated. 
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