INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING HOTKAPS 
For Best Results Read Carefully 
Set the HOTKAPS over seed or plant at time of 
planting. In dry soil, see that there is plenty of 
moisture in the ground before planting. 
Do not set a HOTKAP in a basin or depression 
where water can settle. If this is done the water 
will have a tendency to weaken the side walls of 
the HOTKAP. Wherever possible, it is always 
best to set the HOTKAP on a slight slope so that 
the soil around the HOTKAP is well drained. This 
can also be done by running a small furrow along 
one side of the HOTKAP. 
We recommend the use of the HOTKAP Setter in 
connection with the setting of the HOTKAPS, as it 
will enable you to place the HOTKAP properly so 
that the greatest amount of efficiency will be ob- 
tained from them, also it speeds up the work of 
setting. 
THE SETTING 
To secure best result follow these instructions carefully 
First place Hotkap in 
Setter. Press Hotkap 
against sides of Set- 
ter, over plant or 
seed. 


Now cover flange pro- 
truding from Hotkap 
Setter with soil, thor- 
oughly but lightly 
with your trowel. 
Lift Setter from Hot- 
kap. Plant is now 
protected from ad- 
verse weather and 
also from insects, 

THE VENTILATION 
In using HOTKAPS over plants that you have 
transplanted from seed beds, see that your ground 
contains sufficient moisture. We do not recom- 
mend ventilating the HOTKAPS at the time they 
are placed over the plants. 
The HOTKAP is used to insure warmth as well 
as protecting your plants, and if ventilation is used 
it defeats this purpose. However, if you think 
climatic conditions at the time of planting require 
ventilation for the plant, a slit one to one and a 
half inches may be cut on the south side of the 
HOTKAP. This can be quickly accomplished by 
using a small sharp pointed knife wired to a stick. 
When seed is planted directly in the field the 
HOTKAP should not be ventilated until such time 
as the seed has grown to a well established plant. 
We recommend very careful observation of the 
condition of your plants before ventilating accord- 
ing to instructions in foregoing paragraph. 
HOTKAPS are used for late growing crops to 
protect plants from the intense heat of the sun. 
This is accomplished by cutting a hole one inch 
in diameter on opposite sides of the HOTKAPS. 
(Stack a number together in order to save time 
when cutting.) This allows a circulation of air, 
retards the wilting of the tender plants when set 
into the field and keeps a mulch around them, 
thereby creating perfect growing conditions and 
forcing maturity. 
OPENING UP HOTKAPS FOR THE GROWING PLANT 


(Fig. 1) 
pointed knife and cut a slit 
across top of Hotkap about 
four inches long. 
Use a small sharp- (Fig. 2) As soon as plant is 
crowding Hotkap, cut another 
slit in opposite direction the 
same length. 
Flower growers will find Hotkaps most helpful in 
protecting the young plants as they protect them 
from hail, adverse weather conditions, insects and 
maintain a perfect mulch around the plant. 
They may be used with practically any crop 
that needs protection, especially suited for toma- 

(Fig. 83) Now that the plant (Fig. 4) Do not remove Hot- 
has outgrown the Hotkap, pull kap from plant. Let the plant 
the four sections of the Hot- grow away from it and while 
kap away from the plant so it remains it will afford pro- 
that it can grow naturally tection to the base of the 
through the Hotkap. plant. 
toes, cucumbers, melons, squash, pumpkins; and 
ulso peppers, beans, corn, eggplant, lettuce, rad- 
ishes and strawberries. 
Remember your Hotkap protects your plant from 
not only adverse weather but also insects. 

= ea Ship. Wt. 
25 Hotkaps with setter ........cccececsceceseseces $ 0.65 2 Ibs. 
100 Hotkaps with setter .......-..22eceerceesoveees 2.40 5 Ibs. 
250 Hotkaps with setter ..........e ees cece cecceees 4.40 11 Ibs. 
1,000 Hotkaps without setter ..........-----sseeseeee 12.25 34 Ibs. 
5,000 Hotkaps (per 1,000) ........cceeeeeseceveceee 12.00 34 Ibs. 
10,000 Hotkaps (per 1,000) .........-- se ee eres eseeeeee 11.75 34 Ibs. 
Fibreboard setters, each .......c.seeeceeccrcccscssece .20 1 Ib. 
SS teeleSGitermeache cs cc con y cae ocr ee eu seine. y se Wee 1.75 3 Ibs. 
All prices F.O.B. Poolville, Texas 
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