All lots of seed are carefully tested for germination and must meet with 
standards set for the current year. 
SUCCESSFUL GARDENING 
Hints that may interest both commercial and home gardeners 
SOIL The growing of high quality, tender and succulent vege- 
tables requires quick and continuous growth. Good mar- 
ket gardening land is “quick”; that is, it warms up early in the 
spring comes speedily into workable condition after rain, is easy 
to keep in good tilth and responds quickly to fertilizing materials. 
A rich, sandy loam is best. Stiff clays are the least desirable. Heavy 
soils require deep ploughing and frequent rotation with legumi- 
hous crops and the addition of plenty of fibrous material. Sandy 
soils are, as a rule, ploughed rather shallow to compact the under 
soil and prevent leaching. Too much emphasis cannot be placed 
on proper tillage and rotation. Gardeners will find, when soil be- 
comes unproductive for some particular crop that changing to an- 
other crop or seeding down to clover or alfalfa, will result in 
profit. Rotation tends to even up the demands on the soil, no one 
element of plant food being exhausted; leaves the land in good 
physical condition for the following crop and incorporates humus. 
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Our most up to date thresher. It will handle Cucumber, Muskmelon, Watermelon, | 
Tomato, Squash and Pumpkin. Frults are crushed by roller, the seed drops 
through screen on the reel, Is pumped into the juice remover from which the 
seed falls into a barrel. 
