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Show THE 1918 WAR GARDEN j THE USE OF DIET BANDS By DR. M. C. MERRILL. Horticulturist, Utah Agricultural College, in I Co-operation with the United States Food Administration for Utah. TOR the crops that are transplanted from flats or hotheds to the garden, Jb tho use of dirt bands is very highly recommended. This applies especial- ! ! ly to the home garden. The dirt hand is a very simple and inexpensive !' article that consists of a band of heavy paper, with slits cut so that the ; ; ends may be fastened together. This band is then bent into a cylindrical I ! shape and has neither top nor bottom. j The cylinder is then placed on newspapers, shingles or the like, and ; !' filled with good soil. Into each of these paper pots of soil, or "dirt j !; bands," a cabbage or tomato seedling is transplanted. Excellent growth '! is made and when the time comes to set the plants out in the garden the ; whole dirt band, with its contents of soil and plant intact, is set in the ; !; garden where desired. ; By this method the roots are not disturbed and the plant continues it steady growth, without any check whatever. ;! These dirt bands can be home-made very easily, or bought from manu-; manu-; facturers, who have them in varying sizes. Experience has shown that it pays In dollars and cents to use them. |