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Show TO SAVESEED GRQP Professor Mathews Asks for " Purchase of Seed Supply. ' The gardeners of the city should save Irielr orvn seeds to forestall any German ' propaganda to destrov or damage the seed I " v-rop, acnonliiiff to Professor A. I... Math- cws of the University of Utah, chairman i of the crop invt'stigatlon committee of the city council of defense. There is an excellent opportunity for the Germans to do Kreat harm to the seed crop, as many ! of t hem are in a position to harm the seeds directly in the seed houses of the J country. The purchasing of seeds by tn- j dlviduals next year from sources with X which the purchaser is not acquainted. K may result in petting: "doctored", seeds. , The advice of the city vegetable doctors V is to forestall sunn a scheme by gather- inp their own seeds. ' A financial saving would also result, according ac-cording to Professor Mathews, as the seeds --an be had by the mere gathering of the top, as many of the plants have seeds at could be gathered at the present time. I early all of the lettuce, radish, carrots I-id some parsley plants have seeds that y& lacking care and represent a distinct waving to the gardener if gathered. Dur- ' ng tiie next week such seeds as beans, peas and corn can be gathered to good ad antage, is the warning of the committee. commit-tee. The war sarrleners should harvest much of the bean crop within the next week. The early potatoes, "of which there are few because of the late, season, can be harvested har-vested in the near future, but the greater part of the la I o potato crop will not be ready until about the middle of October. They should be left in the ground as long as possible, because if they are harvested now only about 50 per rent of the crop will be produced. A maximum yield will result about the midd'e of October. Another An-other warning is that the potatoes should not. be watered, for if they are they will not dry out tuf ficiently for winter stor-at;o. |